Word: comprehend
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...living in a local crack house while his father served out a two-year sentence for violating probation on cocaine and burglary charges and his mother was AWOL. Michigan prosecutors decided not to charge the boy with anything--he is so young he cannot even comprehend his actions. He received a 90-day suspension from school and possible expulsion. Authorities are, however, charging a 19-year old man living in the house where the boy stayed with involuntary manslaughter. He allegedly left the gun the boy used lying around the house...
That's the best joke in What Planet Are You From? Considering the number of variations played on it, you might argue that it's the only one. Mostly, Shandling plays an overgrown adolescent of a familiar, earthbound sort. He's befuddled and inept as he attempts to comprehend the rules of the mating game...
...kitty to sleep" leave the harmful impression that death is not permanent. The death of a pet often offers an early opportunity to get this right. A child who understands that the family dog has died and is not coming back--but will be remembered--will more easily comprehend the death of a friend or relative...
...International Red Cross. Most of the major humanitarian agencies are still not present there for political reasons. The U.S. policy directive seems to be that the real help will come only after the Yugoslav President Milosevic is replaced. The logic of this argument is hard to comprehend if one thinks of a humane need to help the refugees and of a political reasoning that an opposition to a government needs certain means to overturn the regime...
...urges Alice to focus on the daily routine, oblivious to the fact that her life is falling apart. There is a particularly striking scene when Howard is about to make love to his wife one night, and though she is unable emotionally to handle it, he still cannot comprehend the problems she is dealing with...