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āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to cotton on
/kËÉËĘnĖŠ ËÉËn/
/kËÉtÉn ËÉn/
to cotton on
[phrase form: cotton]
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to manage to understand something, typically following an initial period of challenge or difficulty
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The students quickly cottoned on to the teacher's explanation of the complex scientific concept.
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