getting the drift
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- catching onBeginning to understand
- graspingGreedy for wealth
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
- gistCentral meaning distilled
essence · meaning · flow · current · vibe · sense · feeling · intuition · reading · following · tracking · picking up · wavelength · tuning in · subtext · implication · hint · nuance
attentiveness
getting the drifttuning out
Deliberately not hearing
zoning out · not paying attention · spacing out · ignoring · daydreaming