What do you mean? I
"This reading is mandatory"
It is required, obligatory, you have to do this reading.
"Do you concur?"
Do you agree?
This is relevant.
"Do you want this order ready by 4 tomorrow? It's feasible!"
I can do it
"Oh that was implied"
"That was explicitly said/explicit"
"Wow, it is the epitome of elegance!"
It is a perfect example of elegance.
"It was rife with cockroaches, ew!"
It was full of cockroaches and cockroaches are disgusting.
"This is a inane question"
"This is a brilliant question"
Her bedroom was extremely clean.
"I condone this behavior"
I reject this behavior and will not let it happen.
"I avoid him because he's a contentious guy"
He is likely to cause an argument
Two tests, an X-ray of the lungs, and the paucity of symptoms proved it.
—Richard Brookhiser, National Review, 1 Dec. 2022
smallness of number/quantity
"It was obvious she was trying to deceive me"
It was obvious she was tring to ve honest/frank with me
"He's such an idiot, I cannot believe somebody can be that oblivious"
He doesn't see what is going on in front of/around him.
"The Real Madrid is precluding this player's transfer to Manchester United"
The Real Madrid is letting this player transfer to Manchester United
Can someone read the official records/proceedings of the previous meeting?
"He wanted to implicate me in the crime!"
He was trying to show that I did commit the crime
"I am ambivalent feelings about it"
I am quite sure about it
"I saw her at the supermarket, she was shopping incognito"
I recognized her but she was trying to hide who she was.
"They scrutinized her every moves"
They did not really pay attention to her.
She was angry/frustrated about the verdict
"He was a contemporary of Mozart!"
He lived at the same time as Mozart.
"He's trying to hinder my work!"
He is trying to assist me/help with my work
"Don't want to be rude but his outfit is pretty incongruous"
He is dressed with mismatched items of clothing (like clown shoes and a dress suit)
"I have been pondering it for a while actually..."
I have not been thinking about it at all.