Mind absorbed.

Meaning: This means that the person reading the book is fully engaged in what they are reading and is taking in all the information. It's like saying, The reader's mind was fully occupied with the book.

Choice of Words: Mind is the element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences, to think, and to feel; the faculty of consciousness and thought. Absorbed is the past tense of the verb absorb, which means to take in (energy, light, or a substance) by chemical or physical action.

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Lost in thought.

Meaning: This means that you are so busy thinking about something that you are not paying attention to anything else. It's like when you are daydreaming and you don't notice anything else around you.

Choice of Words: To be lost means to be unable to find your way or to be confused. Thought is the process of thinking or the ideas that you have in your mind. When you put them together, "Lost in thought" means that you are so deep in your thoughts that you are not paying attention to anything else.

Deep in contemplation.

Meaning: This means that you are so busy thinking about something that you are not paying attention to anything else. It's like when you are trying to solve a difficult problem and you don't notice anything else around you.

Choice of Words: To contemplate means to think deeply about something. When you are deep in contemplation, you are thinking very hard about something and you are not paying attention to anything else.

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