Tom ve Mary ayrılıyorlar.
- Tom and Mary are splitting up.
Tom ve Mary'nin ayrılmaları hakkında bir şey duydun mu?
- Did you hear about Tom and Mary splitting up?
Şiddetli bir baş ağrım var.
- I've got a splitting headache.
Aşırı bir başağrım vardı.
- I had a splitting headache.
In other words, something troubling, such as being discovered in the toilets in a shaming way, can be both remembered and also pushed to the periphery of consciousness, a process that psychotherapists refer to as ‘splitting’.