listen
A1Frequent NGSL-1UK /ˈlɪsn/US /ˈlɪsn/
Meaning
verb
to pay attention to somebody/something that you can hear
“Listen! What's that noise? Can you hear it?”
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“Soon, I began to shut out my own voice and started to listen to the voices of others.”
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“him Chopper okay okay Chopper Sit Boy Sit Boy now unfortunately I have two dogs in real life and they don't listen to a thing I say either so I'm really not”
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“She asked if she could listen to what she called my "tribal music," and was consequently very disappointed when I produced my tape of Mariah Carey.”
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Soon, I began to shut out my own voice and started to listen to the voices of others.
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