Что (кто) такое listen - определение
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Listen (disambiguation); Listen (album); Listen!; Listen (song); Listen (film)
listen
v.
1) (d; intr.) to listen for (to listen for a signal)
2) (D; intr.) to listen to (to listen to advice)
listen
(listens, listening, listened)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you listen to someone who is talking or to a sound, you give your attention to them or it.
He spent his time listening to the radio...
Sonia was not listening.
VERB: V to n, V
• listener (listeners)
One or two listeners had fallen asleep while the President was speaking.
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2.
If you listen for a sound, you keep alert and are ready to hear it if it occurs.
We listen for footsteps approaching...
They're both asleep upstairs, but you don't mind listening just in case of trouble, do you?
VERB: V for n, V
•
I didn't really listen out for the lyrics.
PHRASAL VERB: V P for n, also V P
3.
If you listen to someone, you do what they advise you to do, or you believe them.
Anne, you need to listen to me this time...
When I asked him to stop, he would not listen.
VERB: V to n, V
4.
You say listen when you want someone to pay attention to you because you are going to say something important.
Listen, I finish at one.
= look
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Listen
Listen may refer to:
- The action of listening
- Central auditory system listening is how the brain processes what you hear
- Listening behaviour types in human communication
Примеры произношения для listen
1. Listen, listen.
Jay Pharoah _ 2 Minutes of Fame _ Talks at Google
2. Don't listen, don't listen!
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3. Claire, listen, I'm--
Listen. Listen to me.
The Town (2010)
4. Listen, listen to me.
Triangle (2009)
5. Listen.
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
Примеры употребления для listen
1. Then Wolfe delivered the kicker: "We will absolutely listen to what you have to say." And listen, listen and listen.
2. He doesn‘t listen to the people, he doesn‘t listen to his generals, he doesn‘t listen to the Iraq Study Group Report, and he doesn‘t listen to Congress.
3. Trevor smiles. ‘If Jamie wants to listen, he will listen.
4. "Listen, when you âЂ» listen, please do not break the window.
5. But, listen –– I think listen to the President‘s remarks, and you‘ll hear more from him.