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give ear

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To listen: to devote one's attention to an auditory event.

archaic, idiomatic, intransitive

Equivalents

العربيةتسمع

Examples

“Give⟳ ear to his motions: Master Slender, I will description the matter⟳ to you, if you be capacity of it.”
“Leaves and rain⟳ and the days of the year, (Water-willow and wellaway,) All these fall⟳, and my soul gives ear”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

give face give forth give grey hair to give ground give hat give head

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