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with all one's ears

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

With keen auditory attention.

Examples

The two old men's talk was of […] the doings thirty years back, which didn't interest him much, except when they spoke of the making of the canal; and then indeed he began to listen with all his ears, […]”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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