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listen collapse: hear with intention; "Listen to the sound of this cello"; listen and pay attention; "Listen to your father"; "We must hear the expert before we make a decision"

focus on collapse: center upon; "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work"

listening collapse: the act of hearing attentively; "you can learn a lot by just listening"; "they make good music--you should give them a hearing"

attend to collapse: get down to; pay attention to; take seriously; "Attend to your duties, please"

hear collapse: receive a communication from someone; "We heard nothing from our son for five years"; perceive (sound) via the auditory sense; examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process; "The jury had heard all the evidence"; "The case will be tried in California"

listen in collapse: listen quietly, without contributing to the conversation; listen without the speaker's knowledge; "the jealous man was eavesdropping on his wife's conversations"

intently collapse: with strained or eager attention; "listened intently"; "stood watching intently"

heed collapse: pay close attention to; give heed to; "Heed the advice of the old men"

audition collapse: a test of the suitability of a performer; perform in order to get a role; "She auditioned for a role on Broadway"

drink in collapse: be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to; "The mother drinks in every word of her son on the stage"

indicate collapse: indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents"; to state or express briefly; "indicated his wishes in a letter"; suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine; "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases"

wiretap collapse: the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information; tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information; "The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy"; "Is this hotel room bugged?"

specify collapse: decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"; be specific about; "Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?"; determine the essential quality of

intentness collapse: the quality of being intent and concentrated; "the intentness of his gaze"

attend collapse: give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said"; take charge of or deal with; "Could you see about lunch?"; "I must attend to this matter"; "She took care of this business"; be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.; "She attends class regularly"; "I rarely attend services at my church"; "did you go to the meeting?"; to accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result; "Menuhin's playing was attended by a 15-minute standing ovation"

intercept collapse: the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis; seize on its way; "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"

fascinate collapse: to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe; "The snake charmer fascinates the cobra"

look to collapse: turn one's interests or expectations towards; "look to the future"; "this method looks to significant wavings"

immerse collapse: thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in hot water"; enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"

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