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📖 Определения и значения для слова ear

📒 either of the organs on the sides of the head that you hear with

  • the left/right ear
  • He put his hands over his ears.
  • She's had her ears pierced.

📒 having the type of ears mentioned

  • a long-eared owl

📒 an ability to recognize and copy sounds well

  • She has always had an ear for languages.
  • You need a good ear to master the piano.
  • He has a keen ear for dialogue.

📒 the top part of a grain plant, such as wheat, that contains the seeds

  • ears of corn

📒 to be waiting with interest to hear what somebody has to say

  • ‘Do you know what he said?’ ‘Go on—I'm all ears.’

📒 to talk to somebody a lot about something, especially about a problem that you have

📒 to be forced to leave (a job, etc.)

📒 to have a lot of something to deal with

  • We're up to our ears in work.

📒 to hit somebody with your hand on the side of their head as a punishment

📒 to look at or listen to something/somebody carefully and with a lot of attention

📒 somebody hears about something, especially when other people already know about it

  • News of his affair eventually reached her ears.

📒 a person thinks that other people are talking about them, especially in an unkind way

  • ‘I bumped into your ex-wife last night.’ ‘I thought I could feel my ears burning!’

📒 a person is trying to listen to somebody else’s conversation

📒 pleasant to listen to

  • Their music is all very easy on the ear.

📒 pleasant to listen to or look at

  • The room was painted in soft pastels that were easy on the eye.

📒 to be ignored or not noticed by other people

  • Her advice fell on deaf ears.

📒 to hit somebody/be hit on the head as a punishment

  • You’ll get a thick ear if you’re not careful!

📒 to be forgotten quickly

  • Everything I tell them just goes in one ear and out the other.
  • I knew that my words were going in one ear and out the other.

📒 to have a lot of something, especially more than you need

  • That man has money coming out of his ears.

📒 to be able to give somebody advice, influence them, etc. because they trust you

  • He had the ear of the monarch.
  • This was the woman who had the ear of the President.

📒 to speak to somebody privately about something

  • Can I have a word in your ear about tomorrow's presentation?

📒 to listen out for somebody/something that you might hear

📒 to listen or look out for somebody/something that you might hear or see

📒 to make sure that you always find out about the most recent developments in a particular situation

  • The agent had no suitable properties on his books but promised to keep an ear to the ground for us.

📒 to listen in a patient and kind way to somebody

📒 to do something badly; to make a mess of something

📒 (you won't) succeed in making something good out of material that does not seem very good at all

📒 news or information that you are very pleased to hear

📒 to be very surprised at something you hear

  • I couldn't believe my ears when I heard the news.
  • She actually apologized. I couldn't believe my ears!

📒 to be very surprised at something you hear/see

  • I couldn't believe my eyes when she walked in.

📒 to play music by remembering how it sounds rather than by reading it

  • She usually plays the guitar by ear, rather than reading the music.

📒 to decide how to deal with a situation as it develops rather than by having a plan to follow

  • I’m not sure how many people are expected—we’ll just have to play it by ear.

📒 to raise the ears

📒 to listen carefully because you have just heard something interesting; to listen out for something you might hear

  • Her ears pricked up at the sound of his name.
  • I walked along, ears pricked for the slightest noise.

📒 to make you feel that you can still hear something

  • His warning was still ringing in my ears.

📒 to refuse to listen to something

  • She decided to shut her ears to all the rumours.

📒 to be smiling, etc. a lot because you are very pleased about something

  • He was beaming from ear to ear.

📒 to ignore or refuse to listen to somebody/something

  • He turned a deaf ear to the rumours.

📒 used to warn people to be careful what they say because other people may be listening

📒 young and without much experience

  • He was still wet behind the ears, politically.

📒 if somebody sends a person away with a flea in their ear, they tell them angrily to go away

📒 without giving your full attention to what is being said, etc.

  • He listened to her with only half an ear as he watched TV.
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