listen
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"When the bank manager refused to listen and kept asking for proof, I got frustrated," he said.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
And timeshare companies need a steady stream of visitors willing to listen to presentations that produce sales.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
Both albums are so fire — I’ll listen to either one.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026
The students, he wrote, “started disrupting before the introductions were complete, they weren’t there to hear, listen or question, they were there to disrupt in a coordinated manner.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
I stopped to listen, to be quite sure my ears were not playing tricks on me.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
Vocabulary lists containing listen
Mother's Day Words: What Mothers Do
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Part 1 Vocabulary (Unit 3)
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Spelling Practice, Unit 7
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