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A n to have a listen to sth écouter qch ; have a listen to this! écoute un peu ça! ; it's well worth a listen ça vaut la peine de l'écouter.
B vi
1 (to words, music, sounds) écouter ; to listen at the door écouter aux portes ; to listen to sb doing écouter qn faire ; I was listening to her singing/playing the piano je l'écoutais chanter/jouer du piano ; listen to this! écoute un peu ça! ; to listen to sb/sth écouter qn/qch ; ‘you're listening to…’ Radio ‘vous écoutez…’, ‘vous êtes à l'écoute de …’ ;
2 (pay heed) écouter ; listen carefully! écoutez attentivement! ; sorry, I wasn't listening excusez-moi, je n'écoutais pas ; you just never listen, do you? tu n'écoutes donc jamais (ce qu' on te dit)? ; listen, can you come tomorrow? écoute, est-ce que tu peux venir demain? ; to listen to écouter [teacher, adviser] ; to listen to advice/reason écouter un conseil/la voix de la raison ; don't listen to them ne les écoute pas ;
3 (wait) to listen for guetter [voice, sound, signal] ; I listened for sounds of crying je guettais le moindre pleurnichement.
Phrasal verbs
■ listen in
1 (eavesdrop) écouter (indiscrètement) ; we don't want them listening in nous ne voulons pas qu'ils écoutent aux portes ; to listen in on ou to écouter [qch] indiscrètement [conversation, phone call, meeting] ;
2 Radio to listen in to écouter [programme].
■ listen out : to listen out for prêter une oreille attentive à [programme, ideas, information].
■ listen up ○ US hey, listen up a minute! hé, écoutez un peu!

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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