refuse to listen

  • 21not want to know — informal phrase to refuse to listen to someone or get involved in something We asked several of them to help, but they didn’t want to know. Thesaurus: to fail or refuse to listensynonym to refuse to think about, believe or accept somethingsynonym …

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  • 22ear — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. head, spike; auricle, concha; handle, knob; heed, observance. See attention, hearing. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The organ of hearing] Syn. outer ear, middle ear, inner ear, auricle, eardrum, labyrinth,… …

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  • 23ear — W2S2 [ıə US ır] n ↑ear, ↑nose, ↑tooth, ↑eye ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(part of your body)¦ 2¦(hearing)¦ 3¦(grain)¦ 4 smile/grin etc from ear to ear 5 6 a sympathetic ear 7 close/shut your ears to something …

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  • 24know — 1 verb past tense knew, past participle known INFORMATION 1 (intransitive, transitive not in progressive) to have information about something: Who knows the answer? | Do you happen to know the time? | When are they arriving? Maybe Mrs. Mott knows …

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  • 25Babe (film) — Infobox Film | name = Babe caption = Theatrical release poster director = Chris Noonan producer = writer = Dick King Smith (book) George Miller Chris Noonan starring = James Cromwell Magda Szubanski Christine Cavanaugh Zoe Burton Miriam Margolyes …

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  • 26Kallen Kōzuki — Infobox animanga character color = #000 color text = #FFF name = Kallen Kōzuki series = Code Geass caption = Kallen Kōzuki first = last = creator = voiced by = Japanese Ami Koshimizu English Karen Strassman nickname = alias = Kallen Stadtfeld Red …

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  • 27List of Skulduggery Pleasant characters — This list comprises information on characters who exist in the following fantasy novels: Skulduggery Pleasant Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing With Fire Skulduggery Pleasant: The Faceless Ones Skulduggery Pleasant: Dark Days Skulduggery Pleasant:… …

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  • 28deaf — [ def ] adjective ** not able to hear anything, or not able to hear very well. Many deaf people wear a hearing aid to help them hear. Deaf people often use their hands to communicate in sign language, and many can lip read what other people are… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 29turn a deaf ear —    If someone turns a deaf ear to you, they don t listen to you.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    If you turn a deaf ear to something, you refuse to listen.     Sam turned a deaf ear to his wife s advice and went off in the rain without an… …

    English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • 30deaf — adjective without hearing or having impaired hearing. ↘(deaf to) unwilling to listen or respond to. Phrases fall on deaf ears be ignored. turn a deaf ear refuse to listen or respond. Derivatives deafness noun Origin OE dēaf, of Gmc origin …

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