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écouter [ekute]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verb• écoute ! listen!• allô, oui, j'écoute hello!• bon, écoute ! listen!• aide-moi, écoute ! come on - help me!• écoute, c'est bien simple listen - it's quite simple2. reflexive verb• elle s'écoute trop [malade] she coddles herself* * *ekute
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1) ( s'appliquer à entendre) to listen to [conversation, musique]écoute, ne sois pas ridicule! — come on, don't be ridiculous!
2) ( accepter d'entendre) to listen to [explications, témoin]3) ( tenir compte de) to listen to [conseil, personne]4) ( se laisser guider par)
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s'écouter verbe pronominal1)2) ( se dorloter) to cosset oneself3) ( faire à sa guise)* * *ekute vtJ'aime écouter de la musique. — I like listening to music.
* * *écouter verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( s'appliquer à entendre) to listen to [conversation, cassette, musique, message]; je n'écoutais pas I wasn't listening; je vous écoute I'm listening; écoutez, j'en ai assez listen, I've had enough; écouter qn chanter/parler to listen to sb singing/talking; écoute comme elle chante bien just listen-doesn't she sing well?; écoute, ne sois pas ridicule! come on, don't be ridiculous!; écouter aux portes to eavesdrop; allô oui, j'écoute! hello!;2 ( accepter d'entendre) to listen to [explications, témoignage, témoin];3 ( être attentif à) to pay attention to [personne]; écoute(-moi)! pay attention to what I am saying!; écoute ce qu'elle dit! pay attention to what she's saying !; il sait écouter les gens he's a good listener;4 ( tenir compte de) to listen to [conseil, rumeur, personne]; écoute ton père! do as your father says!;5 ( se laisser guider par) écouter son cœur to follow one's own inclination; écouter sa conscience to be guided by one's conscience; écouter son devoir to be guided by a sense of duty; n'écoutant que son courage, il sauta with no thought of danger, he jumped.B s'écouter vpr1 s'écouter parler to like the sound of one's own voice;2 ( se dorloter) to cosset oneself;3 ( faire à sa guise) si je m'écoutais if it was up to me.[ekute] verbe transitif1. [entendre - chanson, discours, émission] to listen to (inseparable)2. [porter attention] to listen to3. [obéir à] to listen ton'écoutant que sa colère/sa douleur/son cœur guided by his anger/pain/heart alone4. [à l'impératif, à valeur d'insistance]écoutez, nous n'allons pas nous disputer! listen ou look, let's not quarrel!————————s'écouter verbe pronominal (emploi passif)c'est le genre de musique qui s'écoute dans le recueillement this is the kind of music one should listen to with reverence————————s'écouter verbe pronominal (emploi réfléchi)si je m'écoutais, je le mettrais dehors if I had any sense, I'd throw him out
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