verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
conversation
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Some one could follow you home after overhearing your conversation .
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I think I must have overheard telephone conversations about Margarett getting drunk and late-night parties at Prides.
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Rostov wondered if the Manchu had overheard the conversation , but he gave no sign.
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Hansel overheard the conversation and prepared for the inevitable by filling his pockets with pebbles.
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I overheard his name in conversation .
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People overhear conversations , what people have bought, what money they have.
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The man claims he overheard cockpit conversation about mechanical problems, not paperwork.
■ VERB
help
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Marc was gazing out of the window, but he couldn't help overhearing her side of the conversation.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an overheard conversation
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Claire, who was outside the door, overheard their conversation.
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I couldn't help overhearing you and Jim last night - is something wrong?
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She claims to have overheard an argument between the President and the First Lady.
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We overheard Jenny and her friends talking about their boyfriends last night.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A fellow trader talking to another thrift president on another line overheard DiNapoli and cracked up.
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Anyone who overhears or intercepts the key in transit can later read all encrypted messages using that key.
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I think I must have overheard telephone conversations about Margarett getting drunk and late-night parties at Prides.
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Marc was gazing out of the window, but he couldn't help overhearing her side of the conversation.
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Rostov wondered if the Manchu had overheard the conversation, but he gave no sign.
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Their strategy was overheard on a police scanner that was able to intercept cellular phone transmissions.