verb
1 be aware of sounds
ADVERB
▪ clearly , well
▪
He's getting old and he can't ~ very well.
▪ barely , just
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I could just ~ the music in the distance.
▪ distantly
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Distantly he ~d the report of another gun.
▪ correctly
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‘Sheep?’ It sounded so unlikely that Sally did not think she could have ~d correctly.
VERB + HEAR
▪ can
▪
Can you ~ me clearly at the back?
▪ pretend not to
▪ strain to
2 be told about sth
VERB + HEAR
▪ be delighted to , be glad to , be gratified to , be pleased to
▪
I was delighted to ~ about your promotion.
▪ be sorry to
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I was sorry to ~ of your father's death.
▪ be interested to , be surprised to
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I was surprised to ~ that she was married.
▪ want to
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I told Michael what he wanted to ~.
▪ let sb
▪
Let's ~ you sing.
▪
You'd better not let Dad ~ you say that.
PREPOSITION
▪ about
▪
I've ~d about this sort of thing before.
▪ of
▪
On ~ing of his plight, a businessman offered him a job.
PHRASES
▪ ~ little, a lot, nothing, etc. about sth
▪
We ~ very little about these issues nowadays.
Hear is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ conference , ↑ court , ↑ ear , ↑ enquiry , ↑ inquest , ↑ jury , ↑ magistrate , ↑ meeting , ↑ tribunal
Hear is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ announcement , ↑ answer , ↑ appeal , ↑ applause , ↑ argument , ↑ bang , ↑ banter , ↑ beat , ↑ bell , ↑ bellow , ↑ blast , ↑ boom , ↑ broadcast , ↑ buzz , ↑ cackle , ↑ call , ↑ case , ↑ chant , ↑ cheer , ↑ chuckle , ↑ claim , ↑ clamour , ↑ clang , ↑ clatter , ↑ click , ↑ comment , ↑ commotion , ↑ complaint , ↑ confession , ↑ conversation , ↑ crack , ↑ crash , ↑ creak , ↑ cry , ↑ curse , ↑ detail , ↑ din , ↑ disappointment , ↑ disbelief , ↑ disc , ↑ doorbell , ↑ drone , ↑ echo , ↑ evidence , ↑ excuse , ↑ explosion , ↑ expression , ↑ fate , ↑ footstep , ↑ gasp , ↑ giggle , ↑ gospel , ↑ gossip , ↑ grievance , ↑ groan , ↑ growl , ↑ grunt , ↑ gunfire , ↑ gunshot , ↑ gurgle , ↑ hammering , ↑ headline , ↑ heartbeat , ↑ hesitation , ↑ hiss , ↑ howl , ↑ hum , ↑ intake , ↑ joke , ↑ knock , ↑ laugh , ↑ lecture , ↑ mass , ↑ measure , ↑ melody , ↑ mention , ↑ moan , ↑ murmur , ↑ music , ↑ mutter , ↑ name , ↑ news , ↑ noise , ↑ peal , ↑ peep , ↑ petition , ↑ piece , ↑ play , ↑ plea , ↑ prayer , ↑ preacher , ↑ racket , ↑ recording , ↑ refrain , ↑ remark , ↑ reply , ↑ report , ↑ roar , ↑ rumble , ↑ rumour , ↑ rustle , ↑ sadness , ↑ say , ↑ scream , ↑ sermon , ↑ shout , ↑ shriek , ↑ sigh , ↑ siren , ↑ slam , ↑ smash , ↑ snatch , ↑ sniff , ↑ snippet , ↑ snort , ↑ sob , ↑ sound , ↑ speak , ↑ splash , ↑ squeak , ↑ squeal , ↑ story , ↑ submission , ↑ summons , ↑ swear , ↑ tale , ↑ talk , ↑ tap , ↑ taunt , ↑ testimony , ↑ thing , ↑ thought , ↑ throb , ↑ thud , ↑ thump , ↑ tinkle , ↑ tone , ↑ toot , ↑ tread , ↑ twang , ↑ vibration , ↑ voice , ↑ wail , ↑ whimper , ↑ whine , ↑ whisper , ↑ whistle , ↑ witness , ↑ word , ↑ work , ↑ yawn , ↑ yell , ↑ yelp