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Tekoälykääntäjä
KieliKäännökset
ranskaêtre à l'écoute, rester à l'écoute

Määritelmät

Substantiivit

  1. (idiomatic) The practice or characteristic of carefully gathering information; a state or mindset of attentiveness.
  2. (attributively, usually, hyphenated) Pursuing the practice or having the characteristic of carefully gathering information; well-informed.

Esimerkit

  • Congress never enacts a measure which is believed to oppose public opinion;—your Congressman keeps his ear to the ground.
  • “There's no telling what a man might happen onto accidentally if he travels with his ear to the ground.”
  • The tavern keeper's an old friend of mine—we was shipmates when we was younger—and he sort of keeps his ear to the ground for me.
  • TIME Justice Department correspondent Elaine Shannon is keeping her ear to the ground as candidates' names start to pop up.
  • The ear-to-the-ground President knew that all the unrest could not be blamed on Communists.

Taivutusmuodot

Monikkoears to the ground