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French-English translation of ecouter
1 écouter Verb, transitive (a) to listen to somebody, the radio; désolé, je ne t'écoutais pas sorry, I wasn't listening (to what you were saying); écoute(z)! listen!; écoute(z) bien! listen up!; ~ attentivement to listen carefully; faire ~ une chanson à qn to play a song to sb (b) to listen to, take notice of, heed somebody, words, advice; ~ ses parents to listen to (or) obey one's parents; écoute! look!, listen!; ~ les conseils de qn to listen to (or) take notice of sb's advice; "écoutez bien: je ne le dirai qu'une fois" "listen carefully: I will say this only once"
2 s'écouter Verb, pronominal (a) to take one's own advice; s'~ parler to savour one's words; (pej) aimer s'~ parler to like the sound of one's own voice ![]()
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