you can hear ( ) t#; MUT: to Zisten to music Bjf

# A o Listen! What’s that noise? Can you hear it? tyf !

mkfY&mr? # f ^ R)f JAl ? O Sorry, J wasn’t reaZZy listening. #c'$4±;l|n/i „ 0 I listened carefully to

her story. ffc iA ^ ijff 7 itfe ift W 'If 81 „ ETCH You cannot ‘listen sth’ (without ‘to’): I’m fond of listening to classical music, o I’m fond-of listening classical music. yf>

listen sth ( to ) : I’m fond of listening to clas

sical music, A I’m fond of listening classical music.

2 ~ (to sb/sth) to take notice of what sb says to you so

that you follow their advice or believe them B/f.fg ; ojf jA: None of this would have happened if you’d listened to me. k 0 why

won’t you listen to reason?

3 (informal) used to tell sb to take notice of what you

are going to say ( itAtAftE ) iff If, ?±Eiff: Listen, there’s something I have to tell you. Bfr If, n"i#

'listen ('out) for sth to be prepared to hear a particular sound A'l# ( ) : Can you listen

out for the doorbell? jfcii f§ >L> Iff H H f??' .listen 'in (on/to sth) 1 to listen to a conversation that you are not supposed to hear iff; ft Iff; l^iff: You shouldn’t listen in on other people’s conversations. ^^jST^fttff £1 A W iA iA„ 2 to listen to a radio broadcast iBcBff (

) .listen 'up (informal, especially NAmE) used to tell people to listen carefully because you are going to say sth important &jttff, ® Ao/f ( ik A'&IP/i lei# )

■ noun [usually sing.] an act of listening iff: Have a listen to this. B/f—iffi&'ho

lis ten-able /'lisnobl/ adj. (informal) pleasant to listen to

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listen-er /’lisan^r)/ noun 1 a person who listens iff #: a good listener (= sb who you can rely on to listen with attention or sympathy) iA K M iff W A 2 a person listening to a radio programme iftiff Ait @ (ft A

'listening post noun a place where people who are part of an army listen to enemy communications to try to get information that will give them an advantage

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listeria /li'stiaria; NAmE -'stir-/ noun [u] a type of bacteria that makes people sick if they eat infected food mwm

list ing /'listir)/ noun 1 [C] a list, especially an official or published list of people or things, often arranged in alphabetical order ( X #c¥ # M ff # H W ) Mffi, @ A, a comprehensive listing of all airlines # $/[

(ft @ ^ 2 listings [pi.] information in a newspaper or magazine about what films/movies, plays, etc. are being shown in a particular town or city ( og

mmximM, mmd-:

a listings magazine iflZbftf 3 [C] a position or an

item on a list ( ) iftS, 9i @ : (business j§j)

The company is seeking a stock exchange listing (= for trading shares).

list-less /'listlas/ adj. having no energy or enthusiasm A/AAW; AlftTAW; AMtW H2Z1lethargic_: The illness left her feeling listless and depressed. ft 3! Ai, tl ^ ® « ► list lessly adv.

list-less-ness noun [U]

‘list price noun [usually sing.] (business $£) the price at which goods are advertised for sale, for example in a

CATALOGUE (

lit pt, pp Of LIGHT

lit-any /'litani/ noun {pi. -ies) 1 a series of prayers to God for use in church services, spoken by a priest, etc., with set responses by the people ^A, MMX (&

) 2 - (of sth) (formal) a long boring account of a series of events, reasons, etc. (At“ %. W ^ . I® 0

# ) a litany of complaints

lite /lait/ adj. {informal) 1 (especially NAmE) (of food or drink # #7 §£ Vk. 14) containing fewer calories than other types of food, and therefore less likely to make you fat (a way of spelling ‘light’) ffis & ft (ft , ?t M W ( light W —AS ) : lite ice cream 2 (used after a noun A 45 iSj fs) (disapproving) used to say that a thing is similar to sth else but lacks many o

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its serious or important qualities Itt ••• (ft A M pp :

I would describe this movie as ‘Hitchcock lite’.

liter (NAmE) = litre

literacy /'litarasi/ noun [U] the ability to read and write -g^fgA_: a campaign to promote adult literacy gljfljS; AA'fcA^Wlssti o basic literacy skills PI33 ILLITERACY —See also COMPUTER LITERACY at COMPUTER-LITERATE

literal /'litaral/ adj. 1 [usually before noun] being the basic or usual meaning of a word or phrase ffi it X (ft : I am not referring to ‘small’ people in the literal sense of the word. A„ 0

The literal meaning of ‘petrify’ is ‘turn to stone’. * petrify turn to stone ( $ j&A A ) ₀ —compare figurative(I), metaphorical 2 [usually before noun] that follows the original words exactly :

a literal translation # —compare free adj. {13) 3 {disapproving) lacking imagination : Her

interpretation of the music was too literal. M?H #{ft #^: ► lit-er-al-ness noun [U] literal ly /'litarali/ adv. 1 in a literal way ± HT1 exactly : The word ‘planet’ literally means ‘wandering body’. * planet - wandering

body₀ 0 When I told you to ‘get lost’ I didn’t expect to be taken literally. & w|# A

SlUWo 2 used to emphasize the truth of sth that may seem surprising ( ^pTi^Alti? ) W

There are literally hundreds of prizes to win. JUfft W /l "0“ f# % ”p rT Itl ^o 3 {informal) used to emphasize a word or phrase, even if it is not literally true ( mterally

jumped out of my skin. ^M^^IffT—*A^o literary /’litarari; NAmE -reri/ adj. 1 connected with literature (ft; A^±[ft: literary criticism/theory 2 (of a language or style of writing iff lf ^jt#) suitable for or typical of a work of literature It was

Chaucer who really turned English into a literary language. Wo 3 liking

literature very much; studying or writing literature Jg hkmx^mn ( ) W: a literary man

'literary agent noun a person whose job is to represent authors and persuade companies to publish their workftp^EA, )

lit •erate /'litaret/ adj. able to read and write AW; PTJ3 illiterate — see also numerate

at numeracy, computer-literate lit-erati /.lrta'raiti/ the literati noun [pi.] {formal) educated and intelligent people who enjoy literature

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litera ture /■ litratja(r); NAmE also -tjur/ noun [U]

1 pieces of writing that are valued as works of art, especially novels, plays and poems (in contrast to technical books and newspapers, magazines, etc.) X

# # on : French literature o great works of

literature X # §L M 2 ~ (on sth) pieces of writing or printed information on a particular subject ( X 44 W ) WfE, ^44: I’ve read all the available litera

ture on keeping rabbits.

%m_o 0 sales literature

lithe /laid/ adj. (of a person or their body A ajc A #) moving or bending easily, in a way that is elegant it41 S&W; mm-, m®&&M>\ithe-\yadv. lith ium /'liGiam/ noun [U] {symb Li) a chemical element. Lithium is a soft, very light, silver-white metal used in batteries and alloys. ^

lithograph /'liOagraif; NAmE -graef/ noun a picture printed by lithography A-ISR^iJW® lithography /li'Bografi; NAmE -'0a:g-/ noun (also informal litho /‘lai0eo; NAmE -8ou/) [U] the process of printing from a smooth surface, for example a metal plate, that has been specially prepared so that ink only sticks to the design to be printed A li£ £P ©I A ► litho- graph-ic /,li00‘graefik/ adj.