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Idiom

pay attention

Meaning

To attend; to be attentive; to focus one's attention.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“Please pay attention to the teacher.”

“You need to pay attention to the road while you are driving.”

“If you fail to pay attention to the subtle details of the contract, you might face unexpected legal consequences later.”

Examples

simple

“Please pay attention to the teacher.”

contextual

“You need to pay attention to the road while you are driving.”

complex

“If you fail to pay attention to the subtle details of the contract, you might face unexpected legal consequences later.”

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