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earshot

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ear·shot  (îrsht)
n.
The range within which sound can be heard by the unaided ear; hearing distance: listened until the parade was out of earshot.

earshot
Noun
the range within which a sound can be heard: out of earshot
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.earshot - the range within which a voice can be heard; "the children were told to stay within earshot"
reach, range - the limits within which something can be effective; "range of motion"; "he was beyond the reach of their fire"
Translations
earshot [ˈɪəʃɔt] n out of/within earshot → fuera del/al alcance del oído
earshot [ˈɪəʃɔt] n out of/within earshot → hors de portéeportée de voix
earshot [ˈɪəʃɔt] ear n within/out of earshot → in/außer Hörweite
earshot [ˈɪəʃɔt] n out of/within earshot → fuori portata/a portata d'orecchio


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When they were out of earshot, he said to the vizir, "There must be something very odd to make that man act so--I should like to find out what is the reason.
But in spite of the brilliant sunlight and the green fans of the trees waving in the soothing sea-breeze, the world was a confusion, blurred with drifting black and red phantasms, until I was out of earshot of the house in the chequered wall.
He walks the poop darting gloomy glances, as though he wished to poison the sea, and snaps your head off savagely whenever you happen to blunder within earshot.
 
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