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overhear Verb [-hearing, -heard] to hear (a speaker or remark) unintentionally or without the knowledge of the speaker
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms Translations v overhear [əuvəˈhiə] to hear (what one was not intended to hear) She overheard two people talking in the next room. toevallig hoor, afluister يَسْتَرِق السَّمْع дочувам zaslechnout overhøre; komme til at høre belauschen, zufällig hören ακούω κτ. χωρίς να το θέλω oír por casualidad, acertar a oír pealt kuulma شنیدن kuulla sattumalta entendre (par hasard) לִשמוֹעַ בְּמִקרֶה चुपके से सुनना dočuti véletlenül meghall ikut mendengar heyra (óvart) á tal annarra (per caso sentire) ふと聞く 우연히 듣다 nugirsti nejauši dzirdēt; noklausīties terdengar toevallig horen overhøre, høre tilfeldig podsłuchać ouvir a auzi (fără să vrea) нечаянно услышать vypočuť slučajno slišati slučajno čuti råka få höra (avlyssna), snappa upp ได้ยินโดยไม่ตั้งใจ kulak misafiri olmak, istemeden dinlemek 無意中聽到的,偷聽 випадково почути اتفاقاً سن لينا nghe lỏm 无意中听到的,偷听 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| I happened to overhear two of them talking down in the lobby a while ago. Fragment #3 -- Scholiast on Aristophanes, Knights 1056 and Aristophanes ib: The story runs as follows: Aias and Odysseus were quarrelling as to their achievements, says the poet of the "Little Iliad", and Nestor advised the Hellenes to send some of their number to go to the foot of the walls and overhear what was said about the valour of the heroes named above. Though his looks did not please her, his name was a passport to her goodwill, and she thought with sincere compassion of his approaching disappointment; for, in spite of what she had believed herself to overhear in the pump-room, his behaviour was so incompatible with a knowledge of Isabella's engagement that she could not, upon reflection, imagine him aware of it. |
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