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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 Translationsoverhear v overhear [əuvəˈhiə] to hear (what one was not intended to hear) She overheard two people talking in the next room.toevallig hoor, afluisterيَسْتَرِق السَّمْعдочувамzaslechnoutoverhøre; komme til at hørebelauschen, zufällig hörenακούω κτ. χωρίς να το θέλωoír por casualidad, acertar a oírpealt kuulmaشنیدنkuulla sattumaltaentendre (par hasard)לִשמוֹעַ בְּמִקרֶהचुपके से सुननाdočutivéletlenül meghallikut mendengarheyra (óvart) á tal annarra(sentire per caso)ふと聞く우연히 듣다nugirstinejauši dzirdēt; noklausītiesterdengartoevallig horenoverhøre, høre tilfeldigpodsłuchaćouvira auzi (fără să vrea)нечаянно услышатьvypočuťslučajno slišatislučajno čutiråka få höra (avlyssna), snappa uppได้ยินโดยไม่ตั้งใจkulak misafiri olmak, istemeden dinlemek無意中聽到的,偷聽випадково почутиاتفاقاً سن ليناnghe lỏm无意中听到的,偷听 |
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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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