lend an ear

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lend an ear

to listen carefully and in a friendly way to someone, especially someone who is telling you about a problem If you have any problems, go to Claire. She'll always lend a sympathetic ear.

See also: ear, lend

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And then, as I walked fast along the road, there rose upon me a strange, inly-felt idea of some Great Being, unseen, but all present, who in His beneficence desired only my welfare, and now watched the struggle of good sad evil in my heart, and waited to see whether I should obey His voice, heard in the whispers of my conscience, or lend an ear to the sophisms by which His enemy and mine--the Spirit of Evil --sought to lead me astray. The Professor by Bronte, Charlotte View in context Once or twice Jos had been on the point of saying something very important to her, to which she was most willing to lend an ear, but the fat fellow could not be brought to unbosom himself of his great secret, and very much to his sister's disappointment he only rid himself of a large sigh and turned away. Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context			leave with leave word leave word for leaving so soon? lecture lecture at lecture for leer at left left and right left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing left, right and centre leg leg up leg up on legend legend in own time legislate legislate against legislate for legwork leisure lend lend a hand lend a hand with lend an ear lend an ear to lend color to lend itself to lend oneself or itself to lend out lend to Lend your money and lose your friend length lengthen out leopard leopard cannot change his spots less Less is more less said , the better less than less than pleased lesser lesser of two evils lesson let let alone let at let be let by Let bygones be bygones			Lenawee County Association of Realtors Lenawee County Education Foundation Lenawee County Solid Waste Department Lenawee County, MI Lenawee County, Michigan Lenawee Intermediate School District LENB Lenbach, Franz von LENCAR LenCD Lench, Leonid Lench, Leonid Sergeevich LENCL Lenclos Lenclos, Ninon de lend lend lend lend lend lend lend a hand lend a hand lend a hand lend a hand lend a hand lend a hand Lend A Hand Foundation lend a hand with lend aid lend an ear lend an ear to lend approval lend assistance Lend at a Premium Lend at a Rate lend color lend color lend color lend color to lend colour lend colour lend colour lend ears lend ears lend ears lend force to lend itself to Lend Lease Lend Lease Lend lease act Lend lease act Lend Lease program Lend Lease program Lend Lease Retail Partnership lend money to lend name lend name lend name lend on security lend one’s aid

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