"listen with half an ear" meaning in English

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      "form": "listens with half an ear",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "listening with half an ear",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "listened with half an ear",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "listened with half an ear",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To listen distractedly, without paying attention."
      ],
      "id": "en-listen_with_half_an_ear-en-verb-btT8Od2L",
      "links": [
        [
          "distractedly",
          "distractedly"
        ],
        [
          "paying attention",
          "pay attention"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) To listen distractedly, without paying attention."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "keep half an eye on"
        },
        {
          "word": "be all ears"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "kuunnella puolella korvalla"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "kuunnella toisella korvalla"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "n’écouter que d’une oreille"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "fél füllel hallgat"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "słuchać jednym uchem"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "slúšatʹ vpolúxa",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "слу́шать вполу́ха"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "listen with half an ear"
}

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    {
      "form": "listens with half an ear",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "listening with half an ear",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "listened with half an ear",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "listened with half an ear",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "listen with half an ear (third-person singular simple present listens with half an ear, present participle listening with half an ear, simple past and past participle listened with half an ear)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "keep half an eye on"
    },
    {
      "word": "be all ears"
    }
  ],
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      "glosses": [
        "To listen distractedly, without paying attention."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "distractedly",
          "distractedly"
        ],
        [
          "paying attention",
          "pay attention"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) To listen distractedly, without paying attention."
      ],
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        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "kuunnella puolella korvalla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "kuunnella toisella korvalla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "n’écouter que d’une oreille"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "fél füllel hallgat"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "słuchać jednym uchem"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slúšatʹ vpolúxa",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "слу́шать вполу́ха"
    }
  ],
  "word": "listen with half an ear"
}