"Listen with half an ear" nghĩa là gì?

"Listen with half an ear" = nghe một tai -> nghĩa là chỉ nghe vậy nhưng không chú ý hết.

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If you listen with half an ear to the Sundance buzz about Swiss Army Man, you might easily miss the admiring comments about wacko inventiveness and think it offers nothing but a farting corpse (xác chết, thi hài).

The union horror tales in Question Time have become so routine that it's possible to listen with half an ear while writing in Christmas cards, which is exactly what Tony Abbott among others was doing.

A few guides from Tortuguero National Park on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast are giving instructions: "Don't get in the way of the turtles! Watch where you step! Don't help!" The tiny animals have to find their way on their own. But many tourists only listen with half an ear - they're much too busy taking pictures and filming. "Oops!" A señora next to me has just failed to notice one of the small animals between her legs and accidentally knocked it over, but the turtle picks itself up and keeps going.

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