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pay attention

Idioms  

  1. Heed, be attentive to, as in Now pay attention to these instructions. [Second half of 1700s]

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In fact, if Leo is too distracted to pay attention to her, that seems great to me.

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“Up to you decide what direction you like take. And up to you for pay attention to who gonna help you get there.”

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“You’ve got to pay attention to where your head’s at.”

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You try to pay attention with twenty boys talking in your head!

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“Michelle asked me to help her. Make you pay attention to her.”

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