Play it by ear, you mean?
Darren walked up and whispered in my ear, 'You going to be a pussy now?
Voices sieved into Gillian's left ear: "You want to warn them," Sister Abby said.
"Sometimes I hear him whispering in my ear: 'You can do it.
If you are small of ear, you may find that those one-size-fits-all earbuds simply don't fit.
If you cup your hand around your right ear you may be able to hear the recriminations.
(If a mosquito has ever flown in and out of your ear, you can imagine the sound).
Then, seconds before she pushed out of the start, Thomas leaned over and whispered in his wife's ear: "You know you want to win this.
"He whispered in my ear, 'You just killed the troika.' " Varoufakis's fame grew the next week, after he left his suitcase in an Athens taxi.
On "Hello?" you'd identify yourself and ask after the person whose voice in your ear you, having waited, now profoundly desired.
There are no linguistic "instincts" to guide you on the path and the language's guardian angels rarely whisper into your ear; you are truly on your own.
