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You can use it to describe someone who is very attentive and listens closely to what is being said. For example: "Joanna is a keen listener and always takes in what people have to say."
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He was this keen listener and observer of the people around him".
He became a keen listener and observer, taking up residence in his imagination.
"Ryan is an incredibly keen listener and observer," Cornell told me.
I was a keen listener to the BBC on our Pye wireless set.
Mr. Hamelin's mother, Jacqueline Hamelin, doesn't play an instrument, he said, but is "a very keen listener".
There is no doubt they helped put things in perspective; I would hope she was a keen listener.
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The key to lifelong engagement in music is enjoyment, whether young music enthusiasts ultimately become professional musicians, amateur music-makers or keen listeners.
She and her husband, sculptor Bradford Graves, were devoted world-travelers and keen listeners, studying both the traditional musics of the world and virtuoso performers within world music and the Jazz avant garde.
They can be a source of great support as well as being keen listeners to your tales; ask for hugs when in need.
WHEN John McCain laid out his plans for reducing America's dependence on oil to an audience in California on June 23rd, the candidate's keenest listeners were 6,000 miles away in São Paulo.
Keen (and not-so-keen) listeners have noticed that Beijing's Winter Olympics song sounds suspiciously like a runaway hit from the Disney musical Frozen.
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