OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 3117

attention

/əˈtɛn.ʃn̩/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
atención
Mental focus.
Most of the pictures of common life that we meet with in books are drawn in the shape of novels, with the view of attracting the attention of indolent readers; the question with au…
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atención
An action or remark expressing concern for or interest in someone or something, especially romantic interest.
For some time past I have been the recipient of very marked attentions from a young lady.
She attended her sickbed; her watchful attentions triumphed over the malignity of the distemper.
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