Listen and Make out

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Listen verb - To pay attention especially through the act of hearing.

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Make out and listen are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Make out" instead a verb "Listen".

Nearby Words: listening, listened, listener

Make out verb - To meet one's day-to-day needs.

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Listen and make out are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Listen" instead a verb "Make out".

If you listen closely, you can just make out another, appropriately demonic, voice under their own.

Source: Voice of the Legion
All of the Happy Tree Friends characters seem to be Speaking Simlish, but if you listen closely you can make out a few words here and there, so they may be an extreme example of this trope.

Source: Speech-Impaired Animal
Listen close to the lyrics... "Let's Be Friends" ("...so we can make out"), too, though it plays as tongue-in-cheek.

Source: Creator / Emily Osment

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