Listen
Listen verb - To pay attention especially through the act of hearing.
Take
Take verb - To reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Discreetly monitoring the speakers, there are indeed Men In Black - Lord Vetinari's Dark Clerks, assigned there to listen and take notes....
Source: The Men in Black -
In The Sims 2, if you take your time in Create-A-Sim, Elder Sims will sometimes take one of these out and listen for something.
Source: Ear Trumpet -
Han offered money instead of his captivity and Jabba refused to listen; when Leia and Luke warned Jabba that they could defeat him, Jabba and his minions did not take them seriously at all.
Source: Film / Return of the Jedi
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