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| English | Russian |
| begin to listen with rapt/undivided attention | обратиться в слух (VLZ_58) |
| catch sb.'s attention | привлечь чьё-л. внимание (Check out some of the items that have recently caught our editor's attention. -- привлекли внимание нашего редактора • Recently, another intriguing video was shared online, which was reportedly filmed above Sequoia Park in California. The footage circulating on social media captures an unidentified object resembling a human figure in the air moving slowly and the video has caught attention of viewers worldwide. (news18.com) ART Vancouver) |
| fall in at attention! | становись! (Andrey Truhachev) |
| grab one's attention | привлечь чьё-либо внимание ("I have been camping and walking on Loch Ness my whole life and I have never believed in the Loch Ness monster," said Corey. (...) He described the creature as 'eel-like' but also 'the size of a bus'. "We saw the water rippling as if something was swelling, and that is what grabbed our attention," he said. – именно это привлекло наше внимание / именно поэтому мы и обратили на него внимание  unexplained-mysteries.com ART Vancouver) |
| let one's attention wander | отвлечься (Don't let your attention wander when the headmaster is speaking, my lad. – Не отвлекайся ... ART Vancouver) |
| pay no attention | и ухом не повести (triumfov) |
| strike the attention of | обратить на себя внимание (someone ART Vancouver) |