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Originally Posted by BobK  It works fine for me (BE); 'listen up' is a relative newcomer. Some speakers avoid it even now, as an Americanism (but so was 'boyfriend' once, so where do you draw the line?)
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Hi Bob
In your opinion, what percentage of Brits think that way (I mean the avoiding of "Americanisms" and the drawing of lines)? Considering that English is a language that so happily absorbs so many words from so many languages, that really is quite an inexplicable mindset. What about Americans saying e.g. "fall" instead of "autumn"? What do people make of that in the UK?
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Hi wuwei
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I haven't seen the test you're referring to, but I would assume it's a typo and the word should be
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Hi englishstudent
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The phrasal verb "
listen out" sounds a bit like British slang to me
but the meaning seems to fit the test sentence nicely and I'd say your understanding of it is correct.
You could also say (at least in the US) "
keep an ear out for something". In other words "listen and be prepared to hear some specific and expected sound."
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