heed

attention

Attention particulière portée à quelque chose, surtout à un conseil ou à un avertissement.

En anglais simple : Careful attention to something, especially advice or a warning.

• Take heed of this warning.
• He paid little heed to our advice.
• The hikers gave no heed to the approaching storm.

Comment l'utiliser : pay heed to something (Please pay heed to the warning signs.); take heed of something (They took heed of her advice.)

Synonymes : attention, notice

Expressions courantes : pay heed, take heed, heed to something

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Prêter attention à un conseil ou à un avertissement et agir en conséquence.

En anglais simple : To pay careful attention to advice or a warning and act on it.

• Heed the warning signs.
• She heeded her doctor’s advice and rested.
• If they had heeded our concerns, the accident might have been avoided.

Synonymes : follow, listen to, pay attention to

Contraires : ignore, disregard

Expressions courantes : heed a warning, heed advice, heed a call