pay attention: 주의를 기울이다. 연관 Idioms.

• pay attention (to somebody/something)

• give/pay heed (to somebody/something) [• pay heed]   |   • take heed (of somebody/something)

-(formal) to pay careful attention to somebody/something

: (~에) 세심한 주의를 기울이다

e.g.)

They gave little heed to the rumours.

I paid no heed at the time but later I had cause to remember what he’d said.

Small businesses would be wise to take heed of the warnings contained in the Chancellor’s speech.

She took little heed of her surroundings.

They paid no heed to the advice.

 

 

• heed /hiːd/

(formal)

-to pay careful attention to somebody’s advice or warning

SYNONYM notice, take notice of, take note of

: (남의 충고경고에) 주의를 기울이다

*heed somebody/something

e.g.)

They failed to heed the lessons of history.

If only they had heeded his warnings!

Calls for more legislation to protect tenants were not heeded.

He failed to heed our warnings.

The government would do well to heed this advice.