0 to hear what other people are saying without intending to and without their knowledge:
I overheard a very funny conversation on the bus this morning.
[ + obj + -ing verb ] He overheard his daughter telling her doll not to be so naughty.
[ + obj + infinitive without to ] We overheard them say that they didn't really like the food.
1 to hear what other people are saying unintentionally and without their knowledge:
Several pharmacy users commented on the knowledge and training of the pharmacists, although most also remarked about the difficulties of being overheard in the queue.
What matters in architects' writings - as in their design work - are those moments when we sense that we are overhearing a conversation.
Actual readers become like eavesdroppers who overhear a conversation that is not really meant for their hopelessly-biased ears.
The plot was overheard by the daughter, who, looking forward to the marriage, became sad and alarmed.
Are there sometimes difficulties because you overhear something?
Results show that learners who did not overhear initial learner utterances were significantly less successful at distinguishing recasts from repetitions.
Each interview was conducted privately between the par ticipant and a researcher, with no one else present or able to overhear the conversation.
The bilinguals had silently overheard and understood the derogatory jokes by the medical staff.
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