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- And as I've already intimated, they all seemed particularly surprised and pleased that I hadn't run over to their houses with wrapped presents and invitations and hopeful, clinging embraces; in fact, I must have given them the reassuring thought of how safe they actually were, how shielded, that an interloper might immediately recognize and so heed the rules of their houses.†
p. 44.9heed = pay close attention to; or do what is suggested
- People heed my words.†
p. 95.6 *
- I myself received numerous solicitations from the mall management, special inducements and incentives to relocate my store as a "founding tenant," but even as some of my fellow merchants left the old village, I took heed of the comments I'd casually hear around town from the country and tennis club set, the matrons and well-heeled young mothers, that they never went over to Ebbington and would certainly not start now.†
p. 131.4
- You must heed me on this, Sunny.†
p. 145.4
- I know that the commanding officer, Colonel Ishii, had actually spoken to the captain afterward of the benefits of meting out more condign discipline, and the captain seemed to take heed of the suggestion.†
p. 161.1
- It was everything I could do to heed his mother's unspoken (though readily clear) wishes and keep a dignified face and uneventfully leave him until our next time together, which was as yet unarranged.†
p. 219.5
- I raise it for you and you alone, and you will heed it without hesitance or prejudice.†
p. 269.2
- Can't you heed me?†
p. 300.5
- Why I should be the one to heed I don't know.†
p. 320.6
- And so I remain grateful to the doctor, for the force of his patience and focus, as it was obvious how much heed he gave to each operation and step.†
p. 345.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(heed) pay close attention to; or to do what is suggested -- especially with regard to a warning or other advice
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)