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hark

/hɑː(ɹ)k/ noun C2
  1. A whisper

Plural harks

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While he lamented and bewailed his sores and bruises, and cried loudly for help, a neighbor ran to the well, and learning what had happened said: “Hark ye, old fellow, why, in striving to pry into what is in heaven, do you not manage to see what is on earth?”
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 22 · B2
Hark ye, my friend, I have disobeyed my first order, but I will not disobey the second; and if you move, I will blow your brains out.” And he levelled his carbine at Dantès, who felt the muzzle against his temple.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 75 · C1
Hark to the song of the sailors on board!
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 17 · C1
Hark!
The Jungle Book, p. 29 · B2

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