(idiomatic) to listen carefully

absolutely, categorically, certainly, definitely, surely / inevitably, invariably, without fail, necessarily, always

incline, tilt, slant

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

ear; ears / crust (of bread) / selvedge (woven edge of a bolt of fabric)

to hear, to hear by accident

ear

生, 活: (attaches to nouns) vigorous, lively, powerful / 幾: (attaches to nouns) implies an indeterminate amount: several, many, much, a lot