She listened attentively and patiently.

Meaning: She listened very carefully and waited calmly without showing any signs of impatience.

Choice of Words: Attentively means paying close attention to something. Patiently means able to wait or endure something without getting upset or frustrated. When you put them together, it means she listened very carefully and waited calmly without showing any signs of impatience.

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She was all ears.

Meaning: This means she was paying very close attention to what was being said.

Choice of Words: Ears are the body parts that we use to hear. All ears is an expression that means someone is paying very close attention to what is being said.

She hung on every word.

Meaning: This means she was paying very close attention to what was being said.

Choice of Words: Hung means to attach something to something else. Every word means each and every word that was being said. When you put them together, "Hung on every word" means she was paying very close attention to what was being said.

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