Meanings

strange news

English-language newspaper

confessor

listening

learn from reliable sources

being a good listener

poor listener

way of asking

getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)

(police) legwork

hearsay

inquiry

writing down what one hears

learning by ear

straining one's ears

learn of

hear something for the last time

mishearing

pleasant to listen to

enquiring beforehand