From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisha good/sympathetic listenera good/sympathetic listenerSYMPATHIZEsomeone who listens carefully and sympathetically to other people → listener
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a good/sympathetic listener• Seek not only to be understood but to understand-be a good listener.• Be a good listener and do not demand that children reveal all that they do or think.• And apart from the information you get, being a good listener helps the other side to relax and have confidence in you.• People liked her because she was steady, sensible, a good listener.• Zach said he was a good listener and that he was a sensitive being.• Lady Thatcher never drew breath, while John Major was a good listener.• In the Collins family, Kevin was not actually told stories about how he, too, was a good listener.• It will give you the opportunity to discuss your problems with a sympathetic listener. 