1. focus
Adjust the microscope's focus.
He has given up running in order to focus on the long jump.
Focus on one thing and do it well.
I tried to focus my attention on reading.
I'll focus on the market development for 1999.
I would like to focus attention on the particular design that best represents Emmet's concept.
We must focus on building a solid grass-roots movement.
Due to recent events, it is completely impossible for me to focus on my work.
Although people like to focus on the differences, I think that on the whole it's the same.
Before we try to move up to the next level, I think we need to focus on keeping what we have.
All in all, I think my hobbies are balanced; they bring some relaxation to my life, and at the same time bring focus to my studies.
The publication of the exam results over without incident, for the time being attention is naturally going to focus on the summer break, right?
In fact, an artist lacking in confidence and fortitude would lose focus after 2 or 3 hours.
A good Tatoeba contributor adopts orphaned sentences so the rest of us can focus on Christopher Columbus and his zany antics.
These days many young people work without much focus; my friend's son hadn't gone two years after graduating before he'd changed jobs five times.
2. Attention
Attention!
She therefore came up on this side, opened her own window and tapped her horn lightly to draw attention to the fact that she was there.
The first thing that came to my attention was the large sofa. It was covered in sober coloured leather, the seat and the back both looked wide and comfortable.
The publication of the exam results over without incident, for the time being attention is naturally going to focus on the summer break, right?
Although many European researchers have studied ancient Persian literature in the nineteenth century, the new world is not paying attention to our contemporary literature.
The prime minister had to cut his visit short because of an emergency back home that required his attention.
Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty lady is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.
The power of doing anything with quickness is always prized much by the possessor, and often without any attention to the imperfection of the performance.
Boeing, which builds more than half the world's commercial airliners, is understandably keen to draw attention to what can go wrong besides planes.
There is no piety in the world which is not the result of cultivation, and which cannot be increased by the degree of care and attention bestowed upon it.
I don't know what to do with that guy. No matter how mad I get at him he just takes it in stride and pays no attention.
In the English world of the 19th century, it was often said that masturbation would lead to a loss of memory and attention.
pay attention (to sth) - uważać na coś / bring/draw (sb's) attention to sth/sb - zwracać czyjąś uwagę na coś/kogoś / get (sb's) attention - przyciągać czyjść uwagę
обращать внимание на +а|to pay attention to/note
Attention is focussed on the potential for growth of the personal and industrial use garbage compactor market in relation to trends in law.