Listen to the Scandinavian and learn about translating (4,2,3)
I believe the answer is:
lend an ear
'listen' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'the scandinavian and learn about translating' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'scandinavian' could be 'dane' (I've seen this before) and 'dane' is found within the answer.
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is located in the answer.
'about' could be 'a' (abbreviation in Chambers) and 'a' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lend an ear that I've seen before include "Listen attentively (to)" , "Pay attention" , "Listen - to borrower" , "Hark" , "Follow Mark Antony" .)