If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.
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n. 人;（語法）人稱;身體;容貌;
?? person-, parson- 表”人類”
"The aforementioned person was seen acting suspiciously."
有人看見前面提到的那個人行動可疑。
近義：individual, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke, blighter
反義：assemblage, assembly, mass, mob, multitude, party
vi. 出現，顯現;出庭，出場;演出;發表;
?? ap一再+pear看見→出現，顯露
"She didn't appear at all surprised at the news."
她聽到這消息時一點也沒有顯得吃驚。
近義：arise, materialize, surface, emerge, look, seem
反義：vanish, evanesce, evanish, fade
adj. 有耐性的;能容忍的;
n. 患者;病人;病號;
?? pati病+ent表示人→病人
"a drug that disposes the patient towards sleep"
使病人想睡覺的藥
近義：sufferer, tolerant, inactive, indifferent, passive, submissive
反義：anxious, exasperated, annoyed
adv. 簡單地，樸素地;（引出概括或解釋）不過，僅僅;簡直;<非正>實在;
?? sim一次 + ply 折疊 →折一次 → ad.簡單地；樸素地
"The clock is simply for ornament; it doesn't work any more."
這架時鐘純屬擺設，它再也不走了。
近義：just, merely, only, purely, solely, but
反義：elaborately, painfully, wearisomely, challengingly, hardly
adj. 小的;難為情的;低級的，卑劣的;細微的，微弱的;
adv. 小小地;卑鄙地;
n. 細小部分，腰部;瑣碎東西;身份低的人;矮小的人;
"These small particles agglomerate together to form larger clusters."
這些顆粒聚結形成較大的團。
近義：little, meager, meagre, minute, reduced, scanty
反義：large, major, sizeable, sizable, some, capital
n. 塊，片，段;部分，部件;文章，音樂作品;
vt. 修補;連接，接上;
"a piece of laboratory apparatus"
一件實驗室儀器
近義：reassemble, mend, patch, hunk, length, lump