1. background
IN the background
Students often study with music playing in the background, and people working around the house will usually turn on the television or radio to keep them company.
Music that doesn't transmit feelings, images, thoughts, or memories is just background noise.
Hit up on the D-pad, and the background music will change as the background itself becomes the Demon King's castle....
Marrying someone from a different background or country will always be more problematic than marrying someone from your own.
The fact that educated Americans in general no longer share understandable background knowledge is a chief cause of their inability to communicate effectively.
With this as background I turn now to an account of the present state of evolutionary biology.
A recent survey has shown that one in four CVs contain a lie of some kind, but resist the temptation to invent an interesting background for yourself.
In spite of their very different backgrounds, they immediately became friends.
I know him only a week. I don't have any idea about his background.
Despite having a famous mother, Sam Roddick’s friends never mention her background or her money.
The story gives some background information about the history of Ireland where the action takes place.
B2 Sounds in the background are not the main sounds you can hear. tło background music/noise I could hear a baby crying in the background.
2. fund
IMF stands for International Monetary Fund.
In 2009, Selena Gomez became the youngest person to be named a United Nations Children's Fund Ambassador in the United States.
He's good at fund raising.
The governor took the money out of a slush fund.
Their family funded the monument.
Singapore's Central Fund provides pensions.
Lobbyists for the bill funneled bribes into a campaign fund.
While long-term credit banks are authorized by law to issue bonds to raise fund, they are not allowed to take deposits the way ordinary banks are.
The three organizations are the International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
He has fund of information about world politics.
The magazine then started a special fund for girls and women in Afghanistan.
The National Asthma Campaign is funding research into allergy and air pollution.
Michael told us that he is saving for his pension fund.
EU funds pay for my English course.
When the World Wildlife Fund was founded in 1961, it took the panda as its symbol.
3. bottom
Some people say that English politeness is, at bottom, really fear.
no bottom
That man has hit bottom: his wife has left him, he's lost his job, and he's an alcoholic. The worst is that I know him--he used to be my boss five years ago.
The project is well-planned and interesting, but its immediate impact on the bottom line is not considered substantial.
Your plan sounds good, but the bottom line is: will it bring us more business?
When I was in elementary school I thought, from the bottom of my heart, that the teachers were great people and I was influenced by the teachers' attitudes and moral lessons, but middle school was just a business like any other.
If you want to read this page later, just know that you can access it from the "Help" link at the very bottom of the website.
It's still shallow, eh. My feet still touch the bottom. "It's quite a shallow beach. Yotsuba, you can still touch the bottom can't you?"
The management tended to be too concerned about short-term improvement of the bottom line to have any long-term design for the future.
On the way out I said to my waitress, "Be careful, Sue. There's something funny about the glasses you gave me - they're filled in on the top, and there's a hole on the bottom!"
You haven't mentioned cost, and I won't sign until I know the bottom line.
The house is at the bottom of a hill. I think I've got a pen in the bottom of my bag. There's a label on the bottom of the box. The bus stop is at the bottom of the road.
the bottom of an organization is the lowest level in it, where the work requires the least amount of experience or skill and the pay is the lowest
My bike saddle is uncomfortable and it hurts my bottom!
Your bottom doesn't match your shirt. Try wearing jeans.