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;（语法）人称;身体;容貌;
💡 person-, parson- 表”人类”
"The aforementioned person was seen acting suspiciously."
有人看见前面提到的那个人行动可疑。
近义：individual, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke, blighter
反义：assemblage, assembly, mass, mob, multitude, party
vi. 出现，显现;出庭，出场;演出;发表;
💡 ap一再+pear看见→出现，显露
"She didn't appear at all surprised at the news."
她听到这消息时一点也没有显得吃惊。
近义：arise, materialize, surface, emerge, look, seem
反义：vanish, evanesce, evanish, fade
adj. 有耐性的;能容忍的;
n. 患者;病人;病号;
💡 pati病+ent表示人→病人
"a drug that disposes the patient towards sleep"
使病人想睡觉的药
近义：sufferer, tolerant, inactive, indifferent, passive, submissive
反义：anxious, exasperated, annoyed
adv. 简单地，朴素地;（引出概括或解释）不过，仅仅;简直;<非正>实在;
💡 sim一次 + ply 折叠 →折一次 → ad.简单地；朴素地
"The clock is simply for ornament; it doesn't work any more."
这架时钟纯属摆设，它再也不走了。
近义：just, merely, only, purely, solely, but
反义：elaborately, painfully, wearisomely, challengingly, hardly
adj. 小的;难为情的;低级的，卑劣的;细微的，微弱的;
adv. 小小地;卑鄙地;
n. 细小部分，腰部;琐碎东西;身份低的人;矮小的人;
"These small particles agglomerate together to form larger clusters."
这些颗粒聚结形成较大的团。
近义：little, meager, meagre, minute, reduced, scanty
反义：large, major, sizeable, sizable, some, capital
n. 块，片，段;部分，部件;文章，音乐作品;
vt. 修补;连接，接上;
"a piece of laboratory apparatus"
一件实验室仪器
近义：reassemble, mend, patch, hunk, length, lump