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1. background 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. shade


Keep in the shade.
I feel cooler standing in the shade, rather than out in the sun.
The sun is beating down and there's no shade in sight.
A parasol is used during the summertime to shade the face.
Nancy is a shade darker than Helen.
Big brother, you've got a bad fever?! Never mind the bags, rest in the shade of those trees!
Christine stayed in the shade all day, because she didn't want to get a sunburn.
I shade my eyes from sun shine.
The colors shade from yellow into green.
Or would I were a little burnish'd apple For you to pluck me, gliding by so cold, While sun and shade your robe of lawn will dapple, Your robe of lawn, and your hair's spun gold.
Her face turned an even darker shade of pink.
1. We sat down in the cool shade. 2. Children were trying to catch their shadows.
shade of foil
You can see a texture because of the difference in light and shade created by its surface relief.
The parasol provided us with a little shade.

3. A backdrop is the scenery that hangs behind the actors in a play



4. the general conditions in which an even takes place



5. lie behind or beyond



6. the situation that an event happens in



7. the conditions or situation in which something happens



8. the setting or scene behind someone