Forcing the narrative on means tapping the screen through unnecessarily lengthy conversations; the background music descends rapidly from "sinisterly scene setting" to "I'm going to kill an accordionist"; and the puzzles themselves range from the challenging and well-produced to hanging on the most miniscule of details that you can barely see on the tiny screen.
A tendency to fidget and to be easily distracted, poor concentration and poor academic achievement are characteristics of children both with the primary headache and with the auditory processing disorders, like difficulty in understanding conversation amid background noise [5 7].
Upon arrival at McGee's, I asked the hostess if it would be possible to get a private table in the upstairs portion of the establishment -– more so that I could record the conversation without background noise than anything else.
Has difficulty following a conversation against background noise.
At 2 months after transplantation, nine patients (four patients with cisplatin pretreatment) still had symptomatic high-frequency hearing loss and problems with conversation and background noise, eight patients (five patients with cisplatin pretreatment) had intermittent tinnitus and one patient in the breast cancer group still had continuous tinnitus.
In my dealings with Western officials and diplomats, especially Americans, I have been baffled by the mind-bending classifications of conversations with reporters: "background," "deep background," "on the record," "attributed to a Western diplomat".
This means skimming over background conversations, like people at the bus stop discussing the weather, and getting into the meaty conversations, like Jane's confrontation with treacherous Aunt Agatha.
He reviews for me the differences between off-the-record and background conversations, and then we order salads.
In background conversations last week, several cautioned that it was not clear what the Iranians had in mind.
Much of the help comes in background conversations with reporters to rebut rumors, correct supposed misconceptions and put the client's story in a sympathetic light.
