1. main
main problem
Patterns of freeze-up and breakup influence the distribution and number of seals, the polar bear's main prey.
Let us remember that, if this financial crisis taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers.
I sat down to translate the sentence shown on the main page into my native language, and half an hour and two dozen sentences later I had to convince myself to stop.
Smokers are as aware as anybody else of the disadvantages of their hobby, but manage to live with that knowledge for two main reasons.
The accountants and finance analysts all have their own departmental office two blocks away from the business's main branch.
The main streets of many small towns have been all but abandoned thanks, in large part, to behemoths like Wal-Mart.
All sweaters of this type are out of stock now. We'll order them from the main store in Tokyo.
In the main, I am in favor of political reform if meaningful changes are made.
That would lead to the production of more carbon dioxide, the main gas responsible for global warming.
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The report from the National Development and Reform Committee says that the advance in rural high-speed telecommunication infrastructure is the main reason for the increase in Internet users.
In English there are eight main parts of speech: noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction and finally interjection.
About the wedding ... It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance to be the main attraction, so instead of doing it on a shoestring, why not pull out all the stops and make a great show of it?
Nearly all siheyuans had their main buildings and gates facing south for better lighting, so a majority of hutongs run from east to west.
Inglês palavra "मुख्य"(main) ocorre em conjuntos:
Top English words 751 - 8001000 Common Marathi Words2. chief
chief executive (officer)
The fact that educated Americans in general no longer share understandable background knowledge is a chief cause of their inability to communicate effectively.
In 776 B.C., the first Olympic Games were held at the foot of Mount Olympus to honor the Greeks' chief god, Zeus.
I had many reasons, love being chief among them.
The chief engineer did research hand in hand with his assistant.
As the date didn't work for the section chief, it was necessary to completely reorganize the drinking party.
We'll have to organize the drinking party all over again as the section chief can't make it now.
To my chief strategist, David Axelrod, who's been a partner with me every step of the way. To the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics! You made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you've sacrificed to get it done.
A new chief of the security forces has just been appointed
O.K. chief. It's gonna cost you two century notes.
'major', 'key' or 'important' can be a synonym of te world 'chief'
Ireland’s chief cities are Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford.
The chief clerk is not a hardworking man, but gets ahead rapidly because he knows how to curry favor with his superiors.
3. major
major problem
It seems the navy jets had a major screw-up in navigation and they bombed their own troops by mistake.
Guess what the managing director started off the meeting by saying. The first thing out of his mouth was an announcement of some major restructuring.
Large-scale surface currents are already known to exist, and major currents below the ocean surface, too, are being found.
The major religions in China are Taoism, Buddhism, Islam and Christianity.
Japan has had the experience of being hit by major earthquake disasters, since it is a country which has historically had many earthquakes.
The Lockheed scandal is a worldwide corruption scandal involving the major American plane manufacturer Lockheed. It came to light in February 1976 and revolved mainly around the acceptance of passenger plane contracts.
Capital investments planned by major Japanese businesses for this year have been revised upward in view of an improving economic outlook.
Japanese companies have set up factories on every continent, and Japanese banks help finance many of the world's major economic programs.
While one of them sped around major parts of the property on the mower, a second made a few sweeps at some tall weeds on the edge of my wife's garden, and the third got into the truck and smoked a cigarette.
Japan consists of four major islands and over 3,000 small islands, and is about equal to California in area.
In the midst of the dollar falling hard against the Yen and other major Eastern currencies the Chinese Yuan, with China effectively taking a 'dollar peg' policy, has become cheap.
It would be a great convenience if English were to become everybody's major language.
Major Cold: It's the day of the year that the cold is most severe, but you could also say that Spring is just coming around the corner.
The methods used to overcome stress are different for men and women: drinking is the major method used by men, while women deal with stress by chatting.