ratio; proportion; percentage
per person; per capita; per head
intestinal environment; microbiome
to not take seriously; to take lightly
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to do with enthusiasm; to be excited to do; to throw oneself into
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
intestinal; inside the intestines
beginning; outset; first; onset
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
to cover fully; to wrap around
birth; creation; formation
resident; indigenous; always existing
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
creakily; close (i.e. with no room to spare)
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
main cause; primary factor
to be entwined; to be involved
yogurt; yoghurt; yoghourt
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
stomach acid; gastric acid
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
this is why; this means; it is the case that
immune strength; immunity