1868731 "If you're not happy with your purchase, you can return it at any time." "Could I get that in writing?" darinmex 321612 I am looking forward to walking around the Izu Peninsula with some of my friends during summer vacation. CK 51287 Please forward this message along with the seminar information to the appropriate managers in your firm. CK 246954 Pamela must have been at home when I tried to get in touch with her, but she didn't answer the telephone. CK 1398528 The trouble with the world isn't that people know too little, but they know so many things that ain't so. bart 318675 He puts on a show of being impartial and unbiased, but I think he's just a guy with no opinion of his own. CM 1092972 Tom seems to be unwilling to accept advice from native speakers who try to help him with his translations. CK 2974584 When Tom lost his job, he couldn't keep up his mortgage repayments and he was threatened with foreclosure. patgfisher 2775319 "Do you not like Tom?" "It's not that I don't like him, I just have trouble dealing with people like him." CK 268522 Although the conditions are slightly different, the result of our experiment was identical with Robinson's. CK 289277 He got tired of being the devil's advocate and now agrees with every idea they suggest, no matter how dumb. CM 1027519 I talked with Tom for over an hour before he said something that made me realize he wasn't a native speaker. CK 19390 I'm going to speak to you with utmost candor so I want you to take everything I'm about to say at face value. CM 953949 If you don't start treating people with a little more respect, people may start avoiding you like the plague. CK 2248840 If you want this marriage to work, you need to choose between spending time with me and working all the time. CK 597908 Though grammatically there is nothing wrong with this sentence, I doubt if anyone would actually ever use it. CK 3344597 Tom was faced with an enormous task when his mother died leaving a badly cluttered house for him to clean up. patgfisher 1855170 "You probably wouldn't like going camping with me." "You're wrong. In fact, I think I'd like that very much." CK 320887 With his mother out of the way, Duke was able to proceed with his plan to embezzle the money from the company. CM 1164664 Even though we were supposed to meet at 10, I've had no contact with them. I wonder if they've had an accident. CK 953472 I have a lot of friends who are native speakers, so I've had a lot of experience speaking with native speakers. CK 2239907 I'm afraid that you didn't understand me correctly. I don't want to be alone with you. I just want to be alone. AlanF_US 1263687 I felt bad, so I was admitted into the hospital. However, it turned out that there was nothing really wrong with me. CK 897923 This is a time of year when people get together with family and friends to observe Passover and to celebrate Easter. CK 953957 If you want to learn a foreign language well, you should speak that language with native speakers as often as you can. CK 1093803 Tom had seen Mary with John on more than one occasion before and finally figured out that they were seeing each other. CK 918473 My friend recommended that I shouldn't buy an iPad yet, but to wait until I see what Apple's competitors come out with. CK 552261 Roger Miller's "Dang Me" was a hit with country music fans and with popular music fans too. It sold millions of copies. American 266812 When I got to the office, I had tons of work waiting for me. I was running around like a chicken with its head cut off. CM 266991 A friend I went with on our first trip abroad had his wallet pickpocketed. I don't think it left a very good impression. CM 918923 Obviously, Tom had a lot on his mind, but I had no choice but to ask him to spend some time helping us with our problems. CK 1338419 We see with our eyes, we hear with our ears, we touch with our skin, we smell with our nose, and we taste with our tongue. Eldad 1552704 When I was 17, I injured myself playing football. I collided with someone and as a result of this I broke some of my teeth. wrarshad91 3165728 As far as I'm concerned, what you do in your free time is your own business, as long as it doesn't interfere with your work. Hybrid 3009023 When he got up to make his speech, Tom's mind went completely blank and all he could do was stand there with his mouth open. patgfisher 953966 If your company primarily does business with America, then you should be studying English with a native speaker from America. CK 294641 His old company gave him the shaft. But I admire the way he turned bad luck into good and did even better with his own business. CM 27846 A really perceptive person can figure out a whole situation with just a few clues. That's the kind of person I want you to become. CM 279665 A freezing beggar was brought into the hospital for treatment. However, he didn't have even one cent with which to settle the bill. CM 912382 Cities and provinces along the Yangtze River in central China are grappling with the country's worst drought in more than 50 years. Source_VOA 44947 That proposal may be a way to kill two birds with one stone, but we also have to be careful not to get greedy and spoil everything. NekoKanjya 2775321 "You dislike Tom, don't you?" "It's not that I dislike like him, it's just that I kind of have trouble dealing with people like him." CK 1334053 I got fired from the company, but since I have a little money saved up, for the time being, I won't have trouble with living expenses. CK 1334080 She has a boyfriend she's been going out with since high school, but she feels their relationship is in a rut, so she's become discontented. CM 591425 Mr. Gardner of the ABC Corporation is staying at the Marriott Hotel from February 20th to the 27th, and would like very much to meet with you. CK 1334078 She has a boyfriend she's been going out with since high school, but she feels their relationship has stagnated, so she's become dissatisfied. CM 552224 Selena Gomez and the Scene also had good luck with their first album, "Kiss and Tell." It has sold more than a million copies around the world. American 552255 At night, Roger went to music clubs and drinking places where country and western bands played. These places provided him with a music education. American 327994 When writing a sentence, generally you start with a capital letter and finish with a period (.), an exclamation mark (!), or a question mark (?). CM 552247 Roger Miller's father died when he was only one year old and his mother became sick soon after, so he was sent to live with his uncle in Erick, Oklahoma. American