1529635 I thought I had paid the monthly fee, but I received a phone call from the school saying that the bill still needs to be paid. erikspen 2158345 According to the contract you may take three days of bereavement leave for your uncle's funeral, but only one for your nephew's. Dreamk33 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 2114902 If one has the right to live, then one should also have the right to die. If not, then living is not a right, but an obligation. CK 40879 It was bad enough that he usually came to work late, but coming in drunk was the last straw, and I'm going to have to let him go. CM 2302045 Honey, I know the budget is tight, but do you think we could splurge a bit and have a night out at a fancy restaurant this weekend? orionthehunter 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 1582370 A committee is a group of people who individually can do nothing, but who, as a group, can meet and decide that nothing can be done. Biga 30538 Oh, sure, I studied English in my school days. But it wasn't until two or three years ago that I really started taking it seriously. CK 3054417 "How many push-ups can you do, Tom?" "I used to be able to do a hundred easily, but I wonder how many I can do now. Maybe 50 or so?" WestofEden 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 21495 A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car, but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad. CM 1093792 Tom had the munchies, but since there was nothing in the house to eat, he went to the convenience store not too far from where he lived. 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 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 2675809 You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. Dejo 35781 Irene Pepperberg, a researcher at Northwestern University, is discovering that a parrot can not only mimic people but also learn the meaning of words. CM 954773 You may not learn to speak as well as a native speaker, but you should be able to speak well enough that native speakers will understand what you have to say. CK 3037515 Tom threw rocks at Mary's window in the middle of the night to get her attention, but he ended up breaking her window instead and Mary's father called the cops. Hybrid 241223 A building with high ceilings and huge rooms may be less practical than the colorless block of offices that takes its place, but it often fits in well with its surroundings. CM 912384 Five tremors in excess of magnitude 5.0 on the Richter scale have shaken Japan just this week, but scientists are warning that the largest expected aftershock has yet to hit. Source_VOA 62321 I may seem confident, but I get extremely nervous speaking in front of people. My hands tremble, I get all tongue-tied, and sometimes I don't even know what I'm saying myself. CM 26395 The swimmer, Cindy Nicholas, barely made it ashore at Dover at the end of the exhausting swim, but a spokesman from the Channel Swimming Association announced that she was in very good shape. NekoKanjya 3020394 Tom made the comment so offhandedly that at first it seemed unimportant, but then I saw the tension in his face and his body language and it quickly became clear that it really meant the world to him. Delian 1969892 Death is something that we're often discouraged to talk about or even think about, but I've realized that preparing for death is one of the most empowering things you can do. Thinking about death clarifies your life. davearms