1027519 I talked with Tom for over an hour before he said something that made me realize he wasn't a native speaker. CK 3132019 I've made a reservation at an izakaya near Shinjuku Station. It's all you can drink for 2 hours for 2,500 yen. CK 3123404 It doesn't make sense to criticize someone for doing something that we would do if we were in their situation. chajadan 897924 We're going to make sure that no one is taking advantage of the American people for their own short-term gain. CK 847082 The man who makes but one mistake a year because he makes but two decisions is wrong fifty per cent of the time. Source_Benedict_1921 954200 Native speakers sometimes make mistakes, but not usually the same kind of mistakes that non-native speakers make. CK 3132016 I've made a reservation at a drinking place near Shinjuku Station. It's all you can drink for 2 hours for 2,500 yen. CK 270411 The people crowded round the injured man, but they made way for the doctor when he reached the scene of the accident. CM 954028 It doesn't make much sense to me that I have to pay more income tax than you even though you make more money than I do. CK 1065370 I was lucky that the policeman didn't give me a ticket for making a U-turn at an intersection that had a no U-turn sign. CK 239281 He seems like a softy on the surface, but at the core he's got an iron will that makes him an extremely tough negotiator. CM 611376 Make a good translation of the sentence that you are translating. Don't let translations into other languages influence you. CK 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 277683 It wasn't my lucky day. First, I got a parking ticket and then things went from bad to worse when I got pulled over for making a U-turn. CM 52462 Shinji found it very difficult to adjust himself to life in the new school. However, the fact that he was an EVA pilot made him popular. CM 26666 Although rainforests make up only two percent of the earth's surface, over half the world's wild plant, animal and insect species live there. Zifre 1230823 If you translate from your second language into your own native language, rather than the other way around, you're less likely to make mistakes. CK 30000 A good theory is characterized by the fact that it makes a number of predictions that could in principle be disproved or falsified by observation. CM 2033447 When we were in school, my best friend and I made our own secret code so we could write messages to each other without other people being able to read them. Chrikaru 1027257 Though Tom's English seems quite good at times, he doesn't seem to know his limitations and it's impossible to convince him that he's wrong when he makes a mistake. CK 2783162 A mistake young people often make is to start learning too many languages at the same time, as they underestimate the difficulties and overestimate their own ability to learn them. catcher 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 347771 There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after the children fall asleep and wonder how they'll make the mortgage, or pay their doctor's bills, or save enough for their child's college education. CM 953936 If someone who doesn't know your background says that you sound like a native speaker, it means they probably noticed something about your speaking that made them realize you weren't a native speaker. In other words, you don't really sound like a native speaker. CK