2027769 Tom was obsessed by the belief that, one by one, everyone around him was being abducted and replaced by aliens. halfb1t 1481975 Consider the successes that have been achieved by tired, discouraged people who decided to give it one more try. pigeonenglish 3116600 Tom lost so much weight that one of his friends walked straight past him in the street, without recognising him. patgfisher 1067168 You should read the kind of books that contain the kind of information that will be useful to you later in life. CK 954200 Native speakers sometimes make mistakes, but not usually the same kind of mistakes that non-native speakers make. CK 954626 When we started out in 2008, we wrote down a list of people that we wanted to hire, then went out and hired them. CK 890164 Babies can become dehydrated from a high fever, so I was told that it would be better to send him to the hospital. Scott 1475451 Both brothers said that they couldn't support both a wife and an airplane, so they spent their lives as bachelors. CK 1103171 Did you know that in Japan, if you have a tattoo, you won't be allowed to bathe in many of the hot spring resorts? CK 1969194 Everybody has a right to his own opinion. However, sometimes it's better not to tell anybody what that opinion is. CK 3101047 I don't know if this is a problem that can be solved, but it might be something we should be trying to figure out. CK 3251269 Mary was pleasantly surprised, when she got home from work, to find that Tom had already prepared the evening meal. patgfisher 2817554 Tom is now working for a secret service agency. However, he can't say which one, because that must remain a secret. patgfisher 273273 He had heard that war had started, but it didn't sink in for a long time until his father was drafted into the army. CM 1263687 I felt bad, so I was admitted into the hospital. However, it turned out that there was nothing really wrong with me. CK 53733 Jane is fat, rude, and smokes too much. But Ken thinks she's lovely and charming. That's why they say love is blind. CK 275860 Part of the charm of a big city lies in the variety of styles that can be seen in the architecture of its buildings. CM 562881 Someone told me that Albert Einstein said, "Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. " CK 1398458 Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect, but rather that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections. bart 550824 Dr. Zamenhof believed that a language belongs to the people who speak it which is why he never copyrighted Esperanto. Dejo 1684 If you don't want to put on sunscreen, that's your problem. Just don't come complaining to me when you get a sunburn. Nero 1992202 Nobody has asked you to agree, but can't you at least accept that there are people who hold different views from you? Marcus 1989692 When I was studying to become a lawyer, my teachers told me to never ask a question that I didn't know the answer to. 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 1101528 There was a statement in the Asahi newspaper yesterday or the day before stressing that you shouldn't quote Wikipedia. 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 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 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 847268 When we hear of a divorce we assume that it was caused by the inability of those two people to agree upon fundamentals. Source_Benedict_1921 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 516340 Cesar Chavez asked that strikers remain non-violent even though farm owners and their supporters sometimes used violence. CM 1230933 Even now, I occasionally think I'd like to see you. Not the you that you are today, but the you I remember from the past. 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 1983766 My mother always told me that I should put money in the bank every month so I'd have enough money in case of an emergency. CK 328163 The other day when I stopped by at a friend's house, it wasn't my friend that came out of the front door, but her husband. CM 1273276 I have Japanese and Chinese friends who speak to each other in English since that is the only language they have in common. CK 2782268 One advantage of being old is that you no longer desire all the things that you couldn't afford to buy when you were young. CK 611376 Make a good translation of the sentence that you are translating. Don't let translations into other languages influence you. CK 954211 One thing I don't like about the iPad is that you can't easily install apps that aren't available through Apple's App Store. CK 3269845 Tom and Mary are deeply religious and are horrified that their son wants to get married on a beach, rather than in a church. patgfisher 63198 Catherine had an ulterior motive when she urged her father to buy a new car. She hoped that she'd be able to drive it herself. CM 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 3020384 Mary thought to herself that she ought to buy a new cover for the ironing board since the old one was getting pretty tattered. Delian 1836239 That man standing near the door and that woman on the opposite side of the room next to the window have photographic memories. CK 2158875 I never meant to say that the conservatives are generally stupid. I meant to say that stupid people are generally conservative. Hybrid 953912 I've heard that it's impossible to sound like a native speaker unless one starts speaking the language before the age of twelve. 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 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 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