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 3322888 Tom always wanted to be a doctor, but his grades at school weren't quite good enough to get him into medical school. patgfisher 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 552256 Roger Miller entered the United States Army at the age of seventeen. He was sent to an army base near Atlanta, Georgia. American 1210774 "When does your sister come back from work?" "I don't know, but I think she'll arrive at home a few minutes before me." Guybrush88 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 2319519 Something like 80 per cent of the calories in our food goes towards maintaining our body temperature at a constant level. Adelpa 3009026 Tom had a mental block and couldn't remember his PIN number and, as a result, had to leave the groceries at the checkout. patgfisher 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 1847788 If you don't eat breakfast, you'll probably be hungry during the morning and won't be as efficient at work as you could be. CK 281315 Japan's gold and foreign exchange reserves stood at $68.9 billion at the end of 1998, down from $77.0 billion a year earlier. CM 571143 The English language is undoubtedly the easiest and at the same time the most efficient means of international communication. CK 552220 Singer and actress Selena Gomez started her career at age seven on the children's public television show "Barney and Friends." American 2949888 Unfortunately, increasing the number of traffic signals at intersections didn't help decrease the number of traffic accidents. CK 1141301 Food prices are at their highest level since the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization began keeping records in 1990. Source_VOA 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 918603 Earlier, as I was walking down the sidewalk, a car drove by and splashed water on me. Look at this! My skirt and shoes are all muddy. CK 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 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 2278815 The more time you spend speaking a foreign language, the better you get at guessing what non-native speakers are trying to say in your own language. CK 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 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 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 2227422 Bored of watching the BBC, Vladimir turned off the television and suggested to Alexander that the two of them have a look at the pictures of his latest hunting trip. FeuDRenais 73247 Even at the end of the nineteenth century, sailors in the British Navy were not permitted to use knives and forks because using them was considered a sign of weakness. CM 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 1338945 I do many things at the same time, so not only am I reading things by Akutagawa, I've also increased the amount of time I spend reading in English and I also read a little in German every day. CM 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 1863010 "Top-down economics never works," said Obama. "The country does not succeed when just those at the very top are doing well. We succeed when the middle class gets bigger, when it feels greater security." Source_VOA 953962 If you want to sound like a native speaker, you must be willing to practice saying the same sentence over and over in the same way that banjo players practice the same phrase over and over until they can play it correctly and at the desired tempo. CK