17792 It is not surprising that you should be scolded by your teacher. Zifre 239011 It is not until we lose our health that we appreciate its value. CK 239015 It is not until you lose your health that you realize its value. CK 271153 It is often said that the world is becoming smaller and smaller. CK 264148 It is rather difficult for an old man to keep up with the times. CM 21923 It is so good to be able to speak a number of foreign languages. NekoKanjya 240470 It is sometimes difficult to make yourself understood in public. CM 282992 It is strange that he is not here. He always comes at this time. CK 270508 It is worthwhile considering what it is that makes people happy. CM 540486 It looks like I'm going to have to varnish my bookshelves again. darinmex 997393 It looks like the party in power will win the upcoming election. CK 1879928 It might be a pain in the neck to do this, but we have to do it. CK 313862 It took her more than three months to read through the magazine. CK 244572 It was because I was ill that I couldn't go to school yesterday. CM 71176 It was nice to meet you, and I look forward to hearing from you. CM 283486 It was not until he was forty that he started to paint pictures. CK 19441 It was not until last summer that my oldest son learned to swim. NekoKanjya 32034 It was sheer coincidence that Mary and I were on the same train. CK 3005014 It was very hard to anticipate how Tom would react to this news. patgfisher 254480 It will take me more than three hours to look over the document. CK 31637 It would be better for both of us not to see each other anymore. CK 1491644 It would be great if you visited your friends in Poland someday. fanty 2497777 It'll take at least one more hour to finish writing this report. CK 939163 It's difficult to teach people what they are unwilling to learn. CK 1487460 It's discouraging that the travel expenses add up to 20,000 yen. marshmallowcat 19950 It's foolish to think that smoking has little to do with cancer. NekoKanjya 482693 It's not that I am unsympathetic, but I am not able to help you. blay_paul 66943 It's the first time that anybody said something like that to me. CK 2157113 It's time for us to set the record straight about what happened. irrationale 281520 Japan came under American pressure to open its financial market. xtofu80 1336520 My girlfriend works at a language school and loves it very much. Scott 792380 Nobody understood why the elephant suddenly turned on its owner. CK 31202 Now that you are grown-up, it is up to you to decide what to do. CK 694179 One store decided to pull the controversial CD from its shelves. darinmex 270448 People take electricity for granted until its supply is cut off. CM 313866 She didn't want to wash the dishes, but she made the best of it. CM 2069696 Since it's written in easy English, even you can read that book. CK 556494 Since it's written in simple English, this book is easy to read. CK 1096361 Sometimes it's hard to resist the impulse to burst out laughing. CK 2113391 That foreigner spoke Japanese as if it were his native language. CK 547173 The bomb was defused just minutes before it would have exploded. darinmex 237813 The clerk nodded, so the woman wrote a check and handed it over. CM 1126671 The government explicitly declared its intention to lower taxes. nadsat 33651 The hall could seat a thousand people before it was partitioned. CM 282183 The older you are, the more difficult it is to learn a language. CK 495912 The painting he'd painted wasn't very good so nobody praised it. blay_paul 20499 The plane rose sharply before leveling off as it left the coast. CK 2268529 The slope of the ground made it difficult to construct the road. _undertoad 1495276 This book is easy to read, since it's written in simple English. CK 56984 This book is still interesting even after reading it many times. CM