3271020 Tom left step-by-step instructions for the person who would be filling in for him while he was on leave. patgfisher 1092972 Tom seems to be unwilling to accept advice from native speakers who try to help him with his translations. CK 953472 I have a lot of friends who are native speakers, so I've had a lot of experience speaking with native speakers. CK 1481975 Consider the successes that have been achieved by tired, discouraged people who decided to give it one more try. pigeonenglish 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 1951606 The police can't find a single person who remembers seeing you where you said you were on the night of the murder. CK 550824 Dr. Zamenhof believed that a language belongs to the people who speak it which is why he never copyrighted Esperanto. Dejo 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 1403179 Latin Americans know very little about the history of the indigenous peoples who used to live here several centuries ago. Eldad 1443531 I could hear the voices of several other guests who had arrived and were already eating together in the main dinning room. cafe 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 34069 Freddy's been working the graveyard shift the past month, so he hasn't been able to see any of his friends who work normal hours. CM 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 1988439 The term "autistic savant" is used to describe a person who is autistic and is extremely talented in one or more specialized fields. CK 1969205 He told me that she will not tell him what happened to me on the day he saw me talking about the story about the girl who got killed. Pengaterch 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 273759 The National Center for Education Information says a predicted teacher shortage won't pan out because teachers who left the profession are returning. CM 953070 A child who is a native speaker usually knows many things about his or her language that a non-native speaker who has been studying for years still does not know and perhaps will never know. CK 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