The train should be here any minute now.

The best way to make them work hard is to promise them a reward.

He wore glasses and a false beard. He wanted nobody to recognize him.

The plane had taken off. Paul realized he was on the wrong flight.

Henry tasted the pleasures of modern city life. Then he found life in his village hard and unattractive.

He was driving so fast that he could have had an accident.

He smokes too much; perhaps that’s why he can’t get rid of his cough.

I write to my friends overseas regularly. I don’t want to lose touch with them.

“Believe me. It’s no use reading that book,” Janet told her boyfriend.

Overeating is a cause of several deadly diseases. Physical inactivity is another cause of several deadly diseases.

We started out for California. It started to rain right after that.

We bought two bicycles. Neither of them worked well.

The test was so difficult that we couldn’t finish it in two hours.

We have been friends for years. It is quite easy to share secrets between us.

I tried to persuade her. I didn’t succeed, however.

Laura didn’t come to the conference. This made me annoyed.

The rate of inflation has fallen steadily during recent months.

She wrote the text. She selected the illustration as well.

You needn’t have washed the sheets. The hotel staff does the cleaning.

“Please send me to a warm climate” Tom said.

Start at once or you will be late.