Tom bought that book yesterday.

Although he is intelligent, he doesn't do well at school.

Much to my astonishment, I found his lecture on wildlife conservation extremely interesting.

Joe does a lot of exercise. He's still very fat.

Is it necessary to meet the manager at the airport?

People say that he was born in London.

"You got an A in Chemistry. Congratulations!" Peter said to his classmate.

We can’t deny that all of us made certain mistakes.

Much as I admire her achievements.

"You're always making terrible mistakes”, said the teacher.

A new book is twice as expensive as an old one.

There is nothing new in the use of herbs and spices.

They/ not answer/ phone/ this morning/ so/ must/ out/.

The car was very expensive and he couldn’t afford it.

The students complained that the teacher was inexperienced.

I spent a long time getting over the disappointment of losing the match.

Tom said: “If I were you, I wouldn’t trust Peter.”

Somebody might have stolen our car.

“Why don’t you have your room repainted?” said Robert to Lan.

It’s difficult for me to understand what he implies.

The early failure of the Spanish squad in the 2014 World Cup deeply disappointed their fans.