Sorry, I can’t come to your party. I am snowed under with work at the moment.

Reaching 35 and obviously aging, Jane has to make up her mind on her future very soon.

It is an occasion when strength and sports are tested, friendship and solidarity was built and deepened.

Did anyone acknowledge responsibility for the outbreak of the fire?

The whole village was wiped out in the bombing raids.

A multitude of people attended the fund-raising presentation in the mall.

Helen Keller, blind and deaf from an early age, developed her sense of smell so finely that she could identify friends by their personal odors.

It was boiling yesterday. We have a very humid and dry summer this year.

The event, watched by millions of people all over the country, takes place annually.

The famous racehorse Secretariat had to be destroyed because of a painful, incurable hoof disease.

Participants from 100 countries go to the Olympic Games.

The fer-de-lance, a kind of viper, is one of the most poisonous snakes.

In times of war, the Red Cross is dedicated to reducing the sufferings of wounded soldiers, civilians, and prisoners of war.

Don't be concerned about your mother's illness; she'll recover soon.

People are busy buying gifts, cleaning and decorating the house and cooking traditional foods to welcome Tet holiday now.

Many new graduates take a part – time job and barely make ends meet every month.

Sports and festivals form an integral part of every human society.

The related publications are far too numerous to list individually.

Flight MH370 of Malaysia Airlines is reported to vanish on the way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

In my experience, freshmen today are different from those I knew 25 years ago.

Fallout from a nuclear power station damaged in the tsunami may endanger the vegetation.