400 - 500

I find him really odd - I can’t figure him out at all.

Her attention focused on finding something to use as a crutch.

In spite of being elected to office, she remains first and foremost a writer.

That might not be fixed for a while.

This room needs decorating - flakes of paint keep coming off the walls.

In the face of such flattery, how could I resist?

If someone was able to track her, she needed to flee, fast.

She went up to him and with a swift, flexible, youthful movement dropped on her knees.

We spent a lazy afternoon floating down/along the river.

All the more common fruit-trees flourish in most districts.

It had ancestors in a flourishing condition during the Secondary epoch.

Tears continued to flow as her attention shifted back to Matthew.

The opinions of present-day economists appear to fluctuate between these two extremes.

There is an annual fluctuation in the level of the lake, varying from a minimum of 9 in.

An example of a focal point is a bright red wall in your living room designed to draw the eye to it.

Carmen tried to focus on Felipa, but her mind was full of questions.

If he wanted to hurt me, he could follow me in my car.

In the electronics industry, for instance, 5000 jobs are being lost.

Water and forage have to be carried for them on camels.

That should be foremost in all of your minds.

Small children are even afraid to approach the thick, glass enclosure that surrounds the formidable lion.

He spun and strode away before she could formulate a response.

Its purpose is to foster learning and literary effort, and it is a popular and prominent feature in the intellectual life of the country.

A foul gravel soil is a most dangerous one on which to build.

Australia is essentially the fragment of a great plateau land of Archean rocks.

Quite frankly, I think this whole situation is ridiculous.

The electronics division was split off into a freestanding company.

This argument has caused a considerable amount of friction between us.

She stepped out into the frigid morning, her boots sinking into the snow with a squeaking sound.

Tests revealed normal brain function, and there was no indication of any permanent damage.

I certainly couldn’t fund the whole group.

The fundamental substance or stroma is colorless and homogeneous.

The team was having a great season and, furthermore, all the players were getting along.

There was already a sizable gap between her wagon and the one in front of her.

I guess your gear is back in your car.

We’re building a bigger battery to store the energy we generate from the river, but Kelli shrugged.

He tilted his head in a sign of genuine curiosity.

I’m genuinely sorry for what I said, I really am.

The visitor made a gesture with her hand.

After a while, you’ll get accustomed to the separation and accept it.

And then the rain came, drenching the cabin as if a giant were emptying a huge bucket.

International support has given rise to a new optimism in the company.

The bomb could go off at any given (= any) time and in any given (= any) place.

These facts of distribution are due to certain conditions that govern the production of organic substance in the oceans.

It is important to grasp clearly the distinction between breeds.

Polly spends hours in the stables grooming her pony.

He refused to answer on the grounds that she was unfairly dismissed.

My fears turned out to be groundless.

The committee will meet today to lay the groundwork for inter-party talks next month.

The new practice was received at first with contempt and even ridicule, and afterwards by Stoll and Peter Frank with only grudging approval.

Just because things went well last month it doesn’t guarantee they will go well this month.

There is no question that some hairline cracks are showing.

This explosion bears/has all the hallmarks of (= is extremely likely to have been) a terrorist attack.

The bus came to a halt (= stopped) just in time to avoid hitting the wall.

The complications of Chinese writing greatly hamper education.

All that education might come in handy if we have trouble.

He tackled the problem in a typically haphazard manner.

Thoughts cannot be united, but to harness all these thoughts together is what we need!

Protected from the harsh winter storms, the valley was already lush and green.

The art of printing had been invented in good time to help and hasten the new movement of men’s minds.

I’m asking you not to make a hasty decision.

I didn’t have to haul it up with a bucket, though.

In the evening he likes to read books and articles which have/are nothing to do with his work.

The storm wreaked (= caused) havoc in the garden, uprooting trees and blowing a fence down.

The busy traffic entrance was a hazard to pedestrians.

These are cleverly employed in order to heighten the impression of its instability.

Alex was the reluctant heir to an enormous amount of land and money.

The roads were covered in ice; hence it was not safe to drive.

I’m sure my heritage attracted more than anything else.

Thus, at the outset, the most heterogeneous elements were to be found both on the Left and Right.

What are you going to hide from me that I haven’t already seen?

He will not hinder anything useful nor allow anything harmful.

The kind man’s face held a hint of sympathy.

I could hire a man with the same attitude.

Mira revealed hitherto unsuspected talents on the cricket pitch.

Ben’s hobby is restoring vintage motorcycles.

Don’t worry if you lose hold of the reins - the horse won’t wander off.

Hollow blocks are used because they are lighter.

The population of the village has remained remarkably homogeneous.

With it came a host of nightmares.

On the river, however, the adventurers seemed to be perfectly safe.

The computer department is at the hub of the company’s operations.

His eyes looked huge when he was scared.

Getting a work permit was the first hurdle to overcome.

In that hypothetical situation, what would the defense contractor want?

There is widespread evidence from terrestrial samples of ice and snow, including ice sheet cores that contain organic compounds.

The interests of both parties may not be identical, but they do overlap considerably.

One of the idiosyncrasies of this printer is that you can’t stop it once it has started to print.

While there are clear reasons for the need to ignite your internal furnace, there are also a few tricks to help keep your body running at high speed.

In such instruments an arrangement is often required to intensely illuminate the object.

Whether it was so, or merely chance or illusion, no one knows.

The most perfect cases, however, are exhibited by those species which imitate ants.

We take immense pride knowing where we came from.

The book brought him little profit at first, but became immensely popular.

There are strict limits on immigration (into the country).

She sat immobile, wondering what to do next.

Closely associated with the effect of continental immobility are the effects dependent on the low specific heat and the opacity of the lands, in contrast with the high specific heat and partial transparence of the ocean waters.

His father, a man of immoral life, was with difficulty persuaded to cohabit with his wife.

We have hitherto dealt only with the collection and storage of that portion of the rainfall which flows over the surface of nearly impermeable areas.

If someone calls you stupid and this prompts you to go back to college, this comment was an example of the impetus you needed to go back to college.