درس 2

He swam to an island that was not far away.
It was a small island, and there was no one living on it.

She waited until the viewer flashed off before slumping.
The viewer beeped, and she wiped her face again.

We have already seen this method work.
What are you going to hide from me that I haven't already seen?

They are elected or appointed to protect the rights of the citizens, yet they become the agents of their death.
"I can't protect you," she said.

This is serious stuff.
Don't joke; I mean to have a serious talk with you.

What causes historical events?
I see us today in a situation like those historical ones.

Stepping around the horse, he disappeared down that mysterious pathway.
They still had something mysterious and exciting to explore.

I guess I wanted to ask you the classic question.
Isn't that a classic definition of good politician?

I did a stupid thing last night.
It was a stupid question, of course.

I am the first to apologize, you know me!
We apologize for the mistake and the inconvenience.

The Romans and Italians had an indigenous drama of their own, known by the name of Satura, which prepared them for the reception of the more regular Greek drama.
In all of thirty minutes, some sort of drama would emerge once the inhabitants awoke.

She responded as aggressively as he.
If Alex had reacted aggressively, the situation might have been entirely different, but Alex kept his head.

Thus swiftly and disastrously ended the southern expedition.
the campaign which ended so disastrously at Legnano.

It was impossible to keep Helen quiet.
It was impossible to make out what he wanted.

It looks like something out of a horror movie.
With a deep breath, she opened the door, uncertain what horror she'd face next.

Don't treat me that way, Alex.
Treat them with respect and take care of them.

oversleep in the mornings is Robert's worst habit!
ill-timed wake-up call leads me to oversleep the early morning seminar, one I was looking forward to.

Nothing was going to ruin this magnificent day.
The magnificent reception room was crowded.

Furthermore, in North Carolina the governor has no veto power.
Furthermore, this belief that prophecy had ceased led the religious personalities of the later time to authenticate their message by means of antedated prophecy.

Of the less important minerals, Canada is the world's chief producer of asbestos and corundum.
Which reminds me, you've got a ten o'clock today with your producer to plan out shooting for the next season, Ingrid said.

He was normal in that respect.
Yet the next morning he acted normal - even cheerful.

Their dates had been modest, but was that by preference, or because he had limited funding?
where he took the first prize in mathematics and physics; at the Ecole Polytechnique, where he stood first at the exit examination in 1819; and at the Ecole des Mines (1819-1822), where he began to show a decided preference for the science with which his name is associated.

I am a huge fan of heritage meats.
I am a fan of free will, so it's your choice.

My brother inherited the title when he died.
Do you think money and title are the only reasons to marry?

The house was completely empty.
He wasn't completely wrong.

Shall we review what you've learned?
So let's review my key points to see if they are compelling.

She truly wanted to help him.
They seemed to truly care for each other.

He introduced genuine comedy among his countrymen.
Mrs. Keller and I watched the nursery comedy from the door.

I think you will not encourage him.
It was intended to encourage her, but it was more a distraction.

Before you begin writing your novel, you must decide on a form and a genre.
Movies in the romantic genre are often cheesy and fake.

Who's the adult here?
He's an adult, or nearly so.

More than likely the correction was to prevent her from being embarrassed.
Nature found a way to prevent that.

The entire scene was surreal.
We won't go anywhere near the crime scene; ever.

There is documentary evidence of a castle at Nantwich in the 13th century.
The first attempt to deal with the subject on documentary evidence is A.

He's acting funny today.
"That's not funny," she said, turning to glare at him.

The changes had an immediate effect.
Its effect was immediate.

She's as perfect as she can be.
Her face warmed as she thought of it.

Exposure at night should be avoided.
God knows you probably saved my life, at least from exposure or pneumonia.

I guess I wanted to ask you the classic question.
Isn't that a classic definition of good politician?

There's something completely hilarious but also slightly disturbing about seeing dozens upon dozens of crab legs shaking about in the air.The scale at which the game progresses is an amazing thing to behold.
While many women are familiar with waxing as a hair removal technique, a lot of men have no knowledge of it outside of that hilarious (if not painful) scene in the film The 40 Year-Old Virgin with Steve Carrell.

I thought maybe I wasn't high society material.
He had a brilliant position in society thanks to his intimacy with Countess Bezukhova, a brilliant position in the service thanks to the patronage of an important personage whose complete confidence he enjoyed, and he was beginning to make plans for marrying one of the richest heiresses in Petersburg, plans which might very easily be realized.

I switched boats mid stream and expected you to follow me.
"I left her near a stream," Gabe said, looking around.

I) - remaining hidden in the wilderness 1260 days.
The battle of the Wilderness (q.v.) went on for two days, with little advantage to either side.

Jessi watched her program a new contact into it.
Judging by the training program, you've reached my level already.

Convict mechanics are rarely found ready made.
The old man was living as a convict, submitting as he should and doing no wrong.

Where did all the anger and violence come from?
The police blamed street violence though the neighborhood was wrong and girl had no known gang involvement.

All right, I'll play your silly games.
Claire thinks I'm a silly goose about it.

My sisters will instruct you in the behavior I expect of you.
"Boss, you can send her to behavior modification training," Pierre suggested.

The plot summary leaves a lot to be desired!
Sofia didn't have time to plot how to approach her.

We have to limit the strain we place him under or he'll break.
There is a certain limit of time in less than which no amount of heat can melt the snow.

Mom took us shopping today and got a bunch of stuff.
She gave me a beautiful bunch of violets.

You're not accused of any crime so I'm not harboring any fugitives.
We won't go anywhere near the crime scene; ever.

I could not bear to see her punished.
It wasn't the first time she had seen a bear track, but it was the first time she had seen one that fresh.

He felt little concern, however; let the old man read about a real mystery instead of his fictional sleuth sto­ries.
Or to continue with fictional cases: Why does gasoline made from oil refined at one refinery burn more efficiently?

"A silent film star," Charlie said.
The man with the star regarded her with his calm, expressionless eyes.

We'll totally load up.
Totally absent was any mention of Julie O'Malley.

Meet us in town this afternoon.
I'll be back in town Friday.

I don't know what there is to fight about.
I can fight and hunt.

Miss Clara chuckled like a mother hen.
"I miss you," he whispered.

I don't want some dangerous criminal living next door.
His brother was brought in and finally confessed, professing he had no knowledge of Jude's criminal activities.

And the whole thing has been unnatural because that cat and I are both able to talk your language, and to understand the words you say.
We all understand intuitively there is plenty of food in the world.

I've waited at that station for five hours.
Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

The Deans and Fred were torn between discussing Fitzgerald's blockbuster announcement and this conversation, which was becoming more interesting by the minute.
blockbuster movies will freeze at times.

When he continued to watch her without response, she sighed.
He walked in without knocking.

She was admitting to a crime she didn't commit, knowing it was her son who did it.
Before you commit to a number, think of this.

The murder happened days, maybe weeks ago.
His murder was someone else's headache.

For some reason, he experienced a very realistic vision.
You're supposed to be taking care of me, but that isn't realistic 100% of the time, is it?

Then a strange, fearful sense of danger terrified me.
She knew what danger she was in.

The instrument generally employed is a bag-shaped net attached to a semicircular hoop, provided with a long handle and pushed over the surface of the sand by a fisherman wading in the water at ebb-tide.
He speaks Finnish with Finns, Mongolian with Buriats, Ostiak with Ostiaks; he shows remarkable facility in adapting his agricultural practices to new conditions, without, however, abandoning the village community; he becomes hunter, cattle-breeder or fisherman, and carries on these occupations according to local usage; he modifies his dress and adapts his religious beliefs to the locality he inhabits.

Since you arrived, she is not sure this is the way.
"It's a long time since we met," he said.

The events which led to this disaster may be briefly told.
She froze when she saw the disaster that was her apartment.

For every tragedy, there is a possible happy ending.
As we move toward that future, it is a great tragedy that the experiences of all the people of the past are lost to us.

He did not act as if it was bothering him.
Act like nothing is wrong.

Want to play a game?
Sometimes Alex and Jonathan play soccer, and sometimes we all go for a ride in the buggy.

His scientific jubilee was celebrated in Paris in 1901.
All scientific material from the past is making its way online.

Let's get in out of this cold wind.
Here, then, I made my home; and although it is a lonely place I amuse myself making rustles and flutters, and so get along very nicely.

You can't avoid conflict all the time.
Why lie when she made it so easy for him to avoid talking about it at all?

Why don't you try calling your family again?
Try to stay out of the woods.

Deidre watched the movie in both fascination and fear.
It was the basis for the movie War Games in which the military's computer finally figures out it can't win in a nuclear launch scenario and says of such a war, Strange game.

His canines were four times the length of hers.
in length, with a basal girth of 24 in.

I guess I should stay here and study as well, but...
I study about the earth, and the animals, and I like arithmetic exceedingly.

I tried to demonstrate the panic I felt.
Though we may allow that the results obtained by Rumford and Davy demonstrate satisfactorily that heat is in some way due to motion, yet they do not tell us to what particular dynamical quantity heat corresponds.

As any camper who has had the misfortune to experience an ill-fated camping trip knows, the key to success is preparation.
He still recalled the look she'd given him before they left in the ill-fated helo.

The cartoon did not last so long.
A cartoon of this composition in the Esterhazy collection at Vienna is held to be only a copy, and the original cartoon must be regarded as lost.

The Parkside men in blue were noth­ing but a bunch of incompetent misfits who should all be fired, so continued the tirade.
In 1886, the year in which the Rand mines were discovered, President Kruger was by no means a popular man even among his own followers; as an administrator of internal affairs he had shown himself grossly incompetent, and it was only the specious success of his negotiations with the British government which had retained him any measure of support.

She made a face at him.
She turned her face away from him.

A few months ago she didn't know the true meaning of love.
It was true, she didn't know him.

This book is a call to action, not complacency.
She turned away, embarrassed by the rush of excitement the action had triggered.

Yet even now there were no actual facts to go upon.
When was the last time they had an actual conversation?

It was a consequence of her sin.
In consequence her mind is not only vigorous, but it is pure.

Have I told you lately that I love you?
I don't know what's been bothering you lately, but if I've done something, I wish you would tell me.

He'll be stuck to that TV for hours.
The woman stuck out her hand.

I can cover up the girls who accidentally get hit by cars.
The gates have locks on them so that they won't be accidentally left open.

I didn't run away.
I could have run away from my father, as I wanted to.

I'll show you where you can sleep.
Almost three-quarters of all defense spending occurs within NATO countries, meaning the alliance is largely the only military show in town.

It was totally out of character for her.
"Every country has its own character," said he.

She's my favorite character.
Riding horses was one of her favorite pastimes, and the country out that way was gorgeous - winter or summer.

The poor kid is feeling deserted.
"I was raised poor," Carmen said.

Two parties had developed with the growth of the Church.
After 1890 growth was slower but continuous.

You have been in Paris recently, I believe?
Did he kill someone here recently and decide it was a nice place to keep?

"What will the punishment be, Mr. Johnson?" asked a bold, bad boy.
No other punishment fell on the man.

Look, I don't want anything disturbing that property!
He closed his eyes, happy that the disturbing dream had turned into something lovely.

Quite frankly, he was never sure he could trust her.
Frankly, I was shocked by Quinn's comments.

She unhooked the screen and pushed it out.
She looked from the computer screen to the phone with the flashing red light.

I didn't think about how it might affect you if I got hurt out there.
It wasn't possible that it could affect their life together.

His main sin appears to be his poor timing.
It was a mine portal, smaller than the main entrance to the Lucky Pup.

Irish and French share common ancestors.
"I'm actually not Irish," Yully said.

I think she might be involved in some sort of gang or something.
Whatever happened, it wasn't because of a gang, and they were smart enough to know the difference between reality and what they saw on TV.

chairwoman of the festival council who lives in Swiss Cottage, the aim is to produce thought-provoking events.
Broken is often a frustrating read in that each chapter requires contemplation due to the thought-provoking themes it touches upon.

You can't avoid conflict all the time.
There was a conflict of loyalties.

In conclusion she asked her mother if she should like to see "very high mountain and beautiful cloudcaps."
He came to the conclusion that she, too, needed time to heal.

Send me a report when you're done.
My account for the report is finished and sent off.

Rob was holding a bloody cloth over his nose.
He dabbed a bloody cuticle as we discussed how to handle the call.

She was tired of fighting, tired of his attitude, tired of everything.
He's put up with my attitude for a lot of years.

Do you ever miss the countryside? she asked.
In the countryside the insurrection was accompanied by wholesale burnings of manor-rolls, the hunting down of unpopular bailiffs and landlords, and a special crusade against the commissioners of the poll-tax and the justices who had been enforcing the Statute of Laborers.

The second crop of cabbage was starting to develop, and the okra looked good.
They were already beginning to develop different personalities.

In town doing traffic control, I guess.
The traffic was the pits.

He stood and walked to the edge of the pond.
He sat down on the edge of the bed, staring at his feet... and then keeled over on the bed.

The rich have always had this luxury.
If I had, I'd be a rich man, wouldn't I?

It's weird talking to him.
Something weird going on here.

They all grow up.
I want to grow old with him.

It really is as spectacular as he described.
The view from the top was spectacular, the snow perfect and the trail empty of other skiers.

Toward what place was the eagle flying when you last saw it?
I hope not the way they did the last time.

B is replaced by the surd pat the end of a word (trobar in the infinitive, but trop in the present tense); so also in the interiOr of a word when it precedes a consonant (supvensr, s u b v e n i re, sopte, s u b t 0).
It seems that all the above classes may be divided into two main groups, according to the form of the infinitive :with masculine infinitive the strong triliteral type, and with feminine infinitive the type of the III.

Was it greedy to want one of their own as well?
They must be cultivating their own language.

You're a vital asset and the director knows it.
The director lived in a Georgetown mansion with his wife and two dogs.

Progress is the result of adaptation, rather than reconstruction.
The short feet of the penguins are an adaptation.

I think you mean not as violent as I am.
I was just ... well, the storm was so violent, and it was so cold.

I just did it.
I guess she just wanted to say goodbye.

I have something you want and will trade her for it.
Carigara is open to coast trade, exports large quantities of hemp, raises much rice, and manufactures cotton and abaca fabrics.

He took a step toward her.
As they continued toward the house, he cleared his throat.

Don't just stand there.
He can't stand to sit around and do nothing.

She said she couldn't tolerate his moods.
There's one creature who can tolerate you, and that's me.

It's late, and I'm tired.
It's not too late to change your mind.

The rest of the ride was pleasant.
He dumped the rest of his coffee in the sink and left the room.

I will teach you afresh, unless you behave better.
Resolved to behave as naturally as she could, she stripped and turned up the shower as hot as she could tolerate.

I've a bet with Leland—a night of unforgettable pleasure for him against a new golf outfit for me.
It was an unforgettable day and Dean never once thought of the missing Mr. Byrne until mid-afternoon while they were taking a short break and Cynthia mentioned his name.

Sounds like a dime novel, doesn't it?
Her first independent novel, Indiana, was written.

She moved to the sink and turned on the water.
She dropped her glass in the sink and took a step backward.

I know bloodshed isn't your thing.
His most severe measures were taken in cold blood, as part of his general policy; but his natural disposition was averse to unnecessary bloodshed or cruelty.

It is still a famous school.
When they turned around, Alex was still on the horse.

Astor, the son of Washington Irving's millionaire hero.
As early as 1668, Sir Josiah Child, the millionaire governor of the East India company, pleaded for their naturalization on the score of their commercial utility.

I like a mystery without dead bodies.
If you read some of these here mystery books, you'd pick up lots of point­ers for that job of yours.

We tend to never forget.
Folks around here tend to wear gloves in the winter when it gets that nippy.

She was instantly thirsty.
Instantly she knew that wasn't true.

I can't control it yet.
Yully struggled to control it and then surrendered.

His kiss had been an act of aggression, not passion.
The leaders of the national movement prepared to resist further aggression by force.

In early times the war of the Epigoni was a favourite subject of epic poetry.
His bond to Katie tempered what was otherwise a disaster of epic proportions.