درس 12

The decision produced a local uproar.
The local police think it's tied into the kidnapping he 'solved'.

I put aside the paper and tried to nap.
Do you have a couple of paper bags?

A train hit their car.
You hit the nail again.

Oh, and the tropical storm will become a hurricane late Saturday night.
He'd managed to miss the hurricane, though the waters were still rough and the waves high.

It wasn't like Alex to let anger disrupt his schedule.
You can't just march into a person's life and disrupt it.

It might have done damage inside.
You can be thankful they didn't damage the tires.

On such matters I am only severe with myself.
A small, older woman in severe grey opened the door.

She shook like a leaf in a thunderstorm, her warm brown eyes wide and tears streaming down her cheeks.
The number of thunderstorm days is probably a less exact measure of the relative intensity of thunderstorms than statistics as to the number of persons killed annually by lightning per million of the population.

Lightning flashed around them and thunder rumbled.
The room lit up with a bright flash of lightening, and thunder rattled the windowpane.

Lightning flashed around them and thunder rumbled.
White lightning snaked through the air.

I didn't need you to rescue me.
He's a rescue from a local rancher.

Rhyn wanted to destroy the letter.
She said we have to destroy it, too.

I hope I never have to experience a catastrophic disaster.
The catastrophic hurricane caused many people to flee inland.

The news spread like wildfire through the country, and the principal towns declared for separation.
It was feared that the heresy, if suffered to make headway, would spread like wildfire among the ignorant Russian peasantry, and Archbishop Nikon was sent to Athos to threaten the recalcitrant brethren with severe temporal and eternal penalties should they remain obstinate.

He heard the clock strike ten.
He saw his sister drop after the strike of a sword.

They've issued a tornado warning for this area.
I heard a tornado never strikes twice in the same spot.

in 1220 a bull formally recognizing Joachim as orthodox and forbidding anyone to injure his disciples.
If carefully conducted, tapping does not injure the tree.

But first, I have a minor chore to undertake.
She tucked the minor annoyance to the back of her mind.

The city was almost totally destroyed by an earthquake in 1766, and again in 1797.
The earthquake grew more intense.

aftershock hazard in Europe.
A good many people are sleeping outside in tents rather than risk having damaged walls fall on them during a severe aftershock.

It was at least partially true.
Later her sight was partially restored.

For the first time in months we were temporarily out of business.
That search for the aim of life had not merely disappeared temporarily--he felt that it no longer existed for him and could not present itself again.

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

Could you tell how badly he was hurt?
We'll see how badly you want to leave.

You can't seriously think I'm a suspect.
You seriously won't let me meet him?