لغات سطح پیشرفته آکسفورد ورد اسکیلز درس 57

He sold his first painting at age fifteen – something like $17,000.
At her age, the words sounded strange.

If you break it, you replace it.
Are you opposed to a break now and then?

We decided to curtail the event because people began to leave early.
On heavy soils, however, the farmer cannot afford to curtail the time necessary for thorough cultivation of the land.

He must have changed clothes during the night.
Sleep was not her friend during the day.

Probably several months elapse before the young larvae are excluded.
But sufficient time must be allowed to elapse before pumping out the water, as otherwise the fire may break out again.

The era of fractured power and corruption is about to end.
- In Josiah's reign a new era was beginning in the history of the world.

Such plants perhaps extend to the most northern lands at present known.
Howie's record was thirty-four minutes but he felt he could extend this if needed.

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

Hindsight bias was twice the size in the participants who saw the animation than in the participants who were shown diagrams.
But you know, the decision involves hindsight.

In retrospect, it was a miracle none of us fainted.
Of course, she didn't leap cars with motorcycles or sky dive, but in retrospect, she had always been attracted to danger – at least to some degree.

An interval of three years without rain has been known.
After an interval of two years they tried to capture him and failed.

What time are we going to leave tomorrow?
If one of us has to leave, I'll go.

The doctors were of use to Natasha because they kissed and rubbed her bump, assuring her that it would soon pass if only the coachman went to the chemist's in the Arbat and got a powder and some pills in a pretty box for a ruble and seventy kopeks, and if she took those powders in boiled water at intervals of precisely two hours, neither more nor less.
The next one to pass her did as well.

Her life was about to enter its next phase of the nightmare.
Okay, next phase completed.

He quickened his pace, having little reason to prolong the trip.
of Spain, could not prolong their resistance.

The snow started shortly after they left and the wind blew it horizontal.
I haven't seen them since shortly after the two of you left to ski.

She had to get a car as soon as possible.
As soon as she said it she wished she could take it back.

I think you put a spell on me, sweetheart.
Like Dracula, he was putting her under his spell again.

He was in the stage play Boo!
The only business experience she had was the goat dairy, the non-functional farm and a horse ranch that had been in the fetal stage for years.

Throughout a difficult pregnancy, he had never raised his voice once.
Fred's mood remained somber throughout the meal.

It isn't the first time I've cooked.
Did you need time away from me?