The Most Useful Basic English & Simple English Sentences Part 17

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8001	It seems to me that something is wrong.
8002	Would you like to go have a drink?
8003	Is there a telephone anywhere?
8004	Are you going anywhere?
8005	That rings a bell.
8006	I had my money stolen somewhere.
8007	I think I’ve met you before.
8008	I could tell at a glance that something was wrong.
8009	Do you know a good place to have lunch?
8010	Every now and then they went shopping together.
8011	Let me hear from you now and again, will you?
8012	Sometimes I doubt your intelligence.
8013	People sometimes compare death to sleep.
8014	Please write to me from time to time.
8015	Sometimes I run out of money.
8016	From time to time, a proposal to pull down a much-loved old building to make room for a new block of flats raises a storm of angry protest.
8017	Degas was born more than 150 years ago.
8018	Not a soul was to be seen in the street.
8019	Can you come?
8020	A fierce dog attacked the girl.
8021	There’s no way I can make it up to you.
8022	This is hardly the time to start a new enterprise.
8023	To all appearances, she is healthy.
8024	To all appearances, they are a happy couple.
8025	What’s the difference?
8026	How do you go to school?
8027	I seem to have caught a cold.
8028	It looks like it’s going to be sunny.
8029	There appears to be a misunderstanding.
8030	How did the secret get out?
8031	How do you make a box?
8032	How does he gain his living?
8033	How did you get them?
8034	How can we put it into practice?
8035	How did you find my house?
8036	Can you give me the recipe?
8037	How did you make it?
8038	How do you plan to get home?
8039	How do I open the hood?
8040	I can’t remember how to go there.
8041	How do you figure out this problem?
8042	How can I get rid of him?
8043	I’m afraid I caught a cold.
8044	I’m afraid she will fail.
8045	It sounds to me as if he has something to do with the matter.
8046	I can’t figure out what he means.
8047	I seem to have a temperature.
8048	I seem to have a fever.
8049	It seems that there is something wrong with the telephone.
8050	It’s not my cup of tea.
8051	I’m sorry.
8052	I’m afraid I didn’t explain it too well.
8053	I don’t get it.
8054	I’m afraid it will rain.
8055	It seems that something is wrong with the computer.
8056	I’m just looking, thank you.
8057	I need to get there soon by any means.
8058	I can play the piano after a fashion.
8059	At last, she hit on a good idea.
8060	After all she did not come.
8061	Finally they gave in to their enemy.
8062	At last he appeared.
8063	At length, we reached the top of the mountain.
8064	Finally, my sister got engaged.
8065	Finally, my sister got married.
8066	We finally got rid of our old car.
8067	At last the rats came to the river.
8068	Eventually the salesman persuaded me to buy the expensive machine.
8069	At last a good idea struck me.
8070	Finally, she chose another kitten.
8071	Sing the song once more, please.
8072	Go ahead with your story.
8073	Please give us some examples.
8074	Please tell me the truth.
8075	Please make way for him.
8076	Please knock before you come in.
8077	Would you please tell me the way?
8078	May you live long!
8079	Let me pass, please.
8080	Please drive carefully.
8081	Please keep quiet.
8082	Please help yourself to some cake.
8083	Sit down, please, he said.
8084	Give me your opinion, please.
8085	Please do it quickly.
8086	Please feel free to call me up.
8087	Please have some cookies.
8088	Please come in one by one.
8089	Please tell me the way to the XYZ store.
8090	Open the door, please.
8091	Close the door, please.
8092	Please turn on the television.
8093	Please help yourself.
8094	Please put this into English.
8095	Please translate this sentence into Japanese.
8096	Go ahead.
8097	Please write down your name, address, and phone number here.
8098	Please take care of yourself.
8099	Make yourself comfortable.
8100	Please help yourself to the cakes.
8101	Please don’t get up.
8102	Sit down, please.
8103	Please have a seat.
8104	Please go up to the third floor.
8105	Please, tell me.
8106	Please remain seated.
8107	Go ahead!
8108	I wish you every happiness.
8109	Help yourself to the cake, please.
8110	Please take a seat.
8111	How can I get to heaven?
8112	Not knowing what to do, I asked the teacher for advice.
8113	How can I succeed in getting a date with Nancy?
8114	What made her so angry?
8115	How did you get acquainted with her?
8116	I don’t understand why she is opposed to my opinion.
8117	How did you get to know him?
8118	What makes him hated?
8119	I can’t figure out why he didn’t tell the truth.
8120	I cannot figure out why he has done that.
8121	Why are you drying your hair?
8122	Why don’t you come in?
8123	Why can Taro speak English so well?
8124	I wonder why nobody told me.
8125	Why did you run away?
8126	Why has the birthrate declined so sharply?
8127	Why not apologize and ask for his pardon?
8128	How come you aren’t taking me?
8129	Why are you holding my hands?
8130	What made you think that my favorite color was green?
8131	Why ask me? Wouldn’t it be better to do it yourself?
8132	How can I jump so high?
8133	How should I know where he is?
8134	What makes you think that I’m against that?
8135	Why don’t you ever say it?
8136	Why didn’t you get one before we left?
8137	How come you say nothing?
8138	What are you doing that for?
8139	What made you come here so early?
8140	Why are you under the desk?
8141	Why did you come home so late?
8142	How can I forget those days?
8143	I can’t recall her name.
8144	I could not remember his name for the life of me.
8145	I just can’t memorize students’ names.
8146	I want to get rid of it.
8147	At all costs, I want to live in America.
8148	I just can’t make up my mind.
8149	I do want to go to Italy.
8150	Why didn’t you say anything?
8151	Why do they call New York the Big Apple?
8152	What makes you think that way?
8153	How can you bear such a humiliation?
8154	Why do you take such a risk?
8155	How come you made such a mistake?
8156	Why does that require an apology?
8157	What makes you think so?
8158	What do you learn Spanish for?
8159	I can’t understand why James always finds fault with his wife.
8160	What led you to this conclusion?
8161	How can I quit this job?
8162	I wonder why karaoke is so popular.
8163	Not knowing what to do, he asked me for help.
8164	Why didn’t you follow my advice?
8165	Why should I apologize to you?
8166	Why can’t you take things just as they are?
8167	Why didn’t you tell us about this earlier? We’d have been able to do something about it.
8168	What has estranged him from his sister?
8169	Tell me how to beat sleeplessness.
8170	What’s the matter with you? You look pale.
8171	Please wake me up at six tomorrow morning.
8172	Turn on the light, please.
8173	Please remember to mail the letter.
8174	Please forgive me.
8175	Please correct my pronunciation.
8176	Please let me know the result by telephone.
8177	Please let me in.
8178	Turn off the light, please.
8179	Pass on, please, and do not obstruct the way.
8180	Bring me a sheet of paper, please.
8181	Help me with my homework, please.
8182	Please find me my overcoat.
8183	Smile at me, please.
8184	Please don’t mind me.
8185	Shut the door, please.
8186	Pray forgive me!
8187	Please step back.
8188	Please introduce me to her.
8189	The chili burnt my tongue.
8190	I beg of you to listen carefully.
8191	Please tell me the story once more.
8192	Please give me another chance.
8193	Would you be so kind as to open the door for me?
8194	Please come as soon as possible.
8195	Will you please put that in simpler words?
8196	What’s the matter with you? she demanded.
8197	Please remember to post this letter.
8198	Please say hello to your family.
8199	Wake up at seven, please.
8200	Please leave me alone.
8201	Please remember to wake me up at seven tomorrow morning.
8202	Do come in, please.
8203	Why does everything happen to me?
8204	What kind of places would you like to see?
8205	Show me how it works.
8206	Please explain how to get there.
8207	I don’t know what motivated me to come here.
8208	What are you implying?
8209	However that may be, I am wrong.
8210	I cannot possibly help you.
8211	How are you doing?
8212	Can I use your toilet, please?
8213	May I use the toilet?
8214	What’s happening?
8215	The toilet is upstairs.
8216	It’s my habit to read on the toilet.
8217	Is there a toilet near here?
8218	There’s no toilet paper.
8219	We have few opportunities to speak German.
8220	I am weak in German.
8221	German is not an easy language.
8222	I can’t remember how to say “Thank you” in German.
8223	I don’t understand German at all.
8224	Germany produced many scientists.
8225	Germany borders on France.
8226	Germany adjoins the Netherlands.
8227	The population of Germany is less than half that of the United States.
8228	Germany was allied with Italy in World War II.
8229	In Germany today, anti-violence rallies took place in several cities, including one near Hamburg where three Turks were killed in an arson attack on Monday.
8230	When did you come back from Germany?
8231	Don’t open the door.
8232	Would you mind closing the door?
8233	Keep the door closed.
8234	Shut the door.
8235	He painted the door blue.
8236	Please paint the door white.
8237	Don’t leave the door open.
8238	I shut the door behind me.
8239	When I opened the door, I found him asleep.
8240	Open the door.
8241	Open the door and let me in, please.
8242	Would you mind my opening the door?
8243	You must not open the door.
8244	Will you open the door?
8245	Please open the door.
8246	Will you leave the door open?
8247	We left the door open.
8248	Who left the door open?
8249	Lock the door.
8250	Can you push the door open?
8251	I knocked on the door, but nobody answered.
8252	The door must not be left open.
8253	Stop beating on the door!
8254	Would you please not leave the door open?
8255	Do you mind opening the door?
8256	The door is locked at nine o’clock.
8257	The door is locked at nine every night.
8258	The door is opened every morning.
8259	The door remained closed.
8260	The door remained closed before her.
8261	We couldn’t open the door because it was locked from within.
8262	A door must be either shut or open.
8263	The door remained closed all day.
8264	The door won’t close.
8265	The door is shut fast.
8266	The door was locked from within.
8267	The handle came away from the door when I grasped it.
8268	The girl at the door is Lucy.
8269	Unlock the door.
8270	I could hear doors slamming.
8271	The bicycle by the door is mine.
8272	I caught my finger in the door.
8273	She locked the door.
8274	Would you please lock the door?
8275	Remember to lock the door.
8276	Keep the door locked.
8277	Have you made sure the door is locked?
8278	Could you move forward so we can close the door?
8279	The doors were locked and we couldn’t get in anyhow.
8280	The door is closing.
8281	What is that building whose door is painted white?
8282	The door was locked and we couldn’t get in.
8283	As soon as the door opened, they ran away.
8284	The door opened.
8285	The door opened slowly.
8286	The door won’t open.
8287	The door is open. I’ll go and shut it.
8288	It took us half an hour to set up the tent.
8289	In the tent we talked and talked.
8290	Which do you like better, Denver or Montreal?
8291	Where can I get a telephone card?
8292	Can I turn off the TV?
8293	Please turn on the TV.
8294	May I turn on the television?
8295	Please turn off the TV.
8296	Turn off the TV.
8297	It cost me ten thousand yen to have my television set repaired.
8298	Do your homework before you watch TV.
8299	It’s fun to watch TV.
8300	Mary likes watching TV.
8301	Some people read the newspaper while watching television.
8302	Don’t watch TV.
8303	Play outside instead of watching TV.
8304	I’m just watching TV.
8305	I’ll do my homework after I watch television.
8306	Will you turn on the television?
8307	Do you mind turning on the TV?
8308	Let’s watch TV.
8309	Television can dull our creative power.
8310	Television could be an important source of culture, and its educational broadcasts are valued in many schools.
8311	Do you think television does children harm?
8312	Television is ruining family life.
8313	Enough TV, already!
8314	A television set used to be a luxury.
8315	Some people say that cartoons on television are educational in themselves.
8316	Which of the TV programs do you like best?
8317	The invention of TV caused a drastic change in our daily life.
8318	Do you mind if I turn down the TV?
8319	Turn down the television.
8320	Where’s the remote control for the TV?
8321	There is a TV remote control under the couch.
8322	Some people insist that television does more harm than good.
8323	Television enables us to know what is happening today.
8324	Thanks to television, we can enjoy watching baseball games in our rooms.
8325	I’m tired of TV.
8326	Do you want to watch the baseball game on TV?
8327	Many companies advertise their products on TV.
8328	The company is promoting a new car on TV.
8329	I have seen him on TV but not in the flesh.
8330	What about watching the night game on TV?
8331	Can I turn on the TV?
8332	I enjoy watching soccer on TV.
8333	The influence of TV on society is great.
8334	Can you imagine what life would be like without television?
8335	The TV was turned on.
8336	The TV was on all the time.
8337	The TV was so noisy that I couldn’t concentrate on my reading.
8338	Terry was very pleased with the news.
8339	You’d better put your cigarette out before Terry sees it.
8340	But his name is slightly familiar to me.
8341	But I enjoyed farm work.
8342	It’s expensive though.
8343	I think you should get more rest.
8344	But Dad won’t like it.
8345	But we don’t have anything in common at all.
8346	But it’s almost half past eleven.
8347	But what will you do if he doesn’t come?
8348	But you will write, won’t you?
8349	But I have nothing left. I am just an old stump.
8350	But of course that was a long time ago.
8351	But they are all people.
8352	But you like it!
8353	But while I am here, do you think you could replace the batteries?
8354	It has too many disadvantages.
8355	David can speak French fluently.
8356	David is very active.
8357	Debbie! Can you hear me?
8358	I will ask him about it tomorrow, then.
8359	Then let us begin.
8360	See you tonight, then. Cheers!
8361	Shall we start the meeting now?
8362	There is an advertising balloon flying above the department store.
8363	Well, see you later.
8364	Who will take care of your cat then?
8365	I’d like to pay in cash.
8366	The main point of Dennett’s book, in short, is to deny the existence of inner mental states.
8367	Have you ever read any Tennyson poems?
8368	Do you play tennis?
8369	Let’s not play tennis.
8370	Playing tennis is easy for me.
8371	It is easy to play tennis.
8372	I like to play tennis.
8373	Let’s play tennis. “Yes let’s.”
8374	I play tennis an hour a day.
8375	I don’t like such sports as tennis and golf.
8376	Dennis can be very wild sometimes.
8377	Tennis is my favorite sport.
8378	Aren’t you fond of playing tennis?
8379	Tennis is very popular among students.
8380	He gripped the tennis racket tightly.
8381	Why don’t you give tennis a try?
8382	I like playing tennis and golf.
8383	You are a good tennis player.
8384	I’d like to play tennis.
8385	Detroit is famous for its car industry.
8386	Uncle Ted took us to the zoo in order to show us the pandas.
8387	Ted waited for her for a long time.
8388	Ted is satisfied with life in college.
8389	Ted loves his wife Elizabeth.
8390	I’m sure that Ted’s cough is due to smoking.
8391	I took it for granted that you would come with us.
8392	How was your test?
8393	I’m concerned about the result of the exam.
8394	What would you like for dessert?
8395	Apples were served as the dessert.
8396	I would gladly help you, only I am too busy now.
8397	I will help you as far as I can.
8398	I will help as much as I can.
8399	I’ll do everything I can.
8400	I’ll help you if possible.
8401	You should memorize as many English words as possible.
8402	Walk as fast as possible.
8403	Running as fast as she could, she still failed to catch the bus.
8404	Come as soon as possible.
8405	I ran as quickly as I could.
8406	You should start as early as possible.
8407	Will you send someone to fix it as soon as possible?
8408	Get up as early as you can.
8409	Please come back as soon as possible.
8410	Come as soon as you can.
8411	I am looking forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience.
8412	Make it as spicy as you can.
8413	Try to jump as high as possible.
8414	Study as hard as you can.
8415	I held onto the rope for as long as I could, but I finally had to let go.
8416	Please speak as clearly as possible.
8417	Express yourself as clearly as you can.
8418	I will return the book as soon as I can.
8419	Enjoy life while you may.
8420	I’d like to have a look at your stamp collection.
8421	Texas borders on Mexico.
8422	I want a map of Texas on a scale of 1 to 250000.
8423	Please lock the door when you leave.
8424	You’re being bossy, aren’t you?
8425	The tape recorder is a useful aid to teaching.
8426	Clear off the table.
8427	Clear away the table things.
8428	The calculator on the table is mine.
8429	Whose is the dictionary on the table?
8430	Lay the book on the table.
8431	There is a book on the table.
8432	Is there a cat on the table?
8433	I might have left it on the table.
8434	There is a vase on the table.
8435	There is a flower on the table.
8436	How many books are there on the table?
8437	There is a bottle of wine on the table.
8438	There is an apple on the table.
8439	There is a radio on the table.
8440	There were four pieces of cheese on the table.
8441	There are no oranges on the table.
8442	There is a glass on the table.
8443	Who is the man sitting at the other end of the table?
8444	The legs of the table are shaky.
8445	Is there a cat under the table?
8446	There is a dog under the table.
8447	Stop resting your elbows on the table.
8448	There are some oranges on the table.
8449	I spilled coffee on your tablecloth.
8450	Don’t expose the tapes to the sun.
8451	The data is often inaccurate.
8452	Mr Davis looks very tired.
8453	Did Mr Davis come to Japan to teach English?
8454	Damon showed me his stamp album.
8455	Tim settled down after he got married.
8456	Tim is the black sheep of the Jones’ family.
8457	Tim’s wife insisted on his taking her to Paris.
8458	I can’t find Tim.
8459	Debate is an academic game between the affirmative and the negative.
8460	Dave never returned to school again.
8461	I like Dave because he is very kind.
8462	Tina soon got used to Japanese food.
8463	Coffee finishes most dinners.
8464	Dinner is ready.
8465	What about having fish for dinner?
8466	Do you often have fish for dinner?
8467	Just tell Mr Tate that Helen Cartwright is here to see him.
8468	Dick forced me to agree with his plan.
8469	Dick passed the photo to me.
8470	Dick had a traffic accident.
8471	Dick talks as if he knew everything.
8472	Dick tried to solve the problem, in vain.
8473	Dick died at ten years of age.
8474	Dean can really put away the food.
8475	A teenager sometimes acts like a baby.
8476	The dealer wants to sell a car.
8477	Inhaling diesel exhaust is bad for our health.
8478	Hold on to the strap. The train will start to move soon.
8479	Don’t bite your nails.
8480	You must get rid of the habit of biting your nails.
8481	Each person was given enough food and clothing.
8482	In short, it is because the ‘plan.doc’ file I attached in the previous email was infected with a virus.
8483	It shows that English is no longer the language only of the people of England.
8484	Don’t get upset about small things. Try to think of things like a rich person who can afford not to argue.
8485	Don’t quarrel over trifles.
8486	Don’t waste your time on trifles.
8487	They are always believing a groundless rumor.
8488	The penalty for spitting is five pounds.
8489	The Tsubasa is a very fast train.
8490	Fortune has turned in my favor.
8491	I’m worn out.
8492	I’m getting tired. It’s your turn to drive.
8493	After a brief peace, war broke out again.
8494	I met your father just now.
8495	I didn’t know about that until quite recently.
8496	Finally, the discord between them came to an end.
8497	Finally she gave in to temptation and ate the whole cake.
8498	At last, she solved the problem.
8499	Finally, she succeeded.
8500	At last, her dream to be a doctor came true.