caring for himself.

houses and trees seem to recede as we ride past in a train.

the whole city was rife with rumors of political corruption and bribery.

both sides burst into spontaneous cheers at the magician’s skillful tricks.

the air ten miles above the earth is very tenuous.

a baseball player usually reaches the acme of his skill before he is thirty.

he spared no one’s feelings and expressed his views with great candor.

the father finally dissuaded his son from leaving school.

her advice was quite gratuitous, i can think for myself.

the house of representatives has the sole power to impeach an officer of the united states government.

her ostensible purpose was to borrow some sugar, but she really wanted to see her neighbor’s new furniture.

the poor painter sold his paintings for a paltry sum of money.

the poor family lived in a sordid log cabin in the valley.

she makes it a rule to keep her room neat and tidy after coming back from school.

one tall boy stood aloof from all the small children.

regular meals and exercise are of cardinal importance to our health.

there are many drab houses in the smokey mining town.

the life of a person who never does anything is dull and drab.

the two families had been at feud with each other for three generations.

his insolent speech and behavior upset everyone in the room.

the judge said that nothing could mitigate the cruelty with which the man had treated the child.

a summary of the events leading up to this situation would be pertinent information.

his predecessor quit because he was not in the least interested in this kind of job.

let me apologize for my being tardy in answering your letter.

you’d think she would never climb again, after falling down the mountain, but it just whetted her appetite.

the man accused of stealing the money was acquitted for lack of witnesses.

be careful not to break the box of glass, that thin glass is hard but brittle.

the ugly frame detracts from the beauty of the famous picture.

to extirpate weeds is not only to destroy their visible parts but also to pull them out by the roots.

the indulent mother bought her children everything they wanted.

the indulgent teacher praised every poem we wrote.

the mendacious beggar told a different tale of woe at every house.

for my own sake, i’ve told a plausible lie at the club meeting, but the members did not believe me at all.

we have the sanction of the recreation department to play ball in this park.

youngsters usually rush into marriage with only the shallow notions of what love and responsibility mean.

we parked the car on the grass verge at the side of the highway.

lesson 9

no one in the adjacent apartments was awakened by their quarreling sounds.

the spring floods were a great calamity to the farmers whose crops and houses were ruined.

the floods and storms, which have no precedent in the recorded history, devastated the country.

the exultant players were dancing on the ground over their team’s victory.

the wealth of our country seems inexhaustible to many people abroad.

we saw a maudlin movie about an orphan who lost his parents in the war.

the enemies plundered all the valuable things they could find in the village.

a scrupulous man never fails to give back the borrowed money to its owner.

from sundry hints, i guessed i was to be given a bicycle for my birthday present.

the children made zealous efforts to clean up the house for the christmas party.

we wonder if human beings are primarily altruistic or selfish.

the public clamor for lower taxes continued year after year.

the old manuscripts had been disintegrated into a pile of fragments and dust.

although napoleon was corsican, he is considered by most modern frenchmen to have been french as their own forebears.

the boy who found it on the street returned the money intact.

we did not molest the big dog because we were afraid of him.

the mourner’s profuse tears at the burial were heartbreaking.

he was slack in fulfilling his promises and responsibilities.

tart apples taste sharp and are pleasantly acid in their taste.

this plan looks all right in principle, but in practice it wouldn’t be viable.

the carpenters made the roof aslant to allow water to run down.

they conceded that victory was no longer attainable and agreed to a negotiated surrender.

she could not allow the stranger to enter her house, for she distrusted him.

the table is very groggy. i think the leg is going to fall off.

the intrepid fireman saved persons trapped in a burning building disregarding of his own safety.

we found it hard to like the boy because of his overbearing manners.

only a rash person would have rushed into the burning house to save some clothes.

though polio has been practically wiped out, there have been sporadic cases of the disease.

fumes from automobiles and factory chimneys are toxic.

the driver averted an accident by a quick turn of the steering wheel.

mother deduced from my loss of appe