The 1000 most useful English words.

lower a bucket into a well.

Leave those books alone! They are my property.

The lattice structure of a steel profoundly changes its qualities.

Q: Did you vote last month? A: Yes. I voted for John Smith, and it's a shame that he lost; you can't blame me for the mess we're in now.

My new boss is making my job a hell.

Electric and magnetic forces are closely related.

The local theater group will stage "Pride and Prejudice".

Title II of the USA PATRIOT Act.

The Articles of War are a set of regulations[…]to govern the conduct of[…]military[…]forces.

This species of snake will only attack humans if it feels threatened.

Shut the damn door!

We had the entire building to ourselves for the evening.

The assassin liked to make a clean kill, and thus favored small arms over explosives.

The sun shines on the rich and the poor alike but, come the rain, the rich have better umbrellas.

They released the new product later than intended.

The Botanical Gardens are in a delightful situation on the river bank.

Written language is a way of representing spoken language.

This flavour of soup has been assigned the code WRT-9.

There's a $15 cover tonight.

All the beds of the hotel are currently occupied, but we have a free room tomorrow.

The parliamentary election(s) will be held in March.

For financial reasons, we're not going to be able to continue to fund this program.

foreign markets; foreign soil.

In the western world, women usually have long hair while men usually have short hair.