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Lesson 2

The judge absolved the man of the crime.

The umpire should have no bias in favor of either side.

Our baseball team is contending for the championship.

We deplore the terrible traffic accident in which 30 persons were killed and 50 injured.

The boy fell from a tree and suffered fractures of his right arm and leg.

A crowd of great magnitude attended the President’s inauguration.

The pith of his speech was focused on the importance of education.

I have no relish for seeing people being whipped.

Trying not to be seen, they quietly sneaked into the room.

The messenger brought tidings from the battlefield.

Many people would be aghst at the thought of another war.

We shall not cumber our thought with his reproaches.

The city government decreed that all dogs must be licensed.

The children were frolicing with the puppy in the backyard.

There was much commercial intercourse between the two countries before World War II.

In dry weather forest fires are a great menace.

I was standing on the very edge of a bank, a precipice not less than fifty feet deep.

The church is generally considered as a sanctuary.

After a light spring rain,leaves began to sprout from trees.

She trod lightly in order not to wake the sleeping baby.

The soldiers still had their guns but they were out of ammunition.

A doting mother alienates her husband by lavishing too much love on their child.

The artist ws so engrossed in his pinting that he didn’t notive the people watching him.

If you got a deep cut in your arm, there’s usually a gush of blood.

The deep river was an insuperable barrier to those who could not swim.

Her life has been full of ordeals,sickness,poverty and loss of her beloved son.

He kept his tobacco in a leather pouch fastened to the belt.

The brakes screeched and the car suddenly stopped with a jerk.

A man who is six feet talll is bove the average stature in China.

The President’s enemies are spreading ill rumors to undermine his authority.

The house is unsafe since the foundations were undermined by floods.

Damages from last week’s flood have been assessed at $50000.

The children searched each and every chamber of the house for the cat.

The Congress of the United States has two House of  Representatives.

Now that she is rich,she disdains to speak to her old friends.

One day Robinson Crusoe espied a foot print on the sand.

The beautiful glossy coat of the cat shone as it lay in sunlight.

The janitor swept the floors and locked up the building every night.

She bought a packet of envelops at the stationery store.

The eloquent and ornate carving on a church pulpit was done by Indian hands.

The meat was black and scorched outside but still raw inside.

The grass is scorched by so much hot sunshine in summer.

The ship surged in the stormy seas,rolling and pitching with each wave.

Pots,pans and kettles are useful kitchen utensils.

When the soldiers ran out of ammunition, they fixed bayonets to their rifles.

Compassion for the orphans caused him to give money for their support.

Lazy boys sometimes are detained at school to do extra work after ordinary lessons are finished.

The police detained the suspected thief for more questioning.

A faction in our club tried to make the president resign.

The diamond shoen with every hue under the bright sun.

He polished the metal until it had a fine luster.

The deeds or heroes add luster to a nation’s history.

He persevered in his study until he succeded.

Because of his high fever,the sick man raved all night.

He intended to slay his fatheer’s murderer.

The doctor told her to take three tablets a day.

Nowadays an actress with voluptuous beauty seems to be more popular than the one with intelligent look.


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