Soon after it was born, the calf got up and tried to stand on its shaky legs.

The doctor advised Peter to give up smoking.

We offer a speedy and secure service of transferring money in less than 24 hours.

His policies were beneficial to the economy as a whole.

Advanced students need to be aware of the important of collocation.

When the bank refused to lend us any more money we realized we'd reached the end of the road.

They don't seem particularly worried about the situation.

He had never experienced such rudeness towards the president as it occurred at the annual meeting in May.

She had a cozy little apartment in Boston.

It's cool and quiet everywhere except in the kitchen.

I feel that learning English will help my chances of promotion at work.

The whole conference was totally disorganized - nobody knew what they were supposed to be doing.

There is growing concern about the way man has destroyed the environment.

They started building the house in January.

I think it's important to listen to both sides of the argument.

We don't  know  what is good until we have lost it.