Sentences with the words and expressions I have learnt this week (C2 level)
Every week I study for my C2 exam of English. I normally write down sentences where I include the vocabulary I have learnt.
Unfortunately, spiders are my pet hate.
I feel so comfortable when I work with him! He's such a light-hearted person.
Why are you leering me like that?
I knew he was doing something wrong so I squinted and he realised.
I winced when the iron fell on my arm.
Employers should not smirk at their employees.
We should look at the project with a different outlook.
My foresight is that by 2020 there will be flying cars.
The rules were followed in blind subservience.
The machine veered and twenty people were hurt.
Following this method, we will deflect the curious.
The country will rebound from the crisis in next to no time.
Keep your hair on! All I wanted to do was to help you.
I couldn't help but being lofty everytime I talked about her.
When the childen was bitten by the bunny, his eyes were glistening like pearls.
I have no other option but to confront her after all the warnings.
I grimly looked at him and he continued doing his homework.
You shouldn't fritter away the money because you never know when you will need it.
My mother was the one who kept the house on an even keel despite the problems we had there.
How did you get to stun her? No one has ever done it before.
His untamed sense of fun was something that everyone admired.
Can you feel the strain that living with her is causing us?
The bunny rose on his hind legs.
Would you like to saunter around the town? There are a few things I need to buy
I cannot believe his pet has absconded. Where will it be?
The celebrities were treated endearingly.
He was a bit bemused when he saw the letter on the table.
Maria left the house remorseless.
We shouldn't pander the kids. In the long run, it won't benefit us.
A compendium of his best novels has been launched this week.
The artist included a discernible touch of the nineteenth century.
Through no fault of my own, I found myself in a very difficult financial situation.
The last few weeks have been a whirl because of the moving of the house and the holidays.
We should tell her that she cannot receive wall-to-wall comforts.
How can he live off his parents at the age of 35?
Don't leave anything to chace because you never know what is going to happen in 20 years.
You should get a tailor-made suit for your wedding!
Will you be able to carry that hefty book?
People are happy when they are unencumbered.
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I don't see anything wrong here, just that some of the sentences seem odd to my ears, so I will endeavor to give you some alternatives.
Sentences with the words and expressions I have learnt this week (C2 level) Learned is more common. In the USA, learnt is rarely used
Why are you leering at me like that? I guess that a person can be leering in a general sort of way, but usually someone leers at something or someone
I knew he was doing something wrong so I squinted at him and he realised that I saw him. It sounds better if you say what it is that he realized. Realized by itself sounds odd.
We should look at the project with a different outlook. "..from a different perspective" sounds better to me. Again, not wrong.
My foresight tells me that by 2020 there will be flying cars. This is a subtle thing. I would say "My prediction is that.." but "my foresight tells me.."
Following this method, we will deflect undue attention. "the curious" sounds like you are talking about curious people. I wouldn't use deflect with people, divert would be a good alternative - "we will divert the curious"
Keep your hair on! All I wanted to do was to help you. This is another one that may be used in Ireland but not here. We might say "Keep your wig on" to mean "calm down"
When the child was bitten by the bunny, his eyes were glistening like pearls.
How did you manage to stun her? No one has ever done it before. Again, this sounds better to me. It is common usage around here.
Would you like to saunter around the town? There are a few things I need to buy Saunter sounds really antiquated to me. I would use it, but in an ironic way.
I cannot believe his pet has absconded. Where will it be? I would normally use abscond to signify that someone sneaked out while doing something wrong, like stealing. It contains a hint of malfeasance - "The guest absconded from the party with the host's jewelry"
We shouldn't pander to the kids. In the long run, it won't benefit us.
You are obviously writing at an advanced level. I hope to be doing as well with Spanish one day. Saludos desde virginia.
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