The disadvantage of excellent insulation is that it quickly leads to overheating.

There is oil in hair in its natural state.

The patient is getting worse and worse day by day.

Sorry, but it all came about so suddenly that I haven't got a handle on the situation yet.

In the case of patient death during the course of medical treatment, even if there is medical error present, it is not automatically legally considered to be an "unusual death."

Write a thank-you note when someone goes out of his or her way to help you.

To my side, my wife, who I'm presently at odds with, lies sleeping.

Which means that our perception of any situation depends only partly on sensory signals being received at that time.

The office has been topsy-turvy since the merger upset everything.

The train was derailed, and panic ensued.

The man pleaded for mercy, but he was sentenced to twenty years in prison for his crime.

We're in a slump, barely scraping by, so we certainly don't have the margin to take on a part-time worker.

I got an invitation to a party tonight that I know would be a lot of fun but I have to be in my best form for tomorrow's meeting so I had to turn it down.

In Japan the ring shaped ones came into use first so they're also often called contraceptive rings.

In Japan the ring shaped ones came into use first so they're also often called "contraceptive rings".