If your essay is on the short side, you can always pad it out with a few quotations.

The odds of winning the lottery are extremely low.

Edo town was originally composed of only homeowners, that is townspeople, and Nanushi was a representative of a town.

he is not being as straightforward as it appears

In order to maintain equilibrium, she shifted her weight to her back foot.

No baseball player has been as deified as this man.

Because of the problem of air pollution, the bicycle may some day replace the automobile.

He is something of a celebrity.

Smoking is prohibited in this area.

I went to the marketplace to buy fresh vegetables.

He said that his previous dentist told him that he'd remove nicotine stains if he stopped smoking.

The company can participate in any development phase from specifications definition to design implementation and prototype testing.

There was a confrontation between the two rival gangs.

Our century has seen a notable increase of knowledge.

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We consider it the citizens' legitimate right to have public libraries.

The symbol Δ represents the Greek letter delta.

The severely injured man was dead on arrival at the hospital.

Through entrepreneurial activity of Jutaro MATSUMOTO, however, the companies established by MATSUMOTO such as Osaka Spinning (now, Toyobo Co., Ltd.), Nankai Railway (now, Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd.), Sanyo Railway (now, West Japan Railway Company), Japan Fire Insurance (now, Japan Fire and Marine Insurance), Osaka Beer (now, Asahi Breweries, Ltd.) and others have still been successful.

I had to downgrade my phone because it was too expensive.

The fun thing about this job is that the technology is continually advancing so it continues to be stimulating.

Water, forests, and minerals are important natural resources.

I'm not afraid of anything after having verbal abuse heaped on me like that. In fact, I feel empowered by it.

The cumulative number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise.

Ah, well I've bandaged it for the meantime but if that's awkward then it's fine to replace it with a plaster when you get home.

With no supply of water from trees, rainfalls diminish in time and the area keeps drying up.

I try to minimize my expenses by budgeting carefully.

I need you to coordinate with the other team members and ensure we complete the project on time.

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They made many sacrifices to get their own house.