I grasped the rope so as not to fall.

a petty argument about semantics

The indigenous people of the region have a deep connection to their ancestral lands and traditions.

Cut each vegetable into bite-size chunks.

the articulation of the radius and ulna in the arm is a pivot joint

The company had a surplus of funds at the end of the year.

An insulated soft-wood room and a good heater are the absolute necessities for a sauna.

The garden was infested with pests.

In order to distract the others, we brought up this irrelevant issue as a red herring.

They conducted a series of experiments under zero gravity.

Nitrogen is the most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere.

They should be pardoned by the amnesty law.

What's the technical terminology for assisting someone to go to the toilet with a urine bottle?

(Contrary to popular belief, however, William Chow seems to have followed the cease-after-license protocol.)75

Her innate talent for music was evident from a young age.

Pretty good. Did you go to today's history seminar?

And firstly, if it be not entirely new, but is, as it were, a member of a state which, taken collectively, may be called composite, the changes arise chiefly from an inherent difficulty which there is in all new principalities;

Change is inevitably a part of life.

Based on my observation of the movement of particle D, I modify the system so that three possible exits exist.

The color of the walls is irrelevant to the overall design.

Even though we're supposedly in a recession, people are traveling abroad in record numbers this Golden Week holiday.

I write in my diary every night.

You can't equate nationalism with fascism.

The auditorium is filled to capacity with anxious applicants.

The reason why they grill it without pressing is that if it is pressed, the air or water will exude, heat conduction worsens, the taste or textures spoiled and so, it is desirable not to press it when possible.

And I listened to my beta-testers, polling them about design decisions and stroking them whenever they sent in patches and feedback.

The meaning of the poem was obscure.

In a melodic part, there may be sections with congruent rhythm (hyoshi-ai) or sections with noncongruent rhythm (hyoshi-awazu).

The judge decided to punish the criminal with a prison sentence.

Her technique is superb, but she needs to play with more expression.