She smiled to smooth things over.

He is seriously ill and unlikely to recover.

Help me bind the papers into bundles.

Thunder has been explained scientifically, and people no longer believe it is a sign that the gods are angry with them, so thunder, too, is a little less frightening.

In dog ethology the leader is called 'alpha'; after that it continues with 'beta' and 'gamma'.

The residents were curious about other people's business.

Which joint did you dislocate?

They are in comfortable circumstance.

Hurry in for supper.

Though he is over eighty, he is still healthy.