After the storm, the thatches on the cottages needed immediate repair.

He thatches the cottage roof every spring to keep out the rain.

She prefers to work remotely, that is, from home whenever possible.

If I'd left five minutes earlier, that'd've kept me from missing the bus.

I'll meet you at 5—scratch that, let's do 6 instead.

When he walked into the room with a face that would stop a clock, everyone fell silent.

I don't like spicy food, and my brother doesn't either, for that matter.

After the drunken party, he insisted that hair of the dog that bit one was the only thing that could cure his hangover.

When the town's only mill closed, the villagers sighed that it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good, since nearly every household relied on its wages.

The young Thatcherist argued that deregulation and low taxes were the only way to revive the economy.