When it is appraised, in order to check the authenticity and state of preservation of the painting, the real thing has to be borrowed from its owner.

Due to ill-health of the web-manager, loss of motivation and other circumstances I have decided that it is not possible to continue.

They took advantage of the stock price increase to raise the idea of building a new factory.

It's a comparison of setting the white balance to "auto" versus presetting it with white copy paper.

Encouraged by the continuing trickle of hits and the rarely arriving email I've somehow kept going till now.

It is essential that some kind of compromise be reached between Pyongyang and Washington.

Please hold your bat by the end of its handle.

I got really into it, and I just can't forget the exhilaration of becoming one with the audience.

Forty percent of the workforce are white-collar workers, most of whom have some of the most tedious and idiotic jobs ever concocted.

Of those 2 or 3 were pushed out of the nest, and then fell down from the balcony as well.