When Ross makes a paleontology joke on Friends, some viewers might find it funnier when the quip—whether good or bad—is accompanied by audible laughter. Sitcoms traditionally achieve this either by recording a live audience or utilizing a pre-recorded laugh track. And they're definitely on to something.
(1) His gloom was now compounded by the failing mark on his geometry now.
(gloom): a feeling of great sadness and lack of hope
- (Example) a time of high unemployment and economic gloom
(2) The annals of sports are replete with the names of great black athletes.
(3) One of the great paradoxes of American life is that through minority groups have suffered injustices, nowhere in the world have so many varied groups lived together so harmoniously.
(4) A tinge of garlic is all that's necessary for most recipes.
(5) A cruel king would not allow the prince to enter his realm restricting him to the forest, which abounded with wild animals.
The Future with "will"
We put the verb will in front of the main verb. This is the most common way of expressing future time. The short form of will is 'll nd the short form of will not is won't. You usually use these in spoken English instead of will or will not. The main verb can be either in its 'simple' form or in its 'progressive' form.
A question that’s often baffled scientists is how certain species of fish can sometimes appear—and even proliferate—in isolated bodies of water not previously known to harbor them. A new study has demonstrated that the most unlikely explanation might actually be correct: It’s possible they fell from the sky.
Rich people don't just have bigger bank balances and more lavish lifestyles than the rest of us -- they also have bigger carbon footprints.
