English Sentences with Audio from the Tatoeba Project
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0	0	7145933	0	0	Mary put a note in Tom's lunchbox telling him not to forget to buy bread on his way home.	CK	1
0	0	7633377	0	0	Tom and I both wanted to go to Australia, but the boss said that only one of us could go.	CK	1
0	0	8026935	0	0	You may not like Tom at first, but eventually he's likely to be one of your best friends.	CK	1
0	0	8047471	0	0	I really admire Tom's ability to focus on his work, no matter what's going on around him.	CK	1
0	0	8185685	0	0	I realize this may sound crazy, but I think I've fallen in love with your younger sister.	CK	1
0	0	8233168	0	0	Maybe you need to take a step back and think about who you are and why you're doing this.	CK	1
0	0	8462500	0	0	Which translation of this book do you think is better, the French one or the English one?	CK	1
0	0	8873455	0	0	Tom is always a little irritable in the morning before he drinks his first cup of coffee.	CK	1
0	0	920414	0	0	Do you have any ideas on how we can make sure Tom sticks around until the job is finished?	CK	1
0	0	1024085	0	0	Tom told the children that they could stay here in the room if they didn't make any noise.	CK	1
0	0	1092735	0	0	Tom thought there should be a limit on how much money his wife should be allowed to spend.	CK	1
0	0	1093671	0	0	Tom has enough money to buy any computer in this store. He just needs to decide which one.	CK	1
0	0	1095882	0	0	Tom asked Mary about the traffic accident she was involved in when she was five years old.	CK	1
0	0	1095995	0	0	Tom and Mary couldn't talk to each other then because they didn't speak a common language.	CK	1
0	0	1892646	0	0	Tom just needs a little time to get used to the idea that Mary will now be his stepsister.	CK	1
0	0	1894767	0	0	Even though Tom translated the letter for Mary, she didn't bother to read his translation.	CK	1
0	0	2042930	0	0	I know some of you want to go back to the way things were, but that's not going to happen.	CK	1
0	0	2046937	0	0	Tom and Mary have been too busy fighting to notice how much they actually like each other.	CK	1
0	0	2451051	0	0	If you want to really improve your French, you should move to a country where it's spoken.	CK	1
0	0	2906787	0	0	Tom reached in his pocket, pulled out some matches, struck one, and then lit the campfire.	CK	1
0	0	3280102	0	0	Tom doesn't like Mary. However, she doesn't particularly care whether he likes her or not.	CK	1
0	0	3751392	0	0	Tom looked hot and tired, so I offered him a cold drink and told him to sit down and rest.	CK	1
0	0	4098108	0	0	When Tom was a kid, he became obsessed with the girl who lived across the street from him.	patgfisher	1
0	0	4488326	0	0	I don't know when it'll be fixed, but I'm sure either Tom or Mary will fix it fairly soon.	CK	1
0	0	4496214	0	0	It took me three trips to the supermarket to buy everything we needed for tonight's party.	CK	1
0	0	6604164	0	0	Tom stole Mary's phone and took a bunch of selfies before sneaking it back into her purse.	Hybrid	1
0	0	6733487	0	0	Tom has lived in Boston for thirty years, but he still doesn't seem to know the city well.	CK	1
0	0	7240145	0	0	I hope that you know that the last thing I want to do is go there without your permission.	CK	1
0	0	7240148	0	0	I hope you know that the last thing that I want to do is go there without your permission.	CK	1
0	0	7544652	0	0	I don't know how to play the clarinet very well, but I'm pretty good at playing the flute.	CK	1
0	0	7803621	0	0	We've considered your proposal, and we've decided that we aren't able to reduce the price.	CK	1
0	0	7956016	0	0	When Tom returned home in the evening, he found out that there was no supper left for him.	Ergulis	1
0	0	8222506	0	0	When I leaned over to look at the fish, my phone fell out of my pocket and into the water.	CK	1
0	0	8424378	0	0	I think that my French would be much better today if my teacher had been a native speaker.	CK	1
0	0	8440513	0	0	I have no idea how expensive this is going to be, but I know it's going to cost us a lost.	CK	1
0	0	8511138	0	0	The reason Tom and Mary look worried is that one of their children is having an operation.	CK	1
0	0	1028028	0	0	Tom shouted at the top of his lungs so Mary could hear him over the sound of the waterfall.	CK	1
0	0	1029458	0	0	Tom compared a picture taken of Mary three years ago with one that had been taken recently.	CK	1
0	0	1030125	0	0	I met Tom before I graduated from high school, but didn't meet Mary until many years later.	CK	1
0	0	1094680	0	0	Tom didn't need to look at the menu because he'd been to that restaurant many times before.	CK	1
0	0	1095784	0	0	Tom began working as a volunteer at the homeless shelter while he was still in high school.	CK	1
0	0	1202264	0	0	Tom makes way too many snide remarks. That's perhaps why he doesn't have very many friends.	CK	1
0	0	1847743	0	0	When Tom looked down at the apple he was eating, he realized that he had eaten half a worm.	CK	1
0	0	2042931	0	0	My mother always told me I would be able do anything I wanted to do if I put my mind to it.	CK	1
0	0	2318337	0	0	I don't know what Tom advised you to do, but I'd suggest that you don't tell Mary about it.	CK	1
0	0	2451050	0	0	Most people who hear Tom speaking French would never guess that he wasn't a native speaker.	CK	1
0	0	5903652	0	0	Tom got some money from Mary and went to the supermarket to buy what she wanted him to buy.	CK	1
0	0	6678289	0	0	Tom would've liked to attend Mary's party. Unfortunately, he had other things he had to do.	CK	1
0	0	7587432	0	0	My friend over there is really shy, but he thinks you're cute and he'd like to talk to you.	Hybrid	1
0	0	7737728	0	0	If you don't think that the party is going to be any fun, why are you planning to go to it?	CK	1
0	0	7833715	0	0	It's often said the best way to learn a foreign language is to learn from a native speaker.	CK	1
0	0	7865970	0	0	Tom can't work as a doctor in Australia because his qualifications aren't recognized there.	CK	1
0	0	8264291	0	0	If only I'd left home five minutes earlier, I would've gotten to the train station in time.	CK	1
0	0	8392295	0	0	It's almost always better to tell the truth, even though sometimes it's more polite to lie.	CK	1
0	0	8440892	0	0	We're going to turn around and go back to the airport. Tom left one of his suitcases there.	CK	1
0	0	8578097	0	0	Tom was so tired he fell asleep on the sofa before Mary had finished making him a sandwich.	CK	1
0	0	886975	0	0	She asked him to help her father clean the garage, but he said that he was too busy to help.	CK	1
0	0	952864	0	0	Tom pleaded guilty to drunken driving and his driver's license was suspended for six months.	CK	1
0	0	953255	0	0	Even though my friend was a vegetarian, I didn't tell him that the soup had some meat in it.	CK	1
0	0	954606	0	0	When I got out of jail, the first thing I wanted to do was to eat at my favorite restaurant.	CK	1
0	0	954635	0	0	When we started out, we realized that if we didn't have a good product, we wouldn't succeed.	CK	1
0	0	1024512	0	0	Tom lost the shopping list his mother had given him and just bought things he wanted to eat.	CK	1
0	0	1024782	0	0	Tom is used to driving a pickup truck, but he's never driven one of those really big trucks.	CK	1
0	0	1025282	0	0	Tom has to be careful about what he eats at restaurants because he's allergic to many foods.	CK	1
0	0	1027002	0	0	Tom bought a bunch of inexpensive cameras to give to children who lived in his neighborhood.	CK	1
0	0	1027028	0	0	Tom began reading that book three weeks ago and he still has only read less than half of it.	CK	1
0	0	1027281	0	0	They took Tom to the hospital to have his stomach pumped because he ate something poisonous.	CK	1
0	0	1027909	0	0	Tom told Mary that he wouldn't be able finish the job in the amount of time she'd given him.	CK	1
0	0	1028138	0	0	Tom remembers telling Mary the story about how he had escaped from being eaten by cannibals.	CK	1
0	0	1030073	0	0	Mary is really great. She cooked a wonderful meal for me and even washed the dishes herself.	CK	1
0	0	1040627	0	0	Tom had been released from the hospital, but he was still recovering from the gunshot wound.	CK	1
0	0	1044899	0	0	Tom thought it was a good idea to take advantage of the opportunity that Mary had given him.	CK	1
0	0	1092733	0	0	Tom thought where he put his gold coins was the perfect hiding place. However, he was wrong.	CK	1
0	0	1092738	0	0	Tom thought the music was too loud, but he was too tired to get up and turn the volume down.	CK	1
0	0	1096109	0	0	One thing Tom does that isn't very safe is that he uses the same password for every website.	CK	1
0	0	1991971	0	0	Tom has been doing a pretty good job of eluding the police, but eventually he'll get caught.	CK	1
0	0	2042932	0	0	Children often want to do things that are dangerous without knowing that they are dangerous.	CK	1
0	0	2318249	0	0	I don't know if you've noticed or not, but Tom hasn't been getting to work on time recently.	CK	1
0	0	3001584	0	0	Tom and Mary told everybody that they'd gotten divorced, but they're actually still married.	CK	1
0	0	3315543	0	0	Tom got the corkscrew out of the drawer and opened the bottle of wine that Mary had brought.	CK	1
0	0	3824142	0	0	Tom couldn't help thinking that he would've passed the test if he'd studied a little harder.	CK	1
0	0	4351265	0	0	Tom looked through all his desk drawers, but he still couldn't find what he was looking for.	CK	1
0	0	5999502	0	0	In his spare time, Tom loves to play soccer, hang out with his friends, and listen to music.	Hybrid	1
0	0	6799749	0	0	Tom has a brother and a sister. His brother lives in Boston and his sister lives in Chicago.	CK	1
0	0	21262	0	0	The optimist looks into a mirror and becomes more optimistic, the pessimist more pessimistic.	CK	1
0	0	887011	0	0	She bought him a car, but he didn't have a driver's license so he couldn't drive it anywhere.	CK	1
0	0	920410	0	0	After school, Tom usually sticks around as long as he can because he doesn't want to go home.	CK	1
0	0	953437	0	0	I don't think it makes him a bad person just because he's decided he likes to eat horse meat.	CK	1
0	0	953496	0	0	I just want to let you know that I think you're the most beautiful woman that I've ever seen.	CK	1
0	0	954630	0	0	When we started out, our band could only find small clubs in small cities that would hire us.	CK	1
0	0	1027407	0	0	It may seem like just a little thing to you, but Tom is really worried about the whole thing.	CK	1
0	0	1075860	0	0	Tom tasted the popcorn and decided it wasn't salty enough, so he sprinkled on some more salt.	CK	1
0	0	1092189	0	0	Tom would have liked to attend Mary's party. Unfortunately, he had other things he had to do.	CK	1
0	0	1095596	0	0	Tom can't figure out how Mary was able to plan a surprise party without him knowing about it.	CK	1
0	0	1095804	0	0	Tom became famous because he married a famous actress who had been married many times before.	CK	1
0	0	2419635	0	0	While Tom was away from his desk, Mary drew a caricature of him on the cover of his notebook.	CK	1
0	0	3826827	0	0	Tom wondered what Mary would say if she knew he had spent the past week in Boston with Alice.	CK	1
0	0	4493557	0	0	Right now, we have blueberries, blackberries, cherries, strawberries, peaches and nectarines.	CK	1
0	0	4662665	0	0	No one would've remembered Tom if he hadn't painted his name on the ceiling of the classroom.	CK	1
0	0	4806325	0	0	The burning of coal is responsible for more than 40% of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions.	Hybrid	1