1. The Americans are less formal than the English.
2. Most Danes speak good English which can’t be said about
the French.
3. Don’t speak ill about the absent.
4. The more snow, the better for the crops.
5. The stronger/worse the storm, the sooner it will pass/be
over.
6. The experienced know that experience is the best teacher.
7. All over the world dogs are used to find explosives and
drugs.
8. My neighbour works in a school for the deaf and dumb.
9. The Scots love their Highlands.
10. I am a cosmopolitan though a conservative.
11. The Japanese live longer than other peoples.
12. Will eight o’clock suit you? - Yes, the earlier, the safer.
13. It’s a very difficult job even for the most experienced and
clever (people).
14. Let’s forget all the worst and hope for the best.
15. It is very foolish to accuse the young. The old should try
to understand them.
16. These offensive words touched him on the raw
(cut/stung him to the quick).
17. We all hope that the answer will be in the affirmative.
18. According to the weather foreast the weather is going to
change for the better at last.
19. My brother is an incorrigible romantic. He believes in all
the best in people.
20. The Swiss often say that life in Switzerland is very boring.
21. We were sitting in the cool of our secluded little garden
and enjoying the calm/the quiet of the evening.
22. What is this serial called? - “The Daring and the
Beautiful”.