The teacher stressed the importance of taking notes.

I leave it in your hands what course of action to take.

The coffee stain was difficult to remove.

If you don't eat, you die.

"Pass me the salt, please." "Here you are."

Take a book and read it.

About how much does it cost to have a dentist remove cigarette tar from your teeth?

Why have you kept such an excellent wine back till now?

As one grows old, one becomes a light sleeper.

The Clinton camp became desperate to eliminate the white votes Obama had got in both states.

Here I decide, without hesitating, to take the alternative route.

When rain's fallen and the soil is moist, it becomes easier to pull out weeds.

Er, well, I'd like to take a vote. Would people in favour of Mr Ogawa's proposition please raise their hands.

Eh? Have we run out of toner? Oh well, sorry, but can you go the staff-room and get some, Katou?

I don't want to boast, but I've never gotten better than a 3 on my report card for home economics. Out of 10 that is.

Some residents took a wait-and-see attitude while others prepared for heavy flooding.

Write down what the teacher dictates in the French class.

Ah, sorry. Megumi, could you get me the conditioner?

The old woman sent a servant for the trunk.

Go and get a chair from the next room, please.