Why don't these translation books just include general phrases that could be applied in a variety of situations like, "Say nothing unless it's in English"?

She was an experimental child but compassionate with it.

Her voice had suddenly jumped a couple of social classes to underline her ownership status.

It was an undemanding job both physically and mentally, which was fine. Stress was for the rich and hard-working.

As with all travel, replacing familiar surroundings with the unknown fires an electric charge that awakens a sense of adventure.

I had intended to visit the haunting ground of my school days. Subconsciously I wanted to be in a place where anxiety, responsibility and financial burden had yet to surface.

Love is God's shadow as He strolls through the universe.

Apparently, my hopes, dreams and aspirations were no match against my poor spelling, punctuation and grammar.

If you took half of something and continued to take half of that half and so on, you would never reach an end.

People who say that music is dead or hip-hop is dead are refusing to evolve.

There is no animal lazier than a cat.

I love Drake -- he is very talented and I like his effortless attitude in terms of his style and music.

True and false fears let us refrain, Let us love nobly, and live, and add again Years and years unto years, till we attain To write threescore ; this is the second of our reign.

I hope to live long and be happy. But I'd like to be remembered as somebody who did good rather than mischief.

I think writing is, by definition, an optimistic act.

I'm part German and part Irish. In fact, there's even a town in Germany that was named after my family, Limbach or so forth. And I don't know. I might even have some Indian blood in there.