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- 01. We had a [simple] meal of soup and a sandwich.02. The arithmetic test was really [simple], and everyone passed.03. He looks a bit [simple], but he's actually very smart.04. He tried to explain what happened in [simple] English.05. The [simplicity] of the idea appealed to everyone.06. [Simplicity] is very important in software programs. They should be easy for everyone to use.07. Immigration is trying to [simplify] the rules for refugees to get into the country.08. The book has been [simplified] somewhat for non-native readers.09. To say that school uniforms prevent children from teasing others who don't have nice clothes is a somewhat [simplistic] viewpoint.10. The suggestion that all drugs are bad is quite [simplistic]. Coffee is a drug, but most people seem to think it's okay to drink it once in a while.11. I explained the grammar rule as [simply] as I could, but many students were still confused.12. Our neighbor's son hurt his head in a car accident, and now he's a little [simple].13. All life on our planet began as a [simple] single cell organism.14. You can repair your bicycle with a few [simple] tools.15. Vijay Singh is [simply] the best golfer in the world today.16. She looked [simply] gorgeous in her new dress.17. I'm just a [simple] English teacher. I don't understand politics.18. The flowers in your garden are [simply] beautiful!19. You are overweight [simply] because you never do any exercise.20. She doesn't make many mistakes in her writing, but she only uses very [simple] sentences.21. Layla was dressed in a [simple] blouse and skirt for the party.22. We had a very [simple] wedding; in fact, we got married in our living room.23. Napoleon took 14,000 French decrees, and [simplified] them into a unified set of seven laws.24. There have been numerous calls to [simplify] and standardize the spelling of the Portuguese language.25. Mainland China has [simplified] Chinese characters somewhat, whereas Taiwan continues to use the old system.26. Taoism considers the social world to be artificial and dishonest, and advocates a return to [simplicity] and harmony with the natural world.27. Plato once observed that beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on [simplicity].28. It is the female lion who does more than 90 percent of the hunting, while the male is afraid to risk his life, or [simply] prefers to rest.29. The [simple] act of walking requires the use of 200 muscles in the human body.30. A Chinese proverb notes that to know how to do it is [simple]; the difficulty is in doing it.31. Jim Horning once noted that nothing is as [simple] as we hope it will be.32. Hannah Green once remarked that health is not [simply] the absence of sickness.33. Elizabeth Seaton once advised, "Live [simply] that others might [simply] live."34. Sometime after the classical age of Ancient Greece, a reaction against technical complexities resulted in the [simplification] of Greek music.
Grammatical examples in English. 2013.