例句： The stalks will rot and make good fertilizer.

例句： Help yourself to this apple pie.

例句： I like French girls, because they are pretty, smart and romantic.

例句： My father and mother went for a walk.

例句： The start or initial stage; the outset.

例句： I prefer a sandy beach to a shingly one.

例句： The old man wanted to see nobody other than his grandson.

例句： Our team has qualified for the semi-final.

例句： Knock it off, kids, I'm trying to sleep!

例句： The soldier saw a gun jutting out from a bush.