formal vocabulary

What is done at night comes to light by day.

A wanderer, if he's rich, is called a tourist.

Hearing the news of her son's accident, she was beside herself with grief, almost out of her mind.

She silently endured his abuse for years.

She came before the king without flinching.

The book's shortcoming is that even though the married author advocates not marrying, it lacks persuasiveness.

I almost got taken in by some dealer's sweet talk and would have lost a bundle.

God created humankind in His own image.

The president's speech went on so long that the second half of the ceremony got rushed.

After all, folks like the author here — who has no confidence in their own patience — would give up after just two or three hours.

At the age of seven, he had already made his own bow and arrow.

'Hey, shall we try taking some kind of survey of the dorm residents?' 'Ah, what you might call a market research, huh.'

When there's a sunset glow, the next day is often sunny.

The greatest thing about baseball is the teamwork.

The problem is not so much the purpose of education as how to carry it out.

I'm sorry for the trouble.

Do you believe his claim of innocence?

I'm fully aware of it.

Everything hinges on the outcome.

I gave him the little money I had.

I gave my last bit of money to that poor boy.

For me, she's the most important person.

The more laws there are, the more violators.

She held her own working alongside the men.

She has firm command over her homeroom class.

She harbored the deserter.

She read a vast amount of books and cultivated her mind.

She harbors the lofty ambition of becoming a great actress.

She was fired for negligence.

She was a Christian during her lifetime.