the in English:

I'm at the hospital. I got struck by lightning.

How many times a day do you look at yourself in the mirror?

I'm good at Japanese.

I'm thinking about complaining about my son's teacher at the kindergarten.

To the best of my knowledge, the lake is the deepest at this point.

He did something stupid and was sneered at.

Happiness depends not so much on circumstances as on one's way of looking at one's lot.

You went to bed at 2 o'clock in the morning? No wonder you look sleepy today.

Do you mind if I call on you sometime? "No, not at all."

School begins at half past eight except on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

At first I felt a bit too shy to speak to her.

At the party the other night, my brother drank a bit too much and passed out.

At Narita Airport, I ran into an old friend of mine.

When I was a kid, touching bugs didn't bother me a bit. Now I can hardly stand looking at pictures of them.

Her composition had no grammatical errors at all.

I live in Warsaw.

Half a million children still face malnutrition in Niger.

Back in high school, I got up at 6 a.m. every morning.

Poverty does more to bring out the worst in people and conceal the best than anything else in the world.

Kissing one's spouse in public is considered acceptable behavior in some countries.

In the United States, it takes a minimum of eight years of college to become a medical doctor.

Water, in its natural state, is a fluid.

An estimated 20% of the water used by homeowners in cities is used for their grass.

What you spend time doing in your childhood affects the rest of your life.

The inland taipan, a snake found in Australia, is the most venomous snake in the world.

In North America, business operates on "the customer is always right" principle.

I'm the type who gets nervous in front of people, so I'm bad at speech making.

Please make your reservation one week in advance.

If I should be suddenly spoken to in English, I might run away.

The Democrats haven't decided on their candidates yet, but in any case they're sure to lose.