You fell down on the stairs and hurt your knee. Your girlfriend is worried, so you're reassuring her.
I just skinned it a little.
injury, simple past 
You once got sued by a customer of your home business. You're telling someone the story of what happened. You've explained all of the background information, and now you want to tell the result. You say:
Fortunately the judge ruled in my favor.
You're having dinner with your wife. She looks tired and unhappy. You guess that she might have had some problems at work. You ask her:
Did you have a rough day?
difficulty, simple past, spouse, work (topic), 한글번역 
Your son told you that the faucet is dripping. You want to know whether it's a problem with the faucet, or just that your son didn't completely turn it off.
Did you turn it all the way off?
You live in the northern part of the U.S. Your friend is from the southern part, but his accent doesn't sound different from other people. You ask if he has an accent. He says:
Growing up, I had a strong Southern accent.
At work, a software designer made a design for a new product. You saw some problems with the design, so you talked to him about the problems. He got angry and fought back against each point. Now you're telling another coworker about it. You say:
Albert got all defensive when I commented on his design.
anger (topic), casual, coworker, coworker (topic), criticism, gossip, simple past, work 
You're talking to your friend about a book that you recently read. It was a really good book, so you stayed awake late at night reading it every night. You tell your friend:
I couldn't put it down.
book, interesting, reading, recommendation, simple past 
Today your daughter made a really funny mistake on her science homework. You wanted to laugh about it, but you didn't want to upset her so you stopped yourself from laughing. Now you're telling your husband about it and explaining why you did that. You say:
I didn't want to make her feel self-conscious.
children (topic), emotions, homework, mistake, simple past, worry 
A coworker just told you that he was too busy to talk to you. You're annoyed, so you complain to a work friend:
He just blew me off.
busy, coworker, coworker (topic), gossip, ignore, office, rude, simple past, work, 日本語サポート You lost $4000 because you were scammed by a fake book publishing company. You are really angry at yourself for getting tricked by it. You say to a friend:
I can't believe I fell for that.
publishing, regret, scam, simple past, tricks, 日本語サポート 