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American

A person from the United States of America. A person from North America or South America.

American

From the United States. From North or South America. In a style typical of the United States. In a style typical of the Americas (North and South America).

American

of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture American citizens American English the American dream a native or inhabitant of the United States of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas the American hemisphere American flora and fauna (= American English) the English language as used in the United States a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country

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Simple sentences

I prefer French films to American ones.
He was reading a textbook on American history.
He is not an American.
Isn't he a young American student?
She is married to an American.
I am American.
Hello. My name is John Reindle. I work at the American Embassy in Prague.
Just a second, please, here is my wife, I'll introduce her to you. Jarmila, this is Mr. Reindle from the American Embassy.
This is the American Embassy.
He is not an American, but he loves America.
American English isn't better than British English.
That's an old American custom.
American bombing of Prague on Valentine's Day 1945 was allegedly accidental.
This is a proposed hypothesis for an american study.
Hanako has attended an American college for four years.
Where is nearest American Express office?
I'd like to know the phone number of the nearest American Express office.
I know an American girl who speaks Japanese very well.
Lincoln is one of the greatest figures in American history.
Mariko's parents are strongly opposed to her marrying an American.
Henry James was an American by birth.
Brent is an American, but he speaks Japanese as if it were his mother tongue.
How can you tell an Englishman from an American?
Though Tony is American, he can't speak English.
Yet today only about 15 percent of American families follow this pattern.
An American spoke to me at the station.
Mary gave me an American doll.
Why do American parents praise their children?
It was a big black American warship.
The principal theme of the book is the American Revolution.
The ship was flying the American flag.
It is rumored that the firm is going to tie up with an American company.
Because of its origins, Canadian English has features of both American and British English.
That American movie was a great success.

Movie subtitles

As recently as the 1 980s, the average American was 7 0 times richer than the average Chinese.
Landing a Chinese eunuch on the East African coast was essentially the same as landing an American on the moon - pretty impressive.
American.
Have you heard of the All-American Prophet?
The most blessed Prophet was All-American!
The All-American angel!
We were Jews who met with Christ, but we were All-American!
Have you heard of the All-American prophet?
And our new religion is All-American!
All-American!
And now we wish to honor you with the story of Joseph Smith, the American Moses.
Down from the mountain look who comes: the American warlord Brigham Young!
Owner Miss Ruth Newsome and her very distinguished American Staffordshire Terrier, Roger.
For heaven's sake, gentlemen, you are not going to let yourselves be shown up by an american!
American physicists and engineers had detected radio emission from the Universe.
The North American unit and I have been under his command for quite a while now.
Take a look at this American surprise.
Mr. West found refuge in the offices of an American company. But without his trusty bodyguard he remained uneasy.
I want to stage a few Bolshevik atrocities for the American idiot.
At the American office everyone was worried about Mr. West's long absence.
American Can 138.
The foundation of the American home.
So will the American Legion.
You know, when I first saw you, I thought you were an American.
In late 1926, he moved to the Broadway stage in American touring companies of hit plays.
The actor playing Inspector Bird is Britisher Harry Stubbs, who had been in American films since 1929.
This policeman is played by Monte Montague, an American, who speaks here with a British accent.
Like in the American Revolutionary days in 1775.
Narco-finance is a major revenue stream - for American black ops.
This American empire, in the end still.
At 9am this morning, the military operations power has already been handed over to the combined Korean-American headquarters.
This time invest in something secure, like English, or American notes.
There you are, Cocoanut Manor glorifying the American sewer and the Florida sucker.
No.. pa is Scotch Ma is Canadian and I'm plain American.
An American artist.
You know, it's an old American custom.
You know, when I first saw you, I thought you were an American. Thank you.
Upon the conclusion of the American Civil War. Napoleon withdrew his military support. leaving Maximilian to the mercy of his rebellious subjects.
The Ounce Foundation for the Elevation of American Morals.
I haven't seen a bottle since the Spanish-American War.
My friends, the elevation of American morals.

News and current affairs

One senses something like the making of an American-Asian dominated universe.
And, perversely, American neo-conservatives have transformed the internationalism of the old left by seeking to impose a democratic world order by US military force.
Not all are happy about this American notion.
That augurs well for a more rational and constructive Sino-American dialogue on global imbalances, which would certainly benefit the global economy.
The right angrily denounces him as a crypto-communist because he wants every American to have health care.
Their financial trust index, based on a large-scale survey of financial decision-makers in American households, did show a sharp fall in trust in late 2008 and early 2009, following the collapse of Lehman Brothers.
China, for example, would lose from an attack that severely damaged the American economy, and vice versa.
American foreign policy reflects that obsession.
What the world needs most in 2004 is a declaration of independence from American willfulness.
The Americans want full EU membership for Turkey--a longstanding NATO member and close American ally--while Europeans complain about the Turkish military's domestic political role.
Parliament's rejection of US troops powerfully refutes suggestions that Turkey was primarily concerned about the size of the American aid package on offer as an inducement to cooperate.
Only after the vote did the Chief of Staff publicly endorse the original proposal to bring in American troops.
Yet the declared American aim of building a Muslim democracy in Iraq will only enhance Turkey's symbolic importance as a role model.
When American wealth seemed to be growing year after year as the stock market boomed, this was understandable; individual Americans were becoming richer without savings, so why bother?
Cutting these programs will lower American economic growth in the long term, with negative consequences both at home and abroad.
Prior to the crisis, American consumers, on average, either saved nothing or accumulated debt.
Indeed, one positive achievement by European leaders at the recent Brussels summit was to begin the process of reining in both the ECB and the power of the American ratings agencies.
American President Barack Obama visited China, more in the spirit of a supplicant to an imperial court than the leader of the world's greatest superpower.

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