An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes that can be made in his field, and how to avoid them.

I avoid crossing the street here if I am in a hurry.

Thanks to the opportunity, we were able to avoid substantial effort.

It is essential to keep calm in a time of crisis and avoid going haywire.

If you say that you cannot help doing something, you mean you cannot prevent or avoid it.

Avoid smoking excessively.

Avoid crossing this street when it is raining.

Try to avoid bad company.

The rocket landed sufficiently gently to avoid breaking its instruments.

If a high hill stood between A and B, it was important to decide whether the line should climb over it, pierce it with a tunnel, or make a detour to avoid it.

Mary pretended she was sick to avoid going to school.

Don't avoid my question.

Hideo turned the steering wheel sharply to avoid the bicyclist.

We have to avoid the nuclear war by all means.

I'd rather not take any medicine if I can avoid it.

You should avoid making such a mistake.

How did the thief manage to avoid being caught?

Industrialization of the region must be carried out very carefully to avoid environmental destruction.

You must avoid making such mistakes.

It's necessary to avoid stress.

Jim was able to hold back his anger and avoid a fight.

However, I recommend that you take the JR Narita Express (a train leaves every 30-60 minutes from the airport), to avoid the complexity of changing trains.

But, most smokers try to avoid thinking about these things.

Jeff and Mia are making a last ditch effort to avoid a divorce.

Try to avoid making any more trouble.

If you want to avoid cholesterol, eat lean meat with no fat.

You must be more careful to avoid making a gross mistake.

You might avoid an unpleasant experience.

Avoid opening the window; I have no great desire to feel air currents on my back.

The police wanted to avoid bloodshed.

I try to avoid eating too much for my health.

Avoid each other's society.

In order to avoid misunderstandings, they went through the contract again.

We stayed home for Christmas, so as to avoid heavy traffic.

To avoid confusion, the teams wore different colors.

There are a lot of problems we can't avoid.

We took a back road to avoid the heavy traffic.

We should try to avoid imposing our own beliefs on others.

I avoid traveling by air, if I can help it.

I go to the office by car, and I try to leave home as early as I can so that I can avoid the traffic jams.

I will try to avoid tunnels as much as possible.

I tried to avoid conflict.

I tried to avoid looking at her eyes.

I like to feel sad. I know that most people try to avoid any kind of sad feeling. But I think that is wrong.

We got up at dawn to avoid a traffic jam.

We cannot avoid cutting down our living expenses.

You'd better avoid discussion of religion and politics.

Avoid heavy labor It will be better in two weeks.

We have to avoid a conflict as far as possible.

To avoid spoiling, fish caught far out at sea are immediately cooled or even frozen.

To be always ready for war, said Mentor, is the surest way to avoid it.

Avoid drinking too much water with your meals.

You must try to avoid hurting people's feelings.

If one wants to grow, one must not avoid hardships.

The government cannot avoid the issue of homelessness any longer.

Westerners, in general, prefer to avoid such topics unless the other person brings them up.

We must avoid war by all possible means.

On gift-giving occasions, people generally avoid giving money, but there are exceptions.

Avoid those men who are idle.

It is important to avoid having anyone absent from his assignment.

Driving carefully, you'll be able to avoid accidents.

According to legend, the wood used to be haunted, so people would avoid it.

I stood under a tree to avoid getting wet.

He was so near that I couldn't avoid him.

He is so aggressive that others avoid him.

He made every effort to avoid yielding to the temptation to start drinking again.

He cannot avoid traveling to work during the rush hours.

He managed to avoid damaging my reputation by dropping a hint.

He was too foolish to avoid making such errors.

They explored every avenue in an attempt to avoid war.

She started early in order to avoid the rush hour.

Another thing to avoid is to use too much praise.

Take lots of vitamin C to avoid catching cold.

The question is how to avoid nuclear war.

You should avoid calling a person after ten at night.

We must avoid calling on others without an appointment.

The only useful knowledge is that which teaches us how to seek what is good and avoid what is evil.

Defensive driving can help you avoid accidents.

The suspect wanted to avoid being arrested.

Avoid fried foods for a while.

I had tried to avoid thinking that as much as possible but as soon as I faced it I started to feel miserable.

I think it is all right for beginners to take great pains to avoid using Dr Martin's book.

After all, even salesmen are desperate to avoid being targeted for downsizing.

Today I'm working a little late so as to avoid a rush in the morning.

She's violent right now. It'd be better to avoid her.

When he claims to desire eternal life, in reality man merely wishes to avoid a premature, violent or gruesome death.

If feeling sick of the world could by itself grant saintliness, I don't see how I could avoid canonization.

You must avoid making those kinds of mistakes.

It'd be better to avoid her now, because she's violent.

How can you avoid the dangers of the Internet?

Try to avoid overdoing it.

You really ought to think before you open your mouth, you'd avoid a lot of misunderstandings that way.

Friendly Reminder: Please keep in mind the closing time of the line you need to switch to, so as to avoid delays in your trip.

When the lamp is hot, in order to avoid getting burned, wait about 45 minutes for it to cool down.

A lie said to avoid hurting someone's feelings and expectations is called a "white lie."

White lies could help us to be diplomatic and avoid hard feelings and arguments which can ruin a day - or a friendship.

In some situations, telling a white lie could be used to avoid people to be disappointed or get angry by or with someone.

"Walakum-us-Salam, Al-Sayib!" Dima replied, but raised the volume on his phone this time, so as to avoid making this a duplicate sentence. "What are you up to these days?"

We're trying to avoid the bill collectors.

They can't avoid the traffic.

Tom wants to avoid everything.