Right now folks are having difficulty leaving the (flooded) area.

The area has flooded a number of times in the past 35 years. Flooding provides a hazard to homeowners.

She encouraged us to follow our dreams.

I know of only one bird - the parrot - that talks; and it can't fly very high.

We could hardly wait to get up in the morning.

I confess that in 1901 I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for fifty years.