I utterly despise formal writing!

We call these slabs of the solid-rock layer 'plates'.

Using a doubled-up cushion in place of a pillow I lie down on the hard wooden floor with nothing but a carpet spread over it.

If it continues to be stimulated the skin's protective function causes thickening and it becomes stiff and hard with pores that stand out.

I hard-boiled an egg.

Please don't boil the eggs so hard.

Boil the eggs hard.

I have a firm belief in his innocence.

Our teacher really stands on ceremony, doesn't she?

The skin tightened as it dried.

She hard-boiled the eggs.

She was set on quitting.

She is firmly determined to own a store of her own.

She pressed her lips firmly together.

She pressed her lips together and willed herself not to cry.

She sat on a hard chair.

She wrung the towel dry.

Her belief in God is very firm.

They embraced tightly.

They parted with a firm handshake.