He acquitted himself admirably at the track meet

As was expected, he succeeded in winning the prize

I had imagined that the newbies fresh from university would probably be stuck with all the backstage work - collecting reference material, getting copies and such but I couldn't have been proved more wrong

The gorgeous cake made my mouth water

His old company gave him the shaft. But I admire the way he turned bad luck into good and did even better with his own business

The girls couldn't wait to show off their fine needle work to us

Rocks are beautifully arranged in the Japanese-style garden

It was all-or-nothing and we struck out spectacularly

He took a beautiful shot at a deer

He did it by himself, and admirably

You did an excellent job