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A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities • Charles Dickens

Chương 12: Hundreds of People

Đoạn 1/43 (Câu 1–5)
A Tale of Two Cities bối cảnh
⛶BỐI CẢNH MINH HỌAĐOẠN 1/43 • 5 CÂU
PHỤ ĐỀ TIẾNG ANH • CHẠM TỪNG TỪ ĐỂ TRA NGHĨACâu 1 / 5
The quiet lodgings of Doctor Manette were in a quiet street-corner not far from Soho-square.
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Câu 1
The quiet lodgings of Doctor Manette were in a quiet street-corner not far from Soho-square.
Câu 2
On the afternoon of a certain fine Sunday when the waves of four months had rolled over the trial for treason, and carried it, as to the public interest and memory, far out to sea, Mr. Jarvis Lorry walked along the sunny streets from Clerkenwell where he lived, on his way to dine with the Doctor.
Câu 3
After several relapses into business-absorption, Mr. Lorry had become the Doctor’s friend, and the quiet street-corner was the sunny part of his life.
Câu 4
On this certain fine Sunday, Mr. Lorry walked towards Soho, early in the afternoon, for three reasons of habit.
Câu 5
Firstly, because, on fine Sundays, he often walked out, before dinner, with the Doctor and Lucie; secondly, because, on unfavourable Sundays, he was accustomed to be with them as the family friend, talking, reading, looking out of window, and generally getting through the day; thirdly, because he happened to have his own little shrewd doubts to solve, and knew how the ways of the Doctor’s household pointed to that time as a likely time for solving them.

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accustomedadjective
US /əˈkʌstəmd/

familiar with something because it has happened or been done regularly

“Firstly, because, on fine Sundays, he often walked out, before dinner, with the Doctor and Lucie; secondly, because, on unfavourable Sundays, he was accustomed to be with them as the family friend, talking, reading, looking out of window, and generally getting through the day; thirdly, because he happened to have his own little shrewd doubts to solve, and knew how the ways of the Doctor’s household pointed to that time as a likely time for solving them.”
✓ Engvera
generallyadverb
US /ˈʤɛnərəli/

usually; as a rule

“Firstly, because, on fine Sundays, he often walked out, before dinner, with the Doctor and Lucie; secondly, because, on unfavourable Sundays, he was accustomed to be with them as the family friend, talking, reading, looking out of window, and generally getting through the day; thirdly, because he happened to have his own little shrewd doubts to solve, and knew how the ways of the Doctor’s household pointed to that time as a likely time for solving them.”
✓ Engvera
afternoonnoun
US /ˌæftərˈnuːn/

the part of the day between noon and evening

“On the afternoon of a certain fine Sunday when the waves of four months had rolled over the trial for treason, and carried it, as to the public interest and memory, far out to sea, Mr. Jarvis Lorry walked along the sunny streets from Clerkenwell where he lived, on his way to dine with the Doctor.”
✓ Engvera

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Narrator:The quiet lodgings of Doctor Manette were in a quiet street-corner not far from Soho-square.
Speaker:On the afternoon of a certain fine Sunday when the waves of four months had rolled over the trial for treason, and carried it, as to the public interest and memory, far out to sea, Mr. Jarvis Lorry walked along the sunny streets from Clerkenwell where he lived, on his way to dine with the Doctor.