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

Chương 15: The Gorgon’s Head

Đoạn 1/44 (Câu 1–5)
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It was a heavy mass of building, that chateau of Monsieur the Marquis, with a large stone courtyard before it, and two stone sweeps of staircase meeting in a stone terrace before the principal door.
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Câu 1
It was a heavy mass of building, that chateau of Monsieur the Marquis, with a large stone courtyard before it, and two stone sweeps of staircase meeting in a stone terrace before the principal door.
Câu 2
A stony business altogether, with heavy stone balustrades, and stone urns, and stone flowers, and stone faces of men, and stone heads of lions, in all directions.
Câu 3
As if the Gorgon’s head had surveyed it, when it was finished, two centuries ago.
Câu 4
Up the broad flight of shallow steps, Monsieur the Marquis, flambeau preceded, went from his carriage, sufficiently disturbing the darkness to elicit loud remonstrance from an owl in the roof of the great pile of stable building away among the trees.
Câu 5
All else was so quiet, that the flambeau carried up the steps, and the other flambeau held at the great door, burnt as if they were in a close room of state, instead of being in the open night-air.

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remonstrancenoun
US /rɪˈmɑːnstrəns/

a statement that protests against or criticizes someone's behaviour

“Up the broad flight of shallow steps, Monsieur the Marquis, flambeau preceded, went from his carriage, sufficiently disturbing the darkness to elicit loud remonstrance from an owl in the roof of the great pile of stable building away among the trees.”
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sufficientlyadverb
US /səˈfɪʃəntli/

to the degree that is needed or enough for a purpose

“Up the broad flight of shallow steps, Monsieur the Marquis, flambeau preceded, went from his carriage, sufficiently disturbing the darkness to elicit loud remonstrance from an owl in the roof of the great pile of stable building away among the trees.”
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disturbingverb, present participle
US /dɪˈstɝːbɪŋ/

interrupting the stillness, darkness, or quiet of a place

“Up the broad flight of shallow steps, Monsieur the Marquis, flambeau preceded, went from his carriage, sufficiently disturbing the darkness to elicit loud remonstrance from an owl in the roof of the great pile of stable building away among the trees.”
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Ý nghĩa trọng tâm hoặc bối cảnh nổi bật trong Chương 15 của A Tale of Two Cities là gì?

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Narrator:It was a heavy mass of building, that chateau of Monsieur the Marquis, with a large stone courtyard before it, and two stone sweeps of staircase meeting in a stone terrace before the principal door.
Speaker:A stony business altogether, with heavy stone balustrades, and stone urns, and stone flowers, and stone faces of men, and stone heads of lions, in all directions.