contemplatingverb
US /ˈkɑːntəmpleɪtɪŋ/
looking at or thinking about someone or something carefully for some time
“Madame Defarge, with her arms folded, sat in the morning light and heat, contemplating the wine-shop and the street.”
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A Tale of Two Cities • Charles Dickens
Chương 28: The Sea Still Rises
Đoạn 1/19 (Câu 1–5)
PHỤ ĐỀ TIẾNG ANH • CHẠM TỪNG TỪ ĐỂ TRA NGHĨACâu 1 / 5
Haggard Saint Antoine had had only one exultant week, in which to soften his modicum of hard and bitter bread to such extent as he could, with the relish of fraternal embraces and congratulations, when Madame Defarge sat at her counter, as usual, presiding over the customers.
📖 Văn bản Đoạn đọc (5 câu)
Chạm vào từ bất kỳ để tra nghĩa • Nghe phát âm từng câu hoặc toàn đoạn
Câu 1
Haggard Saint Antoine had had only one exultant week, in which to soften his modicum of hard and bitter bread to such extent as he could, with the relish of fraternal embraces and congratulations, when Madame Defarge sat at her counter, as usual, presiding over the customers.
Câu 2
Madame Defarge wore no rose in her head, for the great brotherhood of Spies had become, even in one short week, extremely chary of trusting themselves to the saint’s mercies.
Câu 3
The lamps across his streets had a portentously elastic swing with them.
Câu 4
Madame Defarge, with her arms folded, sat in the morning light and heat, contemplating the wine-shop and the street.
Câu 5
In both, there were several knots of loungers, squalid and miserable, but now with a manifest sense of power enthroned on their distress.
🔍 Từ vựng Trọng tâm trong Đoạn (3 từ)
Tra cứu nhanh IPA, từ loại và ngữ cảnh thực tế xuất hiện trong bài
extremelyadverb
US /ɪkˈstriːmli/
to a very great degree
“Madame Defarge wore no rose in her head, for the great brotherhood of Spies had become, even in one short week, extremely chary of trusting themselves to the saint’s mercies.”
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distressnoun
US /dɪˈstres/
great worry, pain, suffering, or unhappiness
“In both, there were several knots of loungers, squalid and miserable, but now with a manifest sense of power enthroned on their distress.”
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🛡 Trắc nghiệm Đọc hiểu
Ý nghĩa trọng tâm hoặc bối cảnh nổi bật trong Chương 28 của A Tale of Two Cities là gì?
🎭 Luyện nói Shadowing
Narrator:Haggard Saint Antoine had had only one exultant week, in which to soften his modicum of hard and bitter bread to such extent as he could, with the relish of fraternal embraces and congratulations, when Madame Defarge sat at her counter, as usual, presiding over the customers.
Speaker:Madame Defarge wore no rose in her head, for the great brotherhood of Spies had become, even in one short week, extremely chary of trusting themselves to the saint’s mercies.