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Danh sách câu dẫn chứng (16.308 câu)
They were paying attention--obsessive attention in some cases.
Từ trong câu: pay, attention, obsessive, case
James Boyle, The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind - Tiếng Anh - en-US, Ghi công tác giả & ấn bản gốc
Here an Irish sculptor, standing in a curve, was saying furiously, “Bees are not bhumpkins, d---n their sowls!”
Từ trong câu: furiously, stand, curve, say, have
John Galsworthy, The Island Pharisees - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The wind had now begun to drop, and something of the morning's magic was stealing again upon the moor.
Từ trong câu: magic, wind, moor, now, begin, drop, something, steal
John Galsworthy, The Island Pharisees - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
But Shelton did not answer; he was thinking deeply.
Từ trong câu: deeply, answer, think
John Galsworthy, The Island Pharisees - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Shelton, to conceal embarrassment, looked at the horse's legs, and noticed that the grey was resting one of them.
Từ trong câu: conceal, grey, embarrassment, gray, notice, look, leg, rest
John Galsworthy, The Island Pharisees - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
A covey of partridges, with wings glistening in the sun, were straggling out across the adjoining field of mustard.
Từ trong câu: mustard, adjoining, wing, sun, out, across, field
John Galsworthy, The Island Pharisees - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
In the centre of this room a lady stood, who was looking in a hand-glass at her face.
Từ trong câu: center, centre, room, lady, stand, look, hand, glass
John Galsworthy, The Island Pharisees - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Shelton was still gazing at the stitching of his gloves, when once again the organ played the Wedding March.
Từ trong câu: march, glove, organ, still, gaze, once, again, play
John Galsworthy, The Island Pharisees - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
They said, too, that it looked as if she were encouraging the attentions of George, Mr. Pendyce's eldest son.
Từ trong câu: encouraging, look, encourage, attention, mr, son
John Galsworthy, The Country House - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
She would think she was being made fun of.
Từ trong câu: fun, think, make
John Galsworthy, The Country House - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
To Margery Pendyce, with all her senses quivering, that saying, “Until the heaven's fallen,” was frightening beyond the rest.
Từ trong câu: frightening, sense, say, until, fall, frighten, beyond, rest
John Galsworthy, The Country House - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
People in carriages and people on foot in one leisurely, unending stream were filing in at Hyde Park Corner.
Từ trong câu: file, park, stream, leisurely, people, foot, corner
John Galsworthy, The Country House - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Between the finger and thumb of one hand she held a small object on which the sun was shining.
Từ trong câu: thumb, object, finger, hand, hold, small, sun, shine
John Galsworthy, The Country House - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
She was cracked about George; she did not know what she was doing; would soon come to her senses.
Từ trong câu: doing, crack, know, do, soon, come, sense
John Galsworthy, The Country House - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
“I remember seeing it on Christmas Day, and the little model who was sitting for it--an attractive type!
Từ trong câu: type, remember, see, day, little, model, sit, attractive
John Galsworthy, Fraternity - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
They were passing down a long, grey, curving road, whose narrow houses, hopelessly unpainted, showed marks of grinding poverty.
Từ trong câu: curve, poverty, mark, pass, down, long, gray, road
John Galsworthy, Fraternity - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Hilary was looking at him; that faintly smiling glance, searching him through and through, suddenly made Stephen feel inferior.
Từ trong câu: inferior, look, smile, glance, search, suddenly, make, feel
John Galsworthy, Fraternity - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
She saw that she was deceiving Hilary, and this feather in the cap of her subtlety gave her pleasure.
Từ trong câu: deceive, feather, saw, cap, give, pleasure
John Galsworthy, Fraternity - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The old butler, however, was not thinking of her; he had thoughts of a simpler order in his mind.
Từ trong câu: however, simple, order, mind, old, think
John Galsworthy, Fraternity - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
To her relief, however, her father was eating spinach.
Từ trong câu: spinach, relief, however, father, eat
John Galsworthy, Fraternity - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
At one end of the long, low drawing-room Stephen, in evening dress, was reading aloud from a review.
Từ trong câu: aloud, review, evening, end, long, low, draw, room
John Galsworthy, Fraternity - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
A little farther on two young men in working clothes were looking straight before them, with desperately tired faces.
Từ trong câu: farther, desperately, little, far, young, man, work, clothes
John Galsworthy, Fraternity - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
To attend the fete was embarrassing; but to decline the invitation, would have been equivalent to demanding my passports.
Từ trong câu: embarrassing, fete, attend, embarrass, decline, invitation, equivalent, demand
Various, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
By Gunilda's side lay a basket of fresh flowers, culled while yet the morning's dew was sparkling on them.
Từ trong câu: cull, side, lay, basket, fresh, flower, sparkling
William A. Ross, A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The Queen's insolence, too, when she was living in Caesar's trans- Tiberine villa, I cannot recall without a pang.
Từ trong câu: trans, live, villa, can, recall
Marcus Tullius, 107 BCE-44 BCE Cicero, Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero - Bản dịch tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Out of the chaos of happenstance they were finding rules of order, certain formulas of behavior, equations of force.
Từ trong câu: happenstance, out, chaos, find, rule, order, certain, formula
Clifford D. Simak, Empire - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Byron was not then a student but was occupying a small room at Harrow, which he called his "den."
Từ trong câu: harrow, student, occupy, small, room, call
Marian Gouverneur, As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
“I put her in her cab as I was coming in, and she gave the driver the Trenors’ address.”
Từ trong câu: driver, put, cab, come, give, address
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
In her confusion she stumbled against a man who was hurrying down the last steps of the elevated station.
Từ trong câu: elevate, confusion, man, hurry, down, last, step, station
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
In reality, her thoughts were finding definite utterance in the tranquil recapitulation of the blessings in store for her.
Từ trong câu: finding, store, definite, utterance, bless, tranquil, reality, think
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US