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We knew they were coming, so we painstakingly put out of sight or out of reach all Miss Ada’s cushions.
Từ trong câu: cushion, reach, painstakingly, know, come, put, out, sight
L. M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Meanwhile, M. Gaillardet was talking animatedly with the seconds, and it was easily seen that his gestures were negative ones.
Từ trong câu: animatedly, meanwhile, be, talk, second, easily, see, gesture
Alexandre Dumas, My Memoirs, Vol. VI, 1832 to 1833 - Bản dịch tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Something was moving through the shadows above me, rustling dry leaves, slithering down toward me with a dull, mechanical buzzing.
Từ trong câu: slither, something, move, shadow, above, rustle, dry, leave
Frank Belknap Long, Mars is My Destination - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Miss Kate sketched and Frank talked to Beth, who was making little mats of braided rushes to serve as plates.
Từ trong câu: plate, miss, sketch, frank, talk, make, little, rush
Louisa May Alcott, Little Women - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Beth was sorting the cones that lay thick under the hemlock near by, for she made pretty things with them.
Từ trong câu: thick, under, cone, near, sort, lay, make, pretty
Louisa May Alcott, Little Women - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
“Begging your pardon, ma’am, it wasn’t a billiard saloon, but a gymnasium, and I was taking a lesson in fencing.”
Từ trong câu: gymnasium, pardon, ma'am, saloon, take, lesson, fence
Louisa May Alcott, Little Women - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Jo hardly heard her, for she and her mother were reading the note, which was written in a peculiar hand.
Từ trong câu: written, peculiar, hardly, hear, mother, read, note, write
Louisa May Alcott, Little Women - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
“I thought you were going to tell your speech to that man,” said Jo, rudely shortening her sister’s little reverie.
Từ trong câu: shorten, rudely, think, go, tell, speech, man, little
Louisa May Alcott, Little Women - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
“I’ll show you how, for I’ve studied you while we were frolicking, and I’m not at all satisfied with you.
Từ trong câu: satisfy, satisfied, show, study
Louisa May Alcott, Little Women - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
"I hate to keep repeating myself," Wilmer was saying, "but I must be certain you understand what's at stake here."
Từ trong câu: hate, keep, repeat, myself, say, certain, understand, stake
Jim Wannamaker, Death's Wisher - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
It was not until it was getting dark that evening that Gregor awoke from his deep and coma-like sleep.
Từ trong câu: until, get, dark, evening, deep, coma, like, sleep
Franz Kafka, Metamorphosis - Bản dịch tiếng Anh - en-GB, Ghi công tác giả & ấn bản gốc
It seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown nourishment he had been yearning for.
Từ trong câu: seem, show, way, unknown, nourishment, yearning
Franz Kafka, Metamorphosis - Bản dịch tiếng Anh - en-GB, Ghi công tác giả & ấn bản gốc
She thought he was laying there so still on purpose, playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to him.
Từ trong câu: think, lay, still, purpose, play, attribute, possible, understand
Franz Kafka, Metamorphosis - Bản dịch tiếng Anh - en-GB, Ghi công tác giả & ấn bản gốc
It was while he was sitting in the gathering gloom watching this bit of highway, that the marvellous thing happened.
Từ trong câu: highway, marvellous, sit, gather, watch, bit, thing, happen
Marshall Saunders, 'Tilda Jane: An Orphan in Search of a Home. A Story for Boys and Girls - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
When darkness fell on this great tragedy, hostile movements ceased and the two armies were caring for the "butcher's bill."
Từ trong câu: caring, darkness, fall, great, tragedy, hostile, movement, cease
G. Moxley Sorrel, Recollections of a Confederate Staff Officer - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Bolton ended querulously, as though he was making complaint against Wharton Kendrick for not having gone into bankruptcy long before.
Từ trong câu: bankruptcy, end, though, make, complaint, go, long
Earle Ashley Walcott, The Apple of Discord - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
In the early evening time Dr. Kemp was sitting in his study in the belvedere on the hill overlooking Burdock.
Từ trong câu: overlook, early, evening, time, dr, sit, study, hill
H. G. Wells, The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
My head was already teeming with plans of all the wild and wonderful things I had now impunity to do.”
Từ trong câu: already, plan, now, wild, head, all, wonderful, thing
H. G. Wells, The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
In a second he had tumbled over and was running at a tremendous pace down the slope towards Mr. Heelas.
Từ trong câu: tremendous, slope, second, run, pace, down, toward, mr
H. G. Wells, The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
In a leisurely manner—he did everything in a leisurely manner—he was contemplating trying on a pair of boots.
Từ trong câu: pair, leisurely, manner, everything, try, boot
H. G. Wells, The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
In the great bar of the Vaults a barman was craning over the pitchpine screen that secured privacy to drinkers.
Từ trong câu: barman, great, bar, crane, screen, secure, privacy
Arnold Bennett, The Old Wives' Tale - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
And yet--he glanced through the half-curtained door beyond which the others were sleeping--were not they similarly affected?
Từ trong câu: similarly, glance, half, curtain, door, beyond, other, sleep
Charles Morgan, The Gunroom - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
The diversion in the conversation was caused by Prissy, who had run to Aaron, and was plucking at his coat.
Từ trong câu: prissy, diversion, conversation, cause, run, pluck, coat
B. L. Farjeon, A Fair Jewess - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The white boat, as he reported in low tones, between hails, was slowing up, and coming closer, losing way—stopping.
Từ trong câu: close, low, hail, white, boat, report, tone, slow
Van Powell, The Mystery Boys and Captain Kidd's Message - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
But he saw her long gentle face puckering into tears, and felt ashamed of the useless pain he was inflicting.
Từ trong câu: ashamed, gentle, pain, useless, saw, long, face, tear
Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
On a closer inspection of the garments besides which Nastasia was laying his own, his resentment gave way to curiosity.
Từ trong câu: garment, inspection, besides, curiosity, close, lay, give, way
Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
His heart was beating excitedly as he spoke.
Từ trong câu: excitedly, heart, beat, speak
Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The young men nowadays were emancipating themselves from the law and business and taking up all sorts of new things.
Từ trong câu: law, new, themselves, business, sort, nowadays, young, man
Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
A heavy silence hung over the hill and the beach; on the Trabocco, the taciturn fishermen were watching their net.
Từ trong câu: taciturn, heavy, silence, hang, hill, beach, watch, net
Gabriele D'Annunzio, The Triumph of Death - Bản dịch tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
It was now nearly four o’clock, and a mist was gathering: the sooner he got into the road the better.
Từ trong câu: soon, mist, road, now, nearly, into, gather, four
George Eliot, Silas Marner - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US