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The humming and buzzing that went on within was tremendous; the bees evidently could not understand what was going to happen.
Từ trong câu: go, tremendous, evidently, understand, happen
Johann David Wyss, Swiss Family Robinson - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, Ghi công tác giả & ấn bản gốc
A lovely person who seemed swathed in several shades of soft violet drapery was smiling at him with long, lovely eyes.
Từ trong câu: drapery, violet, lovely, person, seem, several, shade, soft
Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Lost Prince - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He who had never seen anything but London was absorbed by the spell of Paris and was learning it by heart.
Từ trong câu: spell, learning, never, see, anything, absorb, learn, heart
Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Lost Prince - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The old Buddhist told my father so--just as the sun was rising from behind a high peak of the Himalayas."
Từ trong câu: high, just, peak, sun, old, tell, father, rise
Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Lost Prince - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He thought that if he were going to die, the hermit might tell him some wise thing to do for Samavia."
Từ trong câu: hermit, wise, think, go, die, tell, thing
Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Lost Prince - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
"I felt as if I were breathing in the hot flower-scents and pushing aside the big leaves and giant ferns.
Từ trong câu: hot, leaf, giant, feel, breathe, flower, push, aside
Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Lost Prince - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Oh! he is awake, is he?" turning toward The Rat, who had risen on one elbow and was staring at him.
Từ trong câu: elbow, turning, awake, turn, toward, rat, rise, stare
Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Lost Prince - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Do you remember the mountain climber who was going to save the shoes he made for the Bearer of the Sign?
Từ trong câu: save, shoe, climber, remember, mountain, go, make, sign
Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Lost Prince - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Whatever his father was doing was for the good of Samavia, and perhaps the Secret Party knew he was doing it.
Từ trong câu: doing, whatever, father, do, good, perhaps, secret, party
Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Lost Prince - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
I began to say how it was that the Gift took care of itself while Forester was engrossing the family attention.
Từ trong câu: engross, engrossing, begin, gift, take, care, itself, family
Mary Austin, A Woman of Genius - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
This army was now being reorganised as one great whole, a task which involved gigantic labour and called for rare discrimination.
Từ trong câu: reorganise, army, now, great, whole, task, involve, labor
Louis Creswicke, South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 4 (of 8) From Lord Roberts' Entry into the Free State to the Battle of Karree - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
While all this was going forward, from the balcony of the gaol a wondering crowd of Boer prisoners looked on agape.
Từ trong câu: gaol, go, forward, balcony, wonder, crowd, prisoner, look
Louis Creswicke, South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 4 (of 8) From Lord Roberts' Entry into the Free State to the Battle of Karree - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The foe managed, however, to render themselves aggressive by firing on an ambulance train that was steaming out of Colenso station.
Từ trong câu: aggressive, ambulance, manage, however, render, themselves, fire, train
Louis Creswicke, South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 4 (of 8) From Lord Roberts' Entry into the Free State to the Battle of Karree - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
I hardly realised then that this slim, graceful girl was doing all the work herself, it looked so easy and simple.
Từ trong câu: slim, hardly, realise, graceful, girl, do, work, herself
Violet, Lady, 1842-1932 [Editor] Greville, Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Up in the scenes a stage electrician was directing the "spot-light" which threw the pale moonlight effect on the stage.
Từ trong câu: electrician, up, scene, stage, direct, spot, light, throw
Marshall Everett, "Lest We Forget": Chicago's Awful Theater Horror - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He was turning the note absently over in his fingers, looking gloomily enough at the parcel containing the lately-chosen shawl.
Từ trong câu: contain, finger, turning, parcel, turn, note, look, enough
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Cranford - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The King remained at Daventry hesitating between the two counsels, and in the meantime Fairfax and Cromwell were advancing towards him.
Từ trong câu: counsel, meantime, hesitate, king, remain, advance, toward
Eva Scott, Rupert, Prince Palatine - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The hot weather was coming on apace, when cholera and typhoid fever would be added to the number of our enemies.
Từ trong câu: typhoid, hot, weather, come, fever, add, number, enemy
Various, The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The procession was headed by two "vakeels" (agents), who were bargaining the whole way as to the dowry of the bride.
Từ trong câu: dowry, head, agent, bargain, whole, way, bride
M. E. Hume-Griffith, Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An Account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence Amongst the Women of the East - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
At another time, four or five children were loitering about, and diverting themselves, before the door of a house, near Inverkeithing.
Từ trong câu: loiter, another, time, four, five, child, divert, themselves
Walter Simson, A History of the Gipsies: with Specimens of the Gipsy Language - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Though he understood the nature of deception and manoeuvre, one of his greatest successes was knowing how to manage an army.
Từ trong câu: manoeuvre, though, understand, nature, great, success, know, manage
«Introduction to Strategic Studies/What Is Strategy? Why Study Strategy?», English Wikiversity, các tác giả Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://en.wikiversity.org/?curid=7814 (bản sửa đổi 2447090) - English Wikiversity - CC BY-SA 4.0
But he was invariably rejected when envious synagogue leaders saw that his powerful and convincing teaching was resulting in many converts.
Từ trong câu: invariably, reject, leader, saw, powerful, convince, teach, result
«Biblical Studies (NT)/II. The Ministry of Paul», English Wikiversity, các tác giả Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://en.wikiversity.org/?curid=91892 (bản sửa đổi 2773929) - English Wikiversity - CC BY-SA 4.0
It was sad to relinquish the other job, because the subject matter was fascinating, but the change was better for me.
Từ trong câu: relinquish, sad, job, because, subject, matter, fascinate, change
«UC Women's Group Mentoring Program/Gaynor's story», English Wikiversity, các tác giả Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://en.wikiversity.org/?curid=100101 (bản sửa đổi 1598361) - English Wikiversity - CC BY-SA 4.0
The first challenge was educating people: the culture, the product, and why may be a good idea to buy this product.
Từ trong câu: educate, first, challenge, people, culture, product, good, idea
«Conservation Entrepreneurship/Student Essays», English Wikiversity, các tác giả Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://en.wikiversity.org/?curid=101278 (bản sửa đổi 1712026) - English Wikiversity - CC BY-SA 4.0
They didn’t seem to care that I was invading there personal space trying to get a close up picture of them.
Từ trong câu: invade, seem, care, personal, space, try, get, close
«Northern Arizona University/Environmental Ethics/Journals/Jasbir's Journal», English Wikiversity, các tác giả Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://en.wikiversity.org/?curid=103501 (bản sửa đổi 1677817) - English Wikiversity - CC BY-SA 4.0
Glenn’s family was also uneducated because the drastic economic downturn that came with the Great Depression was affecting the school system.
Từ trong câu: downturn, family, because, economic, come, great, depression, affect
«Federal Writers' Project - Life Histories/2013/Spring/J.R. Glenn», English Wikiversity, các tác giả Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://en.wikiversity.org/?curid=144489 (bản sửa đổi 2142113) - English Wikiversity - CC BY-SA 4.0
He had become dissatisfied with philosophy as pure speculation and was seeking ways to make philosophy directly relevant to practical issues.
Từ trong câu: dissatisfied, become, philosophy, pure, speculation, seek, way, make
«Progressive education», English Wikiversity, các tác giả Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://en.wikiversity.org/?curid=148637 (bản sửa đổi 1686295) - English Wikiversity - CC BY-SA 4.0
This palace was sold to a chain of hotels and was being demolished in order to make a five star hotel.
Từ trong câu: demolish, palace, sell, chain, hotel, order, make, five
«The Varanasi Heritage Dossier/Pressures and Heritage Scenario», English Wikiversity, các tác giả Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://en.wikiversity.org/?curid=151789 (bản sửa đổi 1215922) - English Wikiversity - CC BY-SA 4.0
They were sweeping the frozen river-bed, bumping over the jutting ice-boulders piled chaotically in a bend of the stream.
Từ trong câu: chaotically, sweep, freeze, river, bed, bump, ice, pile
Samuel Alexander White, The Stampeder - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
They tried to go into the bathrooms but they walked out right away because they were experiencing a strong eerie feeling.
Từ trong câu: bathroom, try, go, walk, out, right, away, because
«Menomonie, Wisconsin History/Nicole2334», English Wikiversity, các tác giả Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://en.wikiversity.org/?curid=203818 (bản sửa đổi 1597107) - English Wikiversity - CC BY-SA 4.0