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Virginia was saying, “But, mamma, why does God send trouble and sorrow and pain to us if he really loves us?”
Từ trong câu: mamma, does, say, god, send, trouble, sorrow, pain
E. A. B. Shackleford, Virginia Dare: A Romance of the Sixteenth Century - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Bully Carson, long after midnight, was still sitting over a washbowl in his room at home, bathing a startlingly black eye.
Từ trong câu: washbowl, bully, long, midnight, still, sit, room, home
Burt L. Standish, Frank Merriwell's Diamond Foes; Or, Straight Over the Plate - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
They were chatting gayly with the blonde Mr. Stanfield, who appeared to be giving them the latest news of the town.
Từ trong câu: blonde, chat, mr, appear, give, late, news, town
George Barr McCutcheon, The Rose in the Ring - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The old doctor met him at Dacreshaw Station; he was looking older and his cheery utterances came out with an effort.
Từ trong câu: utterance, old, doctor, meet, station, look, come, out
Dorothea Moore, Sydney Lisle, the Heiress of St. Quentin - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
He would not write explicitly, he always sent unexpected demands, and it was only certain that he was keeping others back.
Từ trong câu: explicitly, write, always, send, unexpected, demand, certain, keep
Andrew Lang, Sir Walter Scott - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
I was almost enjoying it now; with deliberate coolness I buttoned up my tunic, feeling the soft fibers on my skin.
Từ trong câu: deliberate, fiber, almost, enjoy, now, button, up, feel
Ted White, I, Executioner - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
And so, as the dirt-covered driver came panting up, angry, ashamed, and humble, Frank was helping them from the carriage.
Từ trong câu: ashamed, humble, pant, dirt, cover, driver, come, up
Burt L. Standish, Frank Merriwell's Strong Arm; Or, Saving an Enemy - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
That big box in Miss Blake's room--" And on impulse I whispered: "Someone was climbing out her window a while ago.
Từ trong câu: climbing, big, box, miss, room, impulse, whisper, someone
Ray Cummings, Space-Liner X-87 - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The term 'sovereign' having acquired this definite meaning, Rousseau was misleading his readers when he ascribed sovereignty to the general will.
Từ trong câu: misleading, term, acquire, definite, mean, mislead, reader, general
Thomas Hill Green, Lectures on the Principles of Political Obligation Reprinted from Green's Philosophical Works, vol. II., with Preface by Bernard Bosanquet - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
My blade was swinging with the rapidity of lightning as I sought to parry the thrusts and cuts of my opponents.
Từ trong câu: opponent, blade, swing, lightning, seek, cut
Edgar Rice Burroughs, A princess of Mars - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
They ranged in height from three to four feet, and were moving restlessly about the enclosure as though searching for food.
Từ trong câu: range, height, four, foot, move, though, search, food
Edgar Rice Burroughs, A princess of Mars - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
And meanwhile, knowing nothing of all this, Phil was suffering as acutely as if every moment had really been his last.
Từ trong câu: acutely, meanwhile, know, nothing, suffer, every, moment, really
J. W. Duffield, Radio Boys in the Flying Service; or, Held For Ransom by Mexican Bandits - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The passengers had come together in a crowd, and were staring with pale faces from the head of the poop ladder.
Từ trong câu: ladder, passenger, come, together, crowd, stare, pale, face
William Clark Russell, My Shipmate Louise: The Romance of a Wreck, Volume 1 (of 3) - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The fish were rising a long way out, and it took time to get the flies so far without a splash.
Từ trong câu: splash, fish, rise, long, way, out, take, time
William T. Palmer, In Lakeland Dells and Fells - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
I was still writing it when Michael Clones came up the drive to tell me you and your mother were here.
Từ trong câu: clone, still, write, come, up, drive, tell, mother
Gilbert Parker, No Defense, Complete - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The other farmers were waiting on their horses, so serious and quiet: in their patience and unobtrusiveness, so gentlemanly, Jack thought.
Từ trong câu: unobtrusiveness, farmer, wait, horse, serious, quiet, patience, think
D. H. Lawrence, The Boy in the Bush - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
An hour ago he had told himself he was blue because he was leaving the country and the Diamond-Bar behind.
Từ trong câu: blue, hour, ago, tell, himself, because, leave, country
Harry Sinclair Drago, Smoke of the .45 - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
They had been all tangled up in the legs and rockers of the White Horse, and they were just getting untangled.
Từ trong câu: untangled, tangle, up, leg, white, horse, get, untangle
Laura Lee Hope, The Story of a White Rocking Horse - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
This was a great handicap to the naval commanders, as it prevented them from knowing where the U-boat was operating.
Từ trong câu: handicap, great, naval, commander, prevent, know, boat, operate
Josephus Daniels, Our Navy at war - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Some cities in alliance with Rome, but which by their great licentiousness were hastening to ruin, he deprived of their independence.
Từ trong câu: alliance, deprive, city, great, ruin, independence
69?-122? Suetonius, The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 02: Augustus - Bản dịch tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Evidently he thought that I was shying away from the “gonnegtion” mentioned at lunch, but I assured him he was wrong.
Từ trong câu: evidently, mention, assure, think, away, lunch, wrong
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture, and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together.
Từ trong câu: together, unmistakable, would, air, picture, natural, anybody
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
There’s something very sensuous about it—overripe, as if all sorts of funny fruits were going to fall into your hands.”
Từ trong câu: fruit, something, sort, funny, go, fall, hand
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
I tried four times; finally an exasperated central told me the wire was being kept open for long distance from Detroit.
Từ trong câu: central, distance, being, try, finally, wire, four, time
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
The birds were hopping and twittering among the bushes, and the eagle was wheeling aloft, and breasting the pure mountain breeze.
Từ trong câu: breeze, eagle, bird, among, bush, wheel, breast, pure
Washington Irving, Rip Van Winkle - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Their botanist, Saxon thought, was going quietly insane trying to classify the staggering complexity of utterly alien forms of plant growth.
Từ trong câu: staggering, complexity, alien, stagger, classify, insane, think, go
Robert Emmett McDowell, The Outcasts of Solar III - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Huddled against the walls, under the eaves of the overhanging roofs, soldiers wrapped in their blankets were lying in huddled groups.
Từ trong câu: huddle, blanket, wall, roof, soldier, wrap, lie, group
W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Then came the third week, and the collier proudly handed in four years’ rent books to show nothing else was owing.
Từ trong câu: owing, proudly, come, third, week, hand, four, year
Edward Abbott, Sir Parry, Judgments in Vacation - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The machines on which Nela's people depended were breaking down, and it seemed nobody knew even how to begin repairing them.
Từ trong câu: repair, machine, people, depend, break, down, seem, nobody
Chester S. Geier, Meet Me in Tomorrow - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
We could have pardoned a half-century of decadent workmanship, while a method suited to the new ideas was being evolved.
Từ trong câu: pardon, evolve, half, century, method, suit, new, idea
Ernest Henry Short, A History of Sculpture - Tiếng Anh, PD-US