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Yesterday, media reported that the killer was laughing at the officers who were questioning him, but the prosecutor today denied these speculations.
Từ trong câu: speculation, yesterday, laugh, deny, killer, media, report, officer
«Details emerge on fatal stabbing at Belgian day care centre», English Wikinews, các tác giả Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5, https://en.wikinews.org/?curid=119819 (bản sửa đổi 4816724) - English Wikinews - CC BY 2.5
So ultimately, you could say we were trying to help him retain the patriotic image he has worked to hard to present.
Từ trong câu: patriotic, ultimately, try, help, retain, image, work, hard
«Creator of website satirizing Glenn Beck on winning domain name case», English Wikinews, các tác giả Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5, https://en.wikinews.org/?curid=143895 (bản sửa đổi 4816328) - English Wikinews - CC BY 2.5
Just as the plane was getting ready to land, they heard a pop, smelled smoke and then saw the man on fire.
Từ trong câu: pop, plane, get, ready, land, hear, smell, smoke
«Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up airliner», English Wikinews, các tác giả Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5, https://en.wikinews.org/?curid=146552 (bản sửa đổi 4823089) - English Wikinews - CC BY 2.5
The letter went on to say that he had gotten an "unsatisfactory" job evaluation, and that was why he was being dismissed.
Từ trong câu: unsatisfactory, letter, go, get, job, evaluation, dismiss
«Ohio State gunman kills employee before committing suicide», English Wikinews, các tác giả Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5, https://en.wikinews.org/?curid=162409 (bản sửa đổi 4823461) - English Wikinews - CC BY 2.5
A large section of its roof was missing and around half of its windows had been blown out by the high winds.
Từ trong câu: missing, large, section, roof, miss, around, half, window
«Tornadoes damage hundreds of Missouri homes, force closure of airport», English Wikinews, các tác giả Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5, https://en.wikinews.org/?curid=257916 (bản sửa đổi 4827617) - English Wikinews - CC BY 2.5
A second said they were openly smoking and ignored by police, who "were only really focusing on people who looked particularly young".
Từ trong câu: openly, second, smoke, ignore, police, really, focus, people
«Glasgow cannabis enthusiasts celebrate 'green' on city green», English Wikinews, các tác giả Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5, https://en.wikinews.org/?curid=1312460 (bản sửa đổi 4818935) - English Wikinews - CC BY 2.5
As the boat was being driven along, the driver said: "Boss, did I nebber told you about de big watermillion that Mars.
Từ trong câu: boss, boat, drive, driver, tell, big
Robert Arnold, The Dismal Swamp and Lake Drummond, Early recollections Vivid portrayal of Amusing Scenes - Tiếng Anh, PD-US
Tom, therefore, had spread out full before him, in plantation after plantation, a map of the life to which he was approaching.
Từ trong câu: approach, map, therefore, spread, out, full, plantation, life
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
St. Clare had started up, and, as his manner was when excited, was walking, with hurried steps, up and down the floor.
Từ trong câu: hurry, excite, start, excited, walking, manner, floor, up
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Was he alone, that long night, whose brave, loving spirit was bearing up, in that old shed, against buffeting and brutal stripes?
Từ trong câu: stripe, buffet, alone, long, night, brave, love, spirit
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Mrs. Shelby was seated in her comfortable parlor, where a cheerful hickory fire was dispelling the chill of the late autumn evening.
Từ trong câu: autumn, chill, mrs, seat, comfortable, cheerful, fire, late
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
A supper-table, glittering with plate and cut glass, was set out, on whose arrangements our former friend, old Chloe, was presiding.
Từ trong câu: glass, plate, whose, arrangement, former, supper, table, cut
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
According to local media outlets, Moskalik was walking past a car parked next to his house when a homemade improvised device detonated.
Từ trong câu: homemade, accord, local, media, outlet, walk, past, car
«Russian Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik dies in car bombing assassination in Moscow», English Wikinews, các tác giả Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5, https://en.wikinews.org/?curid=3013365 (bản sửa đổi 4878794) - English Wikinews - CC BY 2.5
Here women were making themselves indispensable as teachers, and state universities, now open to them, graduated over two thousand women a year.
Từ trong câu: graduate, indispensable, woman, make, themselves, teacher, state, university
Alma Lutz, Susan B. Anthony Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
We felt certain now of the character of our friend, and the men were already calculating the amount of their prize money.
Từ trong câu: calculate, amount, prize, feel, certain, now, character, friend
Various, The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The night before I left France, the last time, they dropped several bombs on the village of Ecoviers where I was staying.
Từ trong câu: bomb, night, leave, last, time, drop, several, village
Herbert W. McBride, The Emma Gees - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
"Biddy, you fed me when I was starving, and you pawned everything you had to 'grub-stake' me--give me your check."
Từ trong câu: starving, feed, starve, everything, stake, give, check
Hamlin Garland, The Spirit of Sweetwater - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
I was flinging out of the house, when Marguérite twitched me by the sleeve, and I stepped aside into the kitchen.
Từ trong câu: twitch, out, house, rite, sleeve, step, aside, kitchen
Various, Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 442 Volume 17, New Series, June 19, 1852 - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Mr. Giovanelli was bowing to and fro, rubbing down his gloves and laughing very agreeably; Winterbourne thought it a most unpleasant scene.
Từ trong câu: rub, glove, scene, unpleasant, mr, down, laugh, think
Henry James, Daisy Miller: A Study - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The carriage was traversing that part of the Pincian Garden that overhangs the wall of Rome and overlooks the beautiful Villa Borghese.
Từ trong câu: overlook, villa, part, carriage, garden, wall, beautiful
Henry James, Daisy Miller: A Study - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
It was amusing to notice how the consequential Jones was already beginning to give himself airs on the strength of the capture.
Từ trong câu: strength, amuse, capture, amusing, notice, already, begin, give
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of the Four - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
A friend of mine was saying to me only a day or two ago, ‘It’s time for the watermelons and the Englishmen.”
Từ trong câu: ago, mine, two, friend, say, day, time
Henry James, An International Episode - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
It was also reported that the duke of York was fitting out a frigate at his own expense to send to Guinea.
Từ trong câu: frigate, report, fit, out, expense, send
Various, The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
"It was a notorious fact that the enemy were using Negroes to build fortifications, drive teams and raise food for the army.
Từ trong câu: notorious, team, fact, enemy, use, build, drive, raise
Various, The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Miss Tita assented unconditionally; the doctor was coming again, she said, and she would be there to meet him at the door.
Từ trong câu: again, him, door, meet, doctor, miss, come
Henry James, The Aspern Papers - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
She brought out this droll explanation with a little nervous rush, as if she were speaking words she had got by heart.
Từ trong câu: explanation, rush, bring, out, little, nervous, speak, word
Henry James, The Aspern Papers - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
And so George was going to sea with a secret shrine in his soul, at which he was to burn unsuspected incense.
Từ trong câu: unsuspected, incense, go, sea, secret, soul, burn
Various, The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
A circular pulsating trephine opening was then to be felt beneath the flap, but no information was forthcoming as to the bullet.
Từ trong câu: flap, circular, open, feel, beneath, information, forthcoming, bullet
George Henry Makins, Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Dave had bitten through both of Sol-leks’s traces, and was standing directly in front of the sled in his proper place.
Từ trong câu: proper, trace, standing, directly, both, bite, stand, front
Jack London, The call of the wild - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
The next instant he was grappling with Buck on the extreme edge, while Hans and Pete were dragging them back into safety.
Từ trong câu: extreme, next, edge, safety, drag, instant, back
Jack London, The call of the wild - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US