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Danh sách câu dẫn chứng (16.308 câu)
The old fellow was wiping his brow with a large handkerchief, whose brilliant colour supplied a sudden festive tinge to the proceedings.
Từ trong câu: color, proceed, brilliant, whose, wipe, handkerchief, large, festive
John Galsworthy, To Let - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
In his left hand he grasped a pipe that he was smoking, and his right arm was round a young woman's waist.
Từ trong câu: smoking, waist, leave, hand, grasp, pipe, smoke, right
Frederick Lawton, Balzac - Bản dịch tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
His belief in these forces being alloyed with much superstition, he was always consulting fortune-tellers, even those that divined by cards.
Từ trong câu: teller, superstition, belief, force, much, always, consult, fortune
Frederick Lawton, Balzac - Bản dịch tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
But the soul of her, the glowing, gorgeous, fervent soul of her, surely was flaming in eager joy upon some other dawn.
Từ trong câu: gorgeous, soul, surely, eager, joy, dawn
Christopher, 1890-1957 [Editor] Morley, Modern Essays - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The old shawled women, who sit at every corner with huge baskets of black bread and sweet cakes, were departing beneath umbrellas.
Từ trong câu: umbrella, cake, old, woman, sit, every, corner, huge
Christopher, 1890-1957 [Editor] Morley, Modern Essays - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He raised enough money, somehow, to redeem his pawned machine in England, and then raised actions against all who were infringing it.
Từ trong câu: infringe, raise, enough, money, somehow, machine, action
Robert [Editor] Cochrane, The Romance of Industry and Invention - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
That night a change came over the weather, and early next morning I perceived that a gale of wind was getting up.
Từ trong câu: night, change, come, weather, early, next, morning, perceive
Johann David Wyss, Swiss Family Robinson - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, Ghi công tác giả & ấn bản gốc
He was ruffling his wings, erecting his tail and neck feathers, strutting and wheeling about in a most strange and stately fashion.
Từ trong câu: wing, tail, neck, wheel, strange, stately, fashion
Johann David Wyss, Swiss Family Robinson - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, Ghi công tác giả & ấn bản gốc
When he was not serving, he stood upright behind his master's chair, as though he wore royal livery of scarlet and gold.
Từ trong câu: gold, scarlet, serve, stand, upright, behind, chair, though
Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Lost Prince - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
When they talked of this, Marco felt as if he were listening to some marvelous Eastern story of magic which was true.
Từ trong câu: magic, eastern, talk, feel, listen, marvelous, story, true
Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Lost Prince - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
'Thought which Knows All' "--he was quoting something the hermit had said to Loristan in their midnight talk--"Thought which Knows All!
Từ trong câu: quote, think, know, something, hermit, midnight, talk
Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Lost Prince - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Sometimes they saw a charcoal-burner's hut or a shelter where a shepherd was hiding with the few sheep left to him.
Từ trong câu: shelter, sheep, sometimes, saw, hut, hide, leave
Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Lost Prince - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
His black pits of eyes looked immense, and he stood at his tallest, but he was trembling slightly from head to foot.
Từ trong câu: immense, black, eye, look, stand, tall, slightly, head
Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Lost Prince - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The Rat asked, when the arms were stacked again and Marco was sitting by him as he had sat the previous day.
Từ trong câu: previous, stack, rat, ask, arm, again, sit, day
Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Lost Prince - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
In the midst of its shabby gloom and under the dim light Loristan was standing in one of his still, attentive attitudes.
Từ trong câu: under, shabby, standing, midst, attentive, dim, attitude, light
Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Lost Prince - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
In the shop I recall, in one machine employed for semi-annealing, the cartridge was being 'fed' into a metal revolving plate.
Từ trong câu: cartridge, shop, recall, machine, employ, semi, feed, metal
L. K. Yates, The Woman's Part: A Record of Munitions Work - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The jaded troops, and still more jaded horses--mere skeletons in horse's skins--were preparing for real repose, when all was changed!
Từ trong câu: skin, repose, skeleton, troop, still, horse, mere, prepare
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
Both these qualities were in great demand, for the Boers and their tactics were exhausting to the patience of the most forbearing.
Từ trong câu: tactic, exhausting, quality, great, demand, exhaust, patience
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 this was going on above, General Lyttelton was moving to the east of Chieveley round the eastern spur of Hussar Hill.
Từ trong câu: spur, go, above, general, move, east, round, eastern
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
At this time a simultaneous attack was taking place in the region of the two other hills which composed the Pieter's position.
Từ trong câu: simultaneous, time, attack, take, place, region, hill, compose
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
We were nibbling at the appetizers, trying to restrain ourselves from making a meal of them, when an excellent soup was served.
Từ trong câu: appetizer, try, ourselves, make, meal, excellent, soup, serve
Mary Stuart Boyd, The Fortunate Isles: Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
While it was being uttered there was but one man in that whole assembly who knelt, and that man was George Washington.
Từ trong câu: utter, assembly, kneel, man, whole
James Henry Stark, The Loyalists of Massachusetts and the Other Side of the American Revolution - Tiếng Anh, PD-US
I looked at my host: the peas were going wholesale into his capacious mouth, shovelled up by his large round-ended knife.
Từ trong câu: knife, host, capacious, look, go, mouth, up, large
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Cranford - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
It related to some fine old lace, the sole relic of better days, which Lady Glenmire was admiring on Mrs Forrester’s collar.
Từ trong câu: related, fine, relic, admire, old, relate, better, collar
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Cranford - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The man, on being interrogated, informed the Prince that he was going to sell the apples to the soldiers of the Parliament.
Từ trong câu: interrogate, man, inform, prince, go, sell, apple, soldier
Eva Scott, Rupert, Prince Palatine - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
We were living in Julfa, the Armenian suburb of that great city, and I had temporary charge of the C.M.S.
Từ trong câu: suburb, temporary, live, great, city, charge, be
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
He was enquiring of the crews of the vessels in the port, whether they had any pots, kettles, or pans to repair.
Từ trong câu: pan, kettle, enquire, crew, vessel, port, whether, pot
Walter Simson, A History of the Gipsies: with Specimens of the Gipsy Language - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
But when the magistrates were not looking at them, they were smiling to each other, and keeping up a communication in pantomime.
Từ trong câu: communication, smile, look, keep, up
Walter Simson, A History of the Gipsies: with Specimens of the Gipsy Language - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
A horn pipe match followed, in which the best dancers made up by agility for what was wanting in grace and elegance.
Từ trong câu: agility, horn, pipe, match, follow, best, dancer, make
Frederick Danby Palmer, Yarmouth Notes, 1830-1872. Collated from the File of the Norwich Mercury - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Has the skunk been lonely all hibernation season and he is looking for his own kind and the connection he was missing?
Từ trong câu: hibernation, lonely, season, look, kind, connection, miss
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