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Dabney Mills plucking up courage at the animal’s willingness to depart, was attempting to speed her going by throwing stones after her.
Từ trong câu: willingness, mill, pluck, up, courage, depart, attempt, speed
Cornelia Meigs, The Hill of Adventure - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
She had a wonderfully pretty face, now that it could be seen without her veil, and her manners were pleasing--nay, ladylike.
Từ trong câu: pleasing, pretty, face, now, see, manner, please
Henry, Mrs. Wood, Oswald Cray: A Novel - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Several people southwards had told me of a cyclist who was coming presently with the object of attempting to ride right through.
Từ trong câu: cyclist, several, people, tell, come, object, attempt, ride
Jerome J. Murif, From Ocean to Ocean: Across a Continent on a Bicycle An Account of a Solitary Ride From Adelaide to Port Darwin - Tiếng Anh, PD-US
I was just giving Prance a lecture upon this ill-feeling that seems always to be going on between her and Honour.
Từ trong câu: prance, give, lecture, ill, feel, seem, always, go
Henry, Mrs. Wood, St. Martin's Eve: A Novel - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The dawn was lingering far in the east, and not even the edge of the world glowed with the promise of day.
Từ trong câu: linger, dawn, far, east, even, edge, world, promise
Marshall Everett, Complete Life of William McKinley and Story of His Assassination An Authentic and Official Memorial Edition, Containing Every Incident in the Career of the Immortal Statesman, Soldier, Orator and Patriot - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
A race of human beings, lowly and despised, were in chains, and this festering crime was eating out the heart of civilization.
Từ trong câu: despise, race, human, be, chain, crime, eat, out
Eugene V. Debs, Debs: His Life, Writings and Speeches, with a Department of Appreciations - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
She glanced up from her steaming tub where her busy hands were rubbing and squeezing the highly coloured garments in the suds.
Từ trong câu: suds, glance, up, tub, busy, hand, rub, squeeze
Ridgwell Cullum, The Luck of the Kid - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
She was roasting a curassow and tearing off pieces for her young brood, which was devouring them with the voracity of wolves.
Từ trong câu: voracity, roast, tear, off, piece, young, brood, wolf
Leo E. Miller, In the Wilds of South America - Tiếng Anh, PD-US
He had risen to his feet, and was uttering that peculiar nondescript cry with which mutes give vent to alarm or surprise.
Từ trong câu: nondescript, rise, foot, utter, peculiar, cry, give, alarm
O. S. Adams, The Detective's Clew: Or, The Tragedy of Elm Grove - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The river column, though successful in an engagement at Kirbekan, was making slow progress up stream owing to the abnormally “low Nile.”
Từ trong câu: abnormally, river, column, though, successful, engagement, make, slow
G. le M., -1934 Gretton, The Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment, [v. 1,] from 1684 to 1902 - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
One would think that here, if anywhere, justification was wanting for class feeling, for jealousies, or for violent breach of the laws.
Từ trong câu: justification, think, anywhere, want, class, feel, violent, law
Winslow Warren, The Declaration of Independence: An Address - Tiếng Anh, PD-US
He did not yet perceive that she was trying to shake his determination; but she answered his question with truly wonderful carelessness.
Từ trong câu: carelessness, perceive, try, shake, determination, answer, question, truly
Edmund Yates, Black Sheep: A Novel - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
He was evidently trying to get away, whilst she was straining every nerve to keep him back for a moment or two.
Từ trong câu: strain, evidently, try, get, away, whilst, every, nerve
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The groom thought that his master was about to get on board his schooner, which was lying off just below London Bridge.
Từ trong câu: bridge, master, thought, lie, below, board, groom, think
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
He took off his soutane, beneath which he was wearing close-fitting breeches and a cloth waistcoat, and began changing his attire.
Từ trong câu: wear, waistcoat, beneath, attire, cloth, take, off, close
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Her heart was beating fast, she was trembling in every limb; already she had guessed what news these mounted men would bring.
Từ trong câu: beat, fast, limb, heart, every, already, guess, news
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The course of the vessel could not be determined, and she was being furiously driven in toward the island by the wind.
Từ trong câu: course, furiously, vessel, determine, drive, toward, island, wind
Paul Lester, The Great Galveston Disaster Containing a Full and Thrilling Account of the Most Appalling Calamity of Modern Times Including Vivid Descriptions of the Hurricane and Terrible Rush of Waters; Immense Destruction of Dwellings, Business Houses, Churches, and Loss of Thousands of Human Lives; Thrilling Tales of Heroic Deeds; Panic-Stricken Multitudes and Heart-Rending Scenes of Agony; Frantic Efforts to Escape a Horrible Fate; Separation of Loved Ones, etc., etc.; Narrow Escapes from the Jaws of Dea - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Out in the Stadium classes in gay costumes were walking into the field; the rain was extending a few moments of leniency.
Từ trong câu: stadium, out, class, gay, costume, walk, field, rain
Dorothy Speare, Dancers in the Dark - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
I was dreaming of getting ashore in a short time and then hiking across the channel into France to hunt you up.
Từ trong câu: hiking, dream, get, short, time, hike, across, channel
G. Harvey Ralphson, Boy Scouts in the North Sea; Or, the Mystery of "U-13" - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
With dignity they were carrying a sort of canopy under which the Oberkellner marched proud and erect, like a negro king dethroned.
Từ trong câu: erect, dignity, carry, sort, march, proud, like, king
Guillaume Apollinaire, The Poet Assassinated - Bản dịch tiếng Anh, PD-US
When Dan had gone Stowell felt sick and dizzy, and as if he were drawing back from the edge of a precipice.
Từ trong câu: dizzy, go, feel, sick, draw, back, edge
Hall, Sir Caine, The Master of Man: The Story of a Sin - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Dejah Thoris and I then fell to examining the architecture and decorations of the beautiful chambers of the building we were occupying.
Từ trong câu: decoration, architecture, fall, examine, beautiful, chamber, build, occupy
Edgar Rice Burroughs, A princess of Mars - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He was cheering his club frantically when he suddenly seemed to remember his official position, and put a damper on his ardor.
Từ trong câu: ardor, cheer, club, frantically, suddenly, seem, remember, official
Burt L. Standish, Frank Merriwell, Jr.'s, Helping Hand; Or, Fair Play and No Favors - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He wanted to ask what she was doing with all those children, but the query seemed to put her on the defensive.
Từ trong câu: query, want, ask, do, child, seem, put
Harriet L. Smith, Agatha's Aunt - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
“Lord, how beautiful it is to be young!” said auntie, who was paying wedding-visits with a swarm of other old ladies.
Từ trong câu: swarm, beautiful, young, pay, wed, visit, old, lady
Carl Ewald, The Spider, and Other Tales - Bản dịch tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
A crescent moon was struggling through floes of fleecy clouds, the stars were shining, and so the road was not entirely dark.
Từ trong câu: floe, moon, struggle, cloud, star, shine, road, entirely
Gilbert Parker, The Complete Works of Gilbert Parker - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Columnists inquired the reason for such expenditures when the nation was being asked to tighten its belt, spend less, and defeat inflation.
Từ trong câu: columnist, inquire, reason, expenditure, nation, ask, tighten, belt
Drew Middleton, These are the British - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
They were walking wide of the hut, not looking at it, and in a moment or two would have passed it by.
Từ trong câu: hut, walk, wide, look, moment, pass
Reginald Horsley, The Blue Balloon: A Tale of the Shenandoah Valley - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
She had often wondered why she had to sign a paper for the allowance which they were giving her; it seemed strange.
Từ trong câu: allowance, often, wonder, sign, paper, give, seem, strange
Lena Jane Fry, Other Worlds A story concerning the wealth earned by American citizens and showing how it can be secured to them instead of to the trusts - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The little dog was sitting on the table looking with blind eyes through the smoke, and from time to time groaning faintly.
Từ trong câu: table, time, blind, little, look, through, eye, smoke
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US