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They were really disputing about Helen’s character, and Terence was trying to explain why it was that she annoyed him so much sometimes.
Từ trong câu: annoy, dispute, try, annoyed, trying, really, character, explain
Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The nature of what they were doing changed incessantly, although there was always a reason behind it, which she must endeavour to grasp.
Từ trong câu: endeavour, grasp, nature, do, change, although, always, reason
Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
She spent the whole morning in discussing politics with her husband, and by degrees she became deeply interested in what they were saying.
Từ trong câu: discuss, spend, whole, morning, politics, husband, degree, become
Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The flashes now came frequently, lighting up faces as if they were going to be photographed, surprising them in tense and unnatural expressions.
Từ trong câu: unnatural, frequently, photograph, tense, lighting, flash, now, come
Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
“The women I saw to-night were not fat,” said Hirst, who was taking advantage of Hewet’s company to cut his toe-nails.
Từ trong câu: advantage, fat, company, cut, woman, saw, night, take
Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
A gig was coming along the road; it was driven by Mr. McGregor, and beside him sat Mrs. McGregor in her best bonnet.
Từ trong câu: mrs, good, road, beside, gig, by, sit, her
Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Benjamin Bunny - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
I am certain that you did not give all your attention to the tutor when he was trying to teach you your letters."
Từ trong câu: tutor, certain, teach, trying, give, attention, try, letter
Johanna Spyri, Heidi - Bản dịch tiếng Anh, PD-US
As he anticipated, the unusual commotion in the house had disturbed her, and she was lying and listening and wondering what had happened.
Từ trong câu: disturb, anticipate, unusual, happen, house, lie, listen, wonder
Johanna Spyri, Heidi - Bản dịch tiếng Anh, PD-US
A strong breeze was blowing through them, and there was a rushing and roaring in their topmost branches, Heidi stood still and listened.
Từ trong câu: blow, breeze, strong, rush, branch, stand, still, listen
Johanna Spyri, Heidi - Bản dịch tiếng Anh, PD-US
She retired without speaking, Clara and Heidi following, happy in their minds at knowing that the kittens were lying in a comfortable bed.
Từ trong câu: comfortable, retire, retired, speak, follow, happy, mind, know
Johanna Spyri, Heidi - Bản dịch tiếng Anh, PD-US
Windows were open, an elderly woman was hanging out clothes in the back yard, and the doctor's gig stood under the porte-cochere.
Từ trong câu: clothes, hanging, woman, gig, elderly, hang, yard, window
Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The Sunday services, the week-day prayer meeting, the missionary teas, even the suppers and socials were becoming less and less well attended.
Từ trong câu: service, meeting, social, sunday, prayer, attend, tea, less
Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He continues all the while to prospect the needs of that buyer, just as thoroughly as if he were planning his first approach.
Từ trong câu: plan, approach, buyer, thoroughly, prospect, planning, continue, need
Norval A. Hawkins, Certain Success - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
"I should be telling a story if I said she was beautiful," she thought; "and I should know I was telling a story.
Từ trong câu: should, tell, story, beautiful, think, know
Frances Hodgson Burnett, A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
But those queer little thoughts were at work in her brain, and she was talking to herself, though she was sick at heart.
Từ trong câu: brain, sick, those, queer, little, think, work, talk
Frances Hodgson Burnett, A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He had been living in a state of suspense for some time, and today he was waiting for a certain event very anxiously.
Từ trong câu: wait, certain, event, anxiously, state, today, living, live
Frances Hodgson Burnett, A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The fact is, an idea occurred to me as I was thinking the thing over in the train on the journey from Dover."
Từ trong câu: fact, journey, occur, train, idea, think, thing
Frances Hodgson Burnett, A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
She was walking round the small place, holding Lottie's hand and making gestures which described all the beauties she was making herself see.
Từ trong câu: beauty, describe, gesture, walking, walk, round, small, place
Frances Hodgson Burnett, A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Thompson had shot a fine argal or Rocky Mountain sheep that morning, and the broiled steaks were giving forth a most acceptable odor.
Từ trong câu: steak, shot, fine, rocky, mountain, sheep, morning, give
Various, Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 15, No. 86, February, 1875 - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
That was what I meant when I spoke of stimulants to the intellect; I was thinking of the contradictions which arise in perception.
Từ trong câu: stimulant, mean, speak, intellect, think, contradiction, arise, perception
428? BCE-348? BCE Plato, The Republic - Bản dịch tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The following is one of the menus served to us on quite a stormy day as we were running across the Indian Ocean.
Từ trong câu: menu, follow, serve, quite, stormy, day, run, across
Various, Cape Cod and All the Pilgrim Land, June 1922, Volume 6, Number 4 A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Interests of Southeastern Massachusetts - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
I gave the crank a vicious turn but the same party was still talking, she said sweetly, 'I guess someone wants the line.'
Từ trong câu: vicious, give, turn, party, still, talk, guess, someone
Various, Cape Cod and All the Pilgrim Land, June 1922, Volume 6, Number 4 A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Interests of Southeastern Massachusetts - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
And if they were able to converse with one another, would they not suppose that they were naming what was actually before them?
Từ trong câu: converse, actually, able, another, suppose, name
428? BCE-348? BCE Plato, The Republic - Bản dịch tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
It being Sunday evening some villagers who had known him during his residence here were standing in a group in their best clothes.
Từ trong câu: residence, sunday, evening, know, stand, group, best, clothes
Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Sue, Jude, and the widow stood in the background while this was going on, Sue reading the notices of marriage on the wall.
Từ trong câu: wall, background, sue, widow, stand, go, read, notice
Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
The woman thought she was still lying down, but returned to him to say that she was not in her bedroom after all.
Từ trong câu: bedroom, woman, think, still, lie, down, return
Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Waggon-loads of boxes containing bright plants in full bloom were being placed about, and the great staircase was covered with red cloth.
Từ trong câu: plant, cloth, bloom, cover, load, box, contain, bright
Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
By ten o’clock that night Jude was lying on the bedstead at his lodging covered with a sheet, and straight as an arrow.
Từ trong câu: sheet, arrow, cover, ten, o'clock, night, lie, straight
Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Von Giesselin however was becoming sentimentally inclined towards her and she saw no more of him than was necessary to maintain polite relations.
Từ trong câu: sentimentally, however, become, incline, toward, saw, necessary, maintain
Harry Johnston, Mrs. Warren's Daughter: A Story of the Woman's Movement - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
I had an Englishman here the other day who was smoking old cigars in the superstition that tobacco improved with age, like wine."
Từ trong câu: age, improved, wine, smoking, improve, smoke, tobacco, englishman
William Dean Howells, The Rise of Silas Lapham - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US