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Danh sách câu dẫn chứng (16.308 câu)
He not only could not remember what he was going to say, but he could not recall what they had been talking about.
Từ trong câu: only, recall, could, remember, go, talk
William Dean Howells, The Rise of Silas Lapham - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
MRS. LAPHAM went away to put on her bonnet and cloak, and she was waiting at the window when her husband drove up.
Từ trong câu: cloak, mrs, go, away, put, wait, window, husband
William Dean Howells, The Rise of Silas Lapham - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
She was still thinking of it when he came down to breakfast, heavy-eyed, tremulous, with deep seams and wrinkles in his face.
Từ trong câu: wrinkle, still, think, come, down, breakfast, heavy, eye
William Dean Howells, The Rise of Silas Lapham - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
His son-in-law, he said, was pushing it in Mexico and Central America: an idea that they had originally had in common.
Từ trong câu: central, originally, son-in-law, son, law, push, idea, common
William Dean Howells, The Rise of Silas Lapham - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
I asked the Governor General the attitude of officials of the Belgian Government who were being used by the Germans in directing affairs.
Từ trong câu: affair, governor, direct, official, attitude, ask, general, government
Various, New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 April-September, 1915 - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Here a surgeon was tending some wounded men who had been sent off the field at an early hour of the first day.
Từ trong câu: surgeon, tend, wound, man, send, off, field, early
William G. Stevenson, Thirteen months in the Rebel Army - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The imaginary State which you were describing may be identified with the reality of Solon, and our antediluvian ancestors may be your citizens.
Từ trong câu: antediluvian, imaginary, state, describe, identify, reality, ancestor, citizen
428? BCE-348? BCE Plato, Timaeus - Bản dịch tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Oh no; we all felt that we were going to be only half a mile apart, and were sure of meeting every day.”
Từ trong câu: meeting, mile, apart, feel, go, half, sure, meet
Jane Austen, Emma - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
She must not flatter herself that he thought of her dancing, but if he were criticising her behaviour, she did not feel afraid.
Từ trong câu: flatter, criticize, herself, think, dance, behavior, feel, afraid
Jane Austen, Emma - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
While they talked, they were advancing towards the carriage; it was ready; and, before she could speak again, he had handed her in.
Từ trong câu: advance, talk, toward, carriage, ready, speak, again, hand
Jane Austen, Emma - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The prospect before her now, was threatening to a degree that could not be entirely dispelled—that might not be even partially brightened.
Từ trong câu: threatening, partially, threaten, prospect, now, degree, entirely, even
Jane Austen, Emma - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
She had hardly been able to speak a word, and every look and action had shewn how deeply she was suffering from consciousness.
Từ trong câu: deeply, suffering, action, hardly, able, speak, word, every
Jane Austen, Emma - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
She thought he was often looking at her, and trying for a fuller view of her face than it suited her to give.
Từ trong câu: suit, trying, think, often, look, try, full, view
Jane Austen, Emma - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The delightful family party which Emma was securing for herself, poor Harriet must, in mere charitable caution, be kept at a distance from.
Từ trong câu: charitable, delightful, family, party, secure, herself, poor, mere
Jane Austen, Emma - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Indeed, I cannot; and I should not wonder if the man himself who used this phrase did not understand what he was saying.
Từ trong câu: used, understand, indeed, wonder, phrase, can, man, himself
428? BCE-348? BCE Plato, Charmides - Bản dịch tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
On the night in question he was scanning the northern part of the constellation of Virgo, when the sought-for object was found.
Từ trong câu: scan, night, question, northern, part, seek, object, find
John Clark, 1840-1900 [Editor] Ridpath, Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World - Tiếng Anh, PD-US
He was punishing "disobedience"; he was admministering "justice"; he was illustrating the "rights of property"; he was using the lawful "privileges of gentlemen."
Từ trong câu: punish, lawful, privilege, illustrate, justice, right, property, use
Various, The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The second division of this historical development is carried on by Braid, whose most important service was emphasizing the subjectivity of the phenomena.
Từ trong câu: emphasize, second, division, historical, development, carry, important, service
Various, Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887 - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Protagoras at first made a show of refusing, as he said that the argument was not encouraging; at length, he consented to answer.
Từ trong câu: encouraging, first, make, show, refuse, argument, encourage, length
428? BCE-348? BCE Plato, Protagoras - Bản dịch tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
All were looking so safe and cosy that she smiled at her fears now and sat down tranquilly by the fire to sew.
Từ trong câu: cosy, look, safe, smile, fear, now, sit, down
J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
When last we saw him he was stealing across the island with one finger to his lips and his dagger at the ready.
Từ trong câu: finger, steal, lip, last, saw, across, island, ready
J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
They stood in a row in front of Mrs. Darling, with their hats off, and wishing they were not wearing their pirate clothes.
Từ trong câu: clothes, stand, wear, front, pirate, wish, row, mrs
J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
His careless manner had gone at last, his eyes were sparkling, and a tingle went through them every time they touched his body.
Từ trong câu: body, touch, careless, sparkling, manner, go, last, eye
J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
For the moment they were feeling less eerie, because Tink was flying with them, and in her light they could distinguish each other.
Từ trong câu: distinguish, moment, feel, less, because, fly, light
J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Each feeling for a grip met the other’s arm: in surprise they raised their heads; their faces were almost touching; so they met.
Từ trong câu: feel, raise, touch, feeling, grip, each, meet, surprise
J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
We took down seven dwelling-houses; in three weeks we were whitewashing the walls of our new workshop and laying in the machinery.
Từ trong câu: workshop, take, down, seven, house, week, wall, new
Humphry, Mrs. Ward, England's effort - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
It suggested no other surprise than that Elinor and Marianne should sit so composedly by, without claiming a share in what was passing.
Từ trong câu: suggest, surprise, sit, claim, share, pass
Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
I felt that she was infinitely dearer to me than any other woman in the world, and that I was using her infamously.
Từ trong câu: was, use, feel, woman, world, any, dear, me
Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
One of the pipers who was leading the rush (playing as he ran) was shot through both ankles, and fell to the ground.
Từ trong câu: ankle, lead, rush, play, run, shot, fall, ground
Various, The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 53, November 11, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
At that moment Mrs. Fisher was standing by the eastern parapet, shading her eyes and carefully scrutinising the distant white houses of Mezzago.
Từ trong câu: distant, eastern, moment, mrs, stand, shade, eye, carefully
Elizabeth Von Arnim, The Enchanted April - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US