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As usual, a pack of coyotes were sneaking around the herd, and these, on perceiving the calf, made an instant attack upon it.
Từ trong câu: sneak, usual, pack, around, herd, perceive, calf, make
Edwin Eastman, Seven and nine years among the Camanches and Apaches - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
One of his friends knelt at his side, and was endeavoring to pour the contents of a flask of whiskey down his throat.
Từ trong câu: flask, friend, kneel, side, pour, content, whiskey, down
Edwin Eastman, Seven and nine years among the Camanches and Apaches - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Polly Jane came home from the Hollow Tuesday afternoon, and said that Widow Burt had her senses, and was lying still and comfortable.
Từ trong câu: tuesday, comfortable, widow, hollow, come, home, afternoon, sense
Various, Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He had his cat and his cart and his shovel and his hoe, and he always wore his overalls when he was playing.
Từ trong câu: overalls, cat, cart, always, wear, play
William John Hopkins, The Doers - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Mrs. Dennant was writing, in a dark-blue dress starred over with white spots, whose fine lawn collar was threaded with black velvet.
Từ trong câu: star, spot, fine, thread, lawn, writing, white, collar
John Galsworthy, The Island Pharisees - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Ferrand was standing underneath the cage of a canary, his hands folded on his pinched-up hat, a nervous smile upon his lips.
Từ trong câu: fold, nervous, underneath, cage, stand, hand, up, hat
John Galsworthy, The Island Pharisees - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The brim of her linen hat kept the sun from her face, but her head was drooping like a flower's head at noon.
Từ trong câu: noon, linen, brim, hat, keep, sun, face, head
John Galsworthy, The Island Pharisees - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Shelton saw that the heat was really harming her, as too hot a day will dim the icy freshness of a northern plant.
Từ trong câu: plant, will, northern, see, saw, heat, day, hot
John Galsworthy, The Island Pharisees - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The boats were passing, and in the usual rush to the barge side his arm came in contact with a soft young shoulder.
Từ trong câu: contact, boat, pass, usual, rush, side, arm, come
John Galsworthy, The Island Pharisees - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
He was still debating whether to write or go himself to the young foreigner, when there came a knock and Ferrand himself appeared.
Từ trong câu: knock, debate, still, whether, write, go, himself, young
John Galsworthy, The Island Pharisees - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
At five she knitted a tie, or socks, for George or Gerald, and listened with a gentle smile to what was going on.
Từ trong câu: sock, gentle, tie, listen, five, smile, go
John Galsworthy, The Country House - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
And since, of all things, Nature is ironical, it was fitting that he should seek the Park this day when it was gayest.
Từ trong câu: gay, seek, since, thing, nature, fit, park, day
John Galsworthy, The Country House - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
It was the hour between tea and dinner, when the spirit of the country house was resting, conscious of its virtue, half asleep.
Từ trong câu: house, between, asleep, conscious, tea, virtue, hour, dinner
John Galsworthy, The Country House - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Mrs. Pendyce was arranging a vase of flowers, and her hand shook so that some of the water was spilled over the cloth.
Từ trong câu: shake, arrange, vase, spill, water, cloth, mrs, flower
John Galsworthy, The Country House - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
He had armoured his face now in a slightly startled quizzicality, as though, himself detached, he were watching the adventure from a distance.
Từ trong câu: distance, detach, face, now, slightly, though, himself, watch
John Galsworthy, Fraternity - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
It was this merger, this mysterious, unconscious Love, which was lacking to the windy efforts of those who tried to sail that fleet.
Từ trong câu: mysterious, windy, fleet, merger, unconscious, love, lack, effort
John Galsworthy, Fraternity - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The bird was on a plane-tree, and, with throat uplifted, was letting through his yellow beak that delicious piece of self-expression.
Từ trong câu: uplift, delicious, beak, uplifted, bird, plane, tree, throat
John Galsworthy, Fraternity - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Something about his patient stooping figure and white head, on which the sunlight was falling, made Bianca slip her hand through his arm.
Từ trong câu: patient, something, figure, white, head, sunlight, fall, make
John Galsworthy, Fraternity - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
With her spirit thus confused, and her mind so at variance with itself, she was really acting on the simple instinct of compassion.
Từ trong câu: confused, confuse, variance, compassion, spirit, thus, mind, itself
John Galsworthy, Fraternity - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
They were furnishing an instance of that immemorial “change of form to form” to which Mr. Stone had given the name of Life.
Từ trong câu: instance, furnish, change, form, mr, stone, give, name
John Galsworthy, Fraternity - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
This same afternoon Thyme, wheeling a bicycle and carrying a light valise, was slipping into a back street out of the Old Square.
Từ trong câu: square, carry, wheel, bicycle, afternoon, light, slip, back
John Galsworthy, Fraternity - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The spirit of colour was flying in the distant trees, swathing them with brownish-purple haze; the sky was saffroned by dying sunlight.
Từ trong câu: tree, spirit, color, die, distant, fly, sky, sunlight
John Galsworthy, Fraternity - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
I know what I'm talking about, and I---” Cecilia stopped; her father's lips and eyes were moving; he was obviously reading to himself.
Từ trong câu: moving, obviously, know, talk, stop, lip, eye, move
John Galsworthy, Fraternity - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
She felt a little glow of satisfaction that she was making this thin and bent old man behind her conscious of his egoism.
Từ trong câu: satisfaction, glow, feel, little, make, thin, bend, old
John Galsworthy, Fraternity - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The window looked out at the back over some dreary streets, where the wind was flinging light drifts of smoke athwart the sunlight.
Từ trong câu: drift, window, look, out, back, street, wind, light
John Galsworthy, Fraternity - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
"I did, and was thinking when you came out, what a popular man the Colonel must be to call forth such a greeting!"
Từ trong câu: greeting, think, come, out, popular, man, call, forth
Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902 [Editor] Stanton, History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Major Hazlett and another major who was inspecting trench conditions and personal equipment were on either side of me in the back seat.
Từ trong câu: inspect, major, another, condition, personal, equipment, either, side
William Benjamin West, The Fight for the Argonne: Personal Experiences of a 'Y' Man - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The Red Cross ambulance had "beat me to it," and the surgeons were already working over the mangled bodies of four American soldiers.
Từ trong câu: mangle, red, cross, ambulance, beat, surgeon, already, work
William Benjamin West, The Fight for the Argonne: Personal Experiences of a 'Y' Man - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Unfortunately it had not been verified by any close reconnaissance of the river, and thus both the sketch and the orders were misleading.
Từ trong câu: misleading, unfortunately, verify, close, river, thus, sketch, order
Great Britain. War Office, History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
I was returning, and on touch of my country's soil to have a new baptism through the all-pervading genius of universal liberty.
Từ trong câu: touch, liberty, genius, soil, universal, return, new
Mifflin Wistar Gibbs, Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US