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They were picking them half ripe, even, and actually storing them away, canning them down in the cavernous depths of the stone pile!
Từ trong câu: ripe, pick, half, even, actually, store, away, can
Dallas Lore Sharp, The Lay of the Land - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Diana was not the most discerning of mortals, but just at this moment it struck her that Anne was not looking exactly overjoyed.
Từ trong câu: overjoyed, moment, strike, look, exactly
L. M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Her sense of humor was developing, and the speeches that would have hurt her at fourteen were becoming merely food for amusement now.
Từ trong câu: developing, fourteen, food, humor, merely, amusement, speech, develop
L. M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
But Roy was a dear fellow and they would be very happy together, even if some indefinable zest was missing out of life.
Từ trong câu: zest, missing, dear, fellow, happy, together, even, miss
L. M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
But when they were cuddled between their blankets, in Anne’s little porch room, it was not her mercies of which Jane was thinking.
Từ trong câu: blanket, little, porch, room, think
L. M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Two dark forms untangled themselves from the dusky blot in the road which represented the car, and were running back along the trail.
Từ trong câu: untangle, untangled, dark, form, themselves, road, represent, car
Stanley R. Matthews, Motor Matt on the Wing; or, Flying for Fame and Fortune - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Beth, who was collecting the scattered Author cards, looked up and said, in her shy yet friendly way, “I’m afraid you are tired.
Từ trong câu: collect, author, friendly, scatter, card, look, up, shy
Louisa May Alcott, Little Women - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Laurie, having dutifully gone to college to please his grandfather, was now getting through it in the easiest possible manner to please himself.
Từ trong câu: possible, dutifully, go, college, please, grandfather, now, get
Louisa May Alcott, Little Women - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Garrick had already picked up the heavy suitcase and was running down the steps two at a time, with myself hard after him.
Từ trong câu: suitcase, already, pick, up, heavy, run, down, step
Arthur B. Reeve, Guy Garrick - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
They were not talking love, nor anything remotely resembling it, but they were entirely absorbed in each other, which answered the same purpose.
Từ trong câu: remotely, talk, love, anything, resemble, entirely, absorb, answer
John Habberton, Trif and Trixy A story of a dreadfully delightful little girl and her adoring and tormented parents, relations, and friends - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
As the boats were not there, her captain decided to push on home as the season was getting late, so sailed to Disco.
Từ trong câu: disco, boat, captain, decide, push, home, season, get
David Moore Lindsay, A Voyage to the Arctic in the Whaler Aurora - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The electricians were still fooling about with their spotlights, and a great arrow of brilliance sliced across the stage and groped about us.
Từ trong câu: electrician, still, fool, great, arrow, slice, across, stage
Christopher Morley, Tales from a Rolltop Desk - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
At first, he stood there still, looking at the ground as if the contents of his head were rearranging themselves into new positions.
Từ trong câu: first, stand, still, look, ground, content, head, rearrange
Franz Kafka, Metamorphosis - Bản dịch tiếng Anh - en-GB, Ghi công tác giả & ấn bản gốc
He was a shortish little man, and he wore a high hat, and he was running so fast that his legs verily twinkled.
Từ trong câu: high, verily, little, man, wear, hat, run, fast
H. G. Wells, The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The good man had seen his royal master for a few moments, and was evidently delighted that everything was going on so smoothly.
Từ trong câu: smoothly, good, man, see, royal, master, moment, evidently
Robert Barr, A Chicago Princess - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Æsopus, the actor, was performing, at the time, the part of Timolean, banished from the country, in one of the plays of Accius.
Từ trong câu: banish, actor, perform, time, part, country, play
Samuel G. Goodrich, Famous Men of Ancient Times - Tiếng Anh, PD-US
He was listening for that fearsome music; and whenever he closed his eyes, the white face of Kineally would spring before his vision.
Từ trong câu: fearsome, listen, music, whenever, close, eye, white, face
Various, Wide Awake Magazine, Volume 4, Number 3, January 10, 1916 - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Such a thing did not appear to him as callous; he was not marrying for romance, but for a definite and calculated purpose.
Từ trong câu: callous, thing, appear, marry, romance, definite, calculate, purpose
Herbert George Jenkins, The Night Club - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Early the next morning we reached Mucúra, where two young Brazilians, whom I had met with below, were residing, trading for salsa.
Từ trong câu: salsa, early, next, morning, reach, young, meet, below
Alfred Russel Wallace, Travels on the Amazon - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Brilliant scarlet and yellow macaws flew continually overhead, while screaming parrots and paroquets were passing from tree to tree in search of food.
Từ trong câu: overhead, parrot, brilliant, scarlet, yellow, fly, continually, scream
Alfred Russel Wallace, Travels on the Amazon - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
For a time she slept peacefully, and then she dreamed that she was rushing through the air, and that some one chased her.
Từ trong câu: peacefully, time, sleep, dream, rush, air, chase
J. D. Beresford, Goslings - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
He had been enticed to Australia by one of the Hunters, who, it appeared to us bush-abiding colonists, were always going "home."
Từ trong câu: abide, hunter, appear, bush, always, go, home
Rolf Boldrewood, Old Melbourne Memories Second Edition, Revised - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
While the voyagers were taking leave of Captain Ekovetz, who had been so attentive to them, an officer spoke to him in Russian.
Từ trong câu: attentive, take, leave, captain, officer, speak
Oliver Optic, Northern Lands; Or, Young America in Russia and Prussia - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
The district around, the house itself, and the mountains before him, besides, were teeming with memories--every glen the home of a romance.
Từ trong câu: teem, district, around, house, itself, mountain, besides, memory
George Eyre-Todd, Sketch-Book of the North - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
It was not an Opera night, and no one was giving a party, so that Beaufort's outing was undoubtedly of a clandestine nature.
Từ trong câu: nature, outing, undoubtedly, opera, night, give, party, out
Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The young man, who was dining out, thrust the note into his pocket, smiling a little at the Frenchness of the "to you."
Từ trong câu: who, pocket, little, at, man, dine, out, note
Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
But Mr. Welland was terribly upset; he had a slight temperature every morning while we were waiting to hear what had been decided.
Từ trong câu: upset, terribly, temperature, decide, mr, slight, every, morning
Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The carriage had crossed Forty-second Street: May's sturdy brougham-horse was carrying them northward as if he had been a Kentucky trotter.
Từ trong câu: northward, carriage, cross, forty, second, street, horse, carry
Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Perhaps it was owing to his wife’s influence that the young prince was spared the blow of knowing that he was an orphan.
Từ trong câu: orphan, perhaps, owe, influence, young, prince, spare, blow
Various, The Catholic World, Vol. 21, April, 1875, to September, 1875 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science - Tiếng Anh, PD-US
So he ran and stuck his nose out of the hole he was digging, and said: “Oh, my grandchild, where are you going?”
Từ trong câu: grandchild, run, stick, nose, out, hole, dig, go
Frank Hamilton Cushing, Zuñi Folk Tales - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US