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Danh sách câu dẫn chứng (16.308 câu)
It was much harder to find their way back through the big fields of buttercups and yellow daisies than it was being carried.
Từ trong câu: field, much, hard, find, way, back, big, yellow
L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Instantly she was whirling through the air, so swiftly that all she could see or feel was the wind whistling past her ears.
Từ trong câu: ear, instantly, past, air, see, feel, wind
L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
“Yes, my dear Godfrey,” said Nancy, who was sitting with her hands tightly clasped together, and with yearning, regretful affection in her eyes.
Từ trong câu: tightly, yearning, yes, dear, sit, hand, together, affection
George Eliot, Silas Marner - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
“What do you say to that, eh, Dowlas?” said the landlord, turning to the farrier, who was swelling with impatience for his cue.
Từ trong câu: swell, cue, landlord, turn
George Eliot, Silas Marner - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
But when I saw who it was standing on the threshold I dropped my compasses and sprang up with an eager, welcoming cry.
Từ trong câu: threshold, saw, stand, drop, spring, up, eager, welcome
E. Phillips Oppenheim, False Evidence - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
“Shall we stand up for a minute under that porch, Roy?” said the girl, glancing at a villa which they were just passing.
Từ trong câu: villa, stand, up, minute, porch, girl, glance, pass
Edna Lyall, A Hardy Norseman - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He was already standing at the door of the sedan chair, and until now had kept his gaze bent steadily upon the ground.
Từ trong câu: sedan, already, stand, door, chair, until, now, keep
Georg Ebers, The Historical Romances of Georg Ebers - Bản dịch tiếng Anh, PD-US
But while millions upon millions were paid to the least important of the countries of Europe not a cent was forthcoming for China.
Từ trong câu: forthcoming, paid, least, important, country, cent
Paul S. Reinsch, An American Diplomat in China - Tiếng Anh, PD-US
A California prospector, just returned from an unsuccessful expedition into the Uganda protectorate, was lying ill and penniless in a miserable lodging-house.
Từ trong câu: unsuccessful, penniless, return, expedition, lie, ill, miserable, lodge
Harry Alverson Franck, A Vagabond Journey Around the World: A Narrative of Personal Experience - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
“It’s pretty late for shipping, I hear; but perhaps that steam freighter that we heard was coming through will give us a lift.
Từ trong câu: freighter, pretty, late, ship, hear, perhaps, steam, come
Russell Doubleday, A Year in a Yawl A True Tale of the Adventures of Four Boys in a Thirty-foot Yawl - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
We were taking a long drive, but the horse went lame, and we engaged lodgings for the night about a mile from here."
Từ trong câu: lame, take, long, drive, horse, go, engage, night
Horatio, Jr. Alger, The Young Salesman - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Nevertheless, it does not follow that Plato was fighting with a shadow when he pressed the Protagorean dictum to its most literal interpretation.
Từ trong câu: literal, nevertheless, follow, fight, shadow, press, interpretation
Alfred William Benn, The Greek Philosophers, Vol. 1 (of 2) - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
His moribund neighbor had risen partially on his pillow and was gazing with burning intensity at the man who was leaning toward him.
Từ trong câu: intensity, moribund, partially, neighbor, rise, pillow, gaze, burn
Anna Katharine Green, Doctor Izard - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
It wasn't until the third time that we figured out what was going on: the sound of the surf was hurting his ears."
Từ trong câu: until, third, time, figure, out, go, sound, surf
Sam Williams, Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software - Tiếng Anh - en-US, Ghi công tác giả & ấn bản gốc
"I was thinking about issues that were in a sense ethical and in a sense political and in a sense legal," he says.
Từ trong câu: think, issue, sense, ethical, political, legal
Sam Williams, Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software - Tiếng Anh - en-US, Ghi công tác giả & ấn bản gốc
Tracy told me her company was launching a new electronic book line, and it wanted stories that appealed to an early-adopter audience.
Từ trong câu: tell, company, launch, new, electronic, book, line, want
Sam Williams, Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software - Tiếng Anh - en-US, Ghi công tác giả & ấn bản gốc
"I had all I could do when the woman was living to keep a decent room or two, and find enough to eat.
Từ trong câu: decent, woman, live, keep, room, find, enough, eat
Robert Herrick, The Common Lot - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Then, bending far forward, he leaned his chin upon his folded hands, and looked upward through his glasses as though he were listening.
Từ trong câu: glasses, bend, far, forward, lean, chin, fold, hand
Jakob Wassermann, The World's Illusion, Volume 2 (of 2): Ruth - Bản dịch tiếng Anh, PD-US
The driver had resumed his seat, and I was venting execrations on black veils, when the god of scandal came to my aid.
Từ trong câu: driver, scandal, resume, seat, black, god, come, aid
Various, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume LXII., No. 381, July, 1847 - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The priests were looking after his Samoan and Fijian teachers, who were all blue with funk, and were also supplying them with medicines.
Từ trong câu: funk, priest, look, teacher, blue, supply, medicine
C. A. W. Monckton, Some Experiences of a New Guinea Resident Magistrate - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The money that had been so long waited for--the speculation that had at last turned up trumps--was pouring in its returns.
Từ trong câu: speculation, money, long, wait, last, turn, up, pour
Henry, Mrs. Wood, The Master of Greylands: A Novel - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
"I have no doubt the dress and the flower did look well, considering what a pretty girl it was adorning," was Mary's reply.
Từ trong câu: adorn, doubt, dress, flower, look, well, consider, pretty
Henry, Mrs. Wood, The Master of Greylands: A Novel - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The following instant Luke Felton felt himself precipitated forward by a violent push, and in a second he was struggling in the water.
Từ trong câu: follow, feel, precipitate, violent, instant, himself, forward, push
O. S. Adams, The Detective's Clew: Or, The Tragedy of Elm Grove - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Although he drove rapidly, he approached the village with fear and trembling, and felt that he was rushing into the jaws of death.
Từ trong câu: feel, although, drive, rapidly, approach, village, fear, tremble
O. S. Adams, The Detective's Clew: Or, The Tragedy of Elm Grove - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Even now it was beating against the leaded windows, and tumbling down the chimney, making the cheerful wood fire sizzle in the hearth.
Từ trong câu: beat, wood, chimney, even, now, window, down, make
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Her thoughts were of the blackest during these long, weary hours, whilst that incessant storm raged which was keeping her away from Percy.
Từ trong câu: keep, think, whilst, black, these, storm, during, long
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
There was a pause, during which Marguerite could watch these two antagonists who, evidently in their minds, were measuring themselves against one another.
Từ trong câu: pause, themselves, measure, watch, evidently, mind, another
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
He was standing by the table whereon the remnants of the supper, plates, glasses, spoons, salt and pepper-pots were scattered pell-mell.
Từ trong câu: salt, scatter, stand, table, supper, plate, glass, pepper
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The group of the three men were standing just underneath the hanging oil-lamp, and Marguerite had a clear view of them all.
Từ trong câu: three, hanging, underneath, hang, group, clear, man, stand
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Sally was already helping the ladies to take off their travelling cloaks, and both turned, with a shiver, towards the brightly-blazing hearth.
Từ trong câu: shiver, already, help, lady, take, off, travel, turn
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US