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The piano was despatched, and Jude waited days and weeks, calling every morning at the cottage post office before his great-aunt was stirring.
Từ trong câu: stir, piano, post, wait, day, week, call, every
Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
He was going to walk with her, perhaps kiss her; but “courting” was too coolly purposeful to be anything but repugnant to his ideas.
Từ trong câu: purposeful, go, walk, perhaps, kiss, court, anything, idea
Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
But though kind, she was not gushing and she soon told Vivie that in nursing she was a novice and had much to learn.
Từ trong câu: gushing, novice, though, kind, gush, soon, tell, nurse
Harry Johnston, Mrs. Warren's Daughter: A Story of the Woman's Movement - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Till things should brisk up, as Lapham said, in the fall, he was letting the new house take a great deal of his time.
Từ trong câu: deal, till, thing, up, fall, let, new, house
William Dean Howells, The Rise of Silas Lapham - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
He could not hear what they were talking about; but if Penelope had come, he knew that she would have done them all credit.
Từ trong câu: credit, hear, talk, come, know
William Dean Howells, The Rise of Silas Lapham - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Lapham understood that she was trying to walk herself weary, and he was glad to hold his peace and let her have her way.
Từ trong câu: peace, weary, understand, try, walk, herself, glad, hold
William Dean Howells, The Rise of Silas Lapham - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
"I looked after that when I was trading; and I guess it's about as healthy on the Back Bay as it is here, anyway.
Từ trong câu: healthy, look, trade, guess, back, bay, anyway
William Dean Howells, The Rise of Silas Lapham - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
But the Colonel recurred seriously to the subject that night, as he was winding up his watch preparatory to putting it under his pillow.
Từ trong câu: recur, winding, seriously, subject, night, wind, up, watch
William Dean Howells, The Rise of Silas Lapham - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
It astonished her at first, and it always grieved her that he could not see that he was acting solely in his own interest.
Từ trong câu: astonished, first, always, see, act, interest
William Dean Howells, The Rise of Silas Lapham - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Lapham had recognised the voice, and he was standing, in considerable perplexity, to receive Corey, when the young man opened his painted glass door.
Từ trong câu: glass, considerable, recognize, voice, stand, receive, young, man
William Dean Howells, The Rise of Silas Lapham - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Some showed a tendency to lose their balance, but that phase had passed, and each day, I gathered, purely Swiss interests were coming uppermost.
Từ trong câu: tendency, purely, phase, balance, show, lose, pass, day
Various, New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 April-September, 1915 - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
A stray ox was feeding on his track: the mate of which, he afterwards learned, was killed, and this one turned adrift as useless.
Từ trong câu: ox, mate, stray, useless, feed, track, afterward, learn
Various, Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 424 Volume 17, New Series, February 14, 1852 - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
During this long communication we had left the garden, and were lounging slowly by the side of the river that runs through the park.
Từ trong câu: lounge, long, communication, leave, garden, slowly, side, river
Various, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine: Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Five or six dirty children were sewing and knitting, in different parts of the room, and Frank looked round, enquiringly, to discover Alice Elstree.
Từ trong câu: knit, five, six, dirty, child, sew, different, part
Various, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine: Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
In the small creeks and inlets, flocks of swans, pelicans, and wild geese, were sunning themselves, and pluming their feathers for their winter flight.
Từ trong câu: swan, small, creek, flock, wild, sun, themselves, feather
Various, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine: Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Not so; they were the Boers who, to their astonishment, had found the summit unoccupied, and were burying the dead and collecting the wounded.
Từ trong câu: unoccupied, astonishment, find, summit, bury, dead, collect, wound
Khuyết danh, A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Except one column, which was covering the building of a blockhouse line and which he evaded without difficulty, there was nothing to oppose him.
Từ trong câu: column, oppose, except, cover, build, line, difficulty, nothing
Khuyết danh, A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
It was adventuring too far, assuming too much, making light of what ought to be serious, a trick of what ought to be simple.
Từ trong câu: trick, adventure, assume, far, much, make, light, ought
Jane Austen, Emma - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
“Aye, very true, my dear,” cried the latter, though Jane had not spoken a word—“I was just going to say the same thing.
Từ trong câu: just, latter, though, true, dear, same, speak, cry
Jane Austen, Emma - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
It presented a small irregular disc, and a few additional observations showed that it was progressing in the usual manner from west to east.
Từ trong câu: disc, present, small, irregular, additional, observation, show, progress
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
While these storms were agitating the upper air, and the thunderous echoes reverberated through the mountains, the work on the plain went rapidly forward.
Từ trong câu: thunderous, echo, reverberate, storm, upper, air, mountain, work
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
"Why, the bear, your Reverence,--the bear, Holy Father, who attacked your worshipful person while you were meditating on the top of yonder mountain."
Từ trong câu: reverence, meditate, bear, holy, father, attack, person, top
Various, The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The invitation was meant specially for Peter, but each of the boys was thinking exclusively of himself, and at once they jumped with joy.
Từ trong câu: jump, invitation, joy, each, exclusively, specially, mean, boy
J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
First her voice grew strong, then she popped out of bed, then she was flashing through the room more merry and impudent than ever.
Từ trong câu: strong, pop, flash, merry, first, voice, grow, out
J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
He was a brave man, but for a moment he had to stop there and wipe his brow, which was dripping like a candle.
Từ trong câu: candle, brave, man, moment, stop, wipe, like
J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Fine gentlemen though he was, the intensity of his communings had soiled his ruff, and suddenly he knew that she was gazing at it.
Từ trong câu: gaze, intensity, soil, fine, gentleman, though, suddenly, know
J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Instead of feeling that he was behaving badly he danced with glee; then he peeped into the day-nursery to see who was playing.
Từ trong câu: glee, badly, instead, feel, behave, dance, day, nursery
J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The main street was crowded; moving picture theaters were summoning their evening audiences with bright lights and colored posters, and automobiles lined the curb.
Từ trong câu: poster, main, street, crowd, move, picture, theater, evening
Mary Roberts Rinehart, The Breaking Point - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
These small fractions of her light remind one of the plant called moon-seed,--as if the moon were sowing it in such places.
Từ trong câu: fraction, small, light, remind, plant, call, moon, seed
Various, The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He thought they wanted him to drive faster; and there followed a terrifying ten minutes during which, as he supposed, he was gratifying them.
Từ trong câu: terrifying, think, want, drive, fast, follow, ten, minute
Elizabeth Von Arnim, The Enchanted April - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US