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They were caissons which were being exploded that we might no longer be encumbered with them, as the march became each day more painful.
Từ trong câu: explode, encumber, painful, long, march, become, day
Various, Complete Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon - Tiếng Anh, PD-US
He was planning great alliances; and he loaded Eugene with favours for the purpose of sounding him and preparing him for his mother's divorce.
Từ trong câu: alliance, planning, divorce, plan, great, load, favor, purpose
Various, Complete Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon - Tiếng Anh, PD-US
At last she learned that Callias, son of a widow of her acquaintance, had joined a mercenary troop that was being raised in Athens.
Từ trong câu: mercenary, last, learn, son, widow, acquaintance, join, troop
Robert H. Fuller, The Golden Hope: A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
As if this were not reassuring enough, we are told that the building for the weaker sex was surrounded by several acres of trees.
Từ trong câu: reassure, enough, tell, build, weak, sex, surround, several
Claudia Brush Kidwell, Women's Bathing and Swimming Costume in the United States - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
While women were being encouraged to practice swimming as a healthful exercise, this activity was being recognized as a recreation and sport for men.
Từ trong câu: healthful, woman, encourage, practice, swim, exercise, activity, recognize
Claudia Brush Kidwell, Women's Bathing and Swimming Costume in the United States - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
She was dressed exceedingly plain, and was laughing heartily at something said to her by a well-known nobleman who walked beside the carriage.
Từ trong câu: nobleman, dress, plain, laugh, something, well, know, walk
Various, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Her facility in invention, in the use of poetical language, and in giving form to every airy dream or breath of passion, was astonishing.
Từ trong câu: astonish, breath, astonishing, invention, facility, use, language, give
Various, The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 1, December, 1850 - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The breeding season apparently was drawing to a close, for several adults in our collection were in postnuptial molt and showed marked gonadal regression.
Từ trong câu: regression, breed, season, apparently, draw, close, several, adult
Robert K. Selander, Vertebrates from the Barrier Island of Tamaulipas, México - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Boris Strumolowski had regained his Christlike silence, and Jimmy Portugal was damning everybody, except the group in whose behalf he ran the Neo-Artist.
Từ trong câu: behalf, group, silence, damn, everybody, except, run, neo
John Galsworthy, To Let - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
While the car was passing in at one drive gate he heard the grinding sputter of a motor-cycle passing out by the other.
Từ trong câu: gate, car, pass, drive, hear, motor, cycle, out
John Galsworthy, To Let - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
But when they put up Aunt Ann's sofa and were going to knock it down for thirty shillings, he cried out, suddenly: "Five pounds!"
Từ trong câu: pound, thirty, put, up, aunt, sofa, go, knock
John Galsworthy, To Let - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
I should imagine you won’t have much difficulty in settling yourself, somewhere or other, though I hadn’t quite realized that you were going away.
Từ trong câu: difficulty, realize, settle, somewhere, imagine, though, much, yourself
Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
At the height of the furor, Jewish merchants were dissolving businesses as well as unroofing their houses in preparation for the return to Jerusalem.
Từ trong câu: furor, height, merchant, dissolve, business, well, house, preparation
John Evelyn, The History of Sabatai Sevi, the Suppos'd Messiah of the Jews - Tiếng Anh, PD-US
While I was thus employed, Fritz examined the shore with his glass, and soon announced that the flag was flying and all was well.
Từ trong câu: thus, employ, examine, shore, glass, soon, announce, flag
Johann David Wyss, Swiss Family Robinson - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, Ghi công tác giả & ấn bản gốc
Sure enough, the dogs were rushing round and round a porcupine, and having attempted to seize it, were already severely wounded by its quills.
Từ trong câu: sure, enough, dog, rush, round, attempt, seize, already
Johann David Wyss, Swiss Family Robinson - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, Ghi công tác giả & ấn bản gốc
Just then little Franz came up with a large bundle of sticks, and his mouth full of something he was eating with evident satisfaction.
Từ trong câu: little, come, up, large, bundle, stick, mouth, full
Johann David Wyss, Swiss Family Robinson - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, Ghi công tác giả & ấn bản gốc
"You are not angry that I was playing at hockey with our neighbors," said he deprecatingly, observing that Randal would not break the silence.
Từ trong câu: deprecatingly, hockey, angry, play, neighbor, observe, break, silence
Various, Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He had brain enough to see many things, and he knew that it was in this way that Loristan was finding him his "place."
Từ trong câu: brain, finding, enough, see, many, thing, know, way
Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Lost Prince - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
An elderly man in ordinary clothes, but with an unmistakable face, was sitting quietly talking to Loristan who with a gesture called both forward.
Từ trong câu: unmistakable, elderly, man, ordinary, clothes, face, sit, quietly
Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Lost Prince - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He knew that he was gratifying a wish of his father's when he tried to train himself to observe all things and forget nothing.
Từ trong câu: observe, know, wish, try, train, himself, thing, forget
Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Lost Prince - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He did this because, sitting in the doorway on a low wooden chair, the old, old woman with the eagle eyes was sitting knitting.
Từ trong câu: doorway, because, sit, low, wooden, chair, old, woman
Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Lost Prince - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The next morning one of her neighbors was going down to the valley with a cart and he would help them on their way.
Từ trong câu: neighbor, valley, next, morning, go, down, cart, help
Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Lost Prince - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He was thinking of him even as he looked at the majestic gray stone building and counted the number of its stories and windows.
Từ trong câu: number, building, gray, count, build, think, even, look
Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Lost Prince - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
But though nothing was said on the subject of the incident, it was plain that much work was being done by Loristan and Lazarus.
Từ trong câu: incident, subject, though, nothing, plain, much, work
Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Lost Prince - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
To be allowed to go on with this boldness was to feel that he was being treated almost as if he were a man.
Từ trong câu: treat, allow, go, feel, almost, man
Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Lost Prince - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
"I was skating one day at full swing and came clash against a man of my own stature who was going at the same.
Từ trong câu: skating, skate, day, full, swing, come, man, go
Hallam Tennyson, Baron, 1852-1928 [Editor] Tennyson, Tennyson and his friends - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Now he was giving a lesson in wood-carving to a boy; now he was arranging an apprenticeship for another in the carpenter's shop.
Từ trong câu: apprenticeship, now, give, lesson, wood, carve, boy, arrange
A. E. W. Mason, The Truants - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
In the east General French was keeping an eye on a swarm of Boers who were hoping to come to the rescue of Cronje.
Từ trong câu: swarm, east, general, keep, eye, hope, come, rescue
Louis Creswicke, South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 4 (of 8) From Lord Roberts' Entry into the Free State to the Battle of Karree - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
"You saw the two men who went over to the auto and smoked while they were waiting for the other two to come back?"
Từ trong câu: auto, saw, man, go, smoke, wait, come, back
Francis Lynde, The Wreckers - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
I noticed Ainslee timing you with his split-second watch, and when he put it back in his pocket he was smiling to himself."
Từ trong câu: timing, notice, time, split, second, watch, put, back
J. W. Duffield, Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US