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But the letter telling that Beth was failing never reached Amy, and when the next found her the grass was green above her sister.
Từ trong câu: green, letter, tell, fail, never, reach, next, find
Louisa May Alcott, Little Women - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He knew he was jeopardising his brilliant future, and perhaps life itself, for the mere chance of speaking to her, and sitting near her.
Từ trong câu: jeopardise, know, brilliant, future, perhaps, life, itself, mere
Robert Barr, Tekla: A Romance of Love and War - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
I felt as though I was holding up one corner of the national fabric myself, and I naturally experienced a pardonable pride about it.
Từ trong câu: fabric, feel, though, hold, up, corner, national, myself
Bill Nye, Bill Nye and Boomerang Or, The Tale of a Meek-Eyed Mule, and Some Other Literary Gems - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He did not keep still for a moment while Gregor was speaking, but moved steadily towards the door without taking his eyes off him.
Từ trong câu: keep, still, moment, speak, move, steadily, toward, door
Franz Kafka, Metamorphosis - Bản dịch tiếng Anh - en-GB, Ghi công tác giả & ấn bản gốc
While I was still sitting under the sickly, drowsy influence of the drugs that decolourise blood, there came a repeated knocking at the door.
Từ trong câu: drug, knock, influence, repeat, still, sit, blood, come
H. G. Wells, The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
“Everybody in the road, except my three pursuers, was pouring along after the Salvation Army, and this blow not only impeded me but them.
Từ trong câu: army, road, pour, except, salvation, everybody, along, blow
H. G. Wells, The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
It was a bright day in January and I was stark naked and the thin slime of mud that covered the road was freezing.
Từ trong câu: freeze, freezing, january, mud, naked, thin, bright, day
H. G. Wells, The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The house was very old and tumble-down, damp so that the paper in the attics was peeling from the walls, and rat infested.
Từ trong câu: wall, paper, very, damp, old, rat, house, tumble
H. G. Wells, The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The words were still on his lips, when an arm came round his neck, his back felt a knee, and he was sprawling backward.
Từ trong câu: lip, backward, word, knee, still, arm, come, round
H. G. Wells, The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Two quick, sharp thrusts Hal made, the first just as bruin was rising on his hind feet to advance to hug the young soldier.
Từ trong câu: hug, quick, sharp, make, first, rise, foot, advance
H. Irving Hancock, Uncle Sam's Boys on Field Duty; or, Winning Corporal's Chevrons - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
If she had been a beautiful girl, he could not have seemed more as though in amusing her he was also really pleasing himself.
Từ trong câu: pleasing, amusing, beautiful, girl, seem, though, amuse, really
Various, The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (May 1913) Vol. LXXXVI. New Series: Vol. LXIV. May to October, 1913 - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
I thought he was only joking, but he told me he was serious, and explained how you had refused movie contracts at enormous salaries....
Từ trong câu: salary, movie, think, joke, tell, serious, explain, refuse
Edith Lavell, Linda Carlton's Hollywood Flight - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
On the night I escaped I was on guard, and the corporal hadn’t any more than got away from me when I was missing.
Từ trong câu: corporal, night, escape, guard, get, away, miss
Harry Castlemon, A Rebellion in Dixie - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
In less than a minute the bodies of the two men were in her boat and two of the newcomers were pulling her ashore.
Từ trong câu: newcomer, less, minute, body, man, boat, pull
F. Marion Crawford, The Three Fates - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
It was the centennial anniversary of the day when Goethe had entered his name on the register, and the University was celebrating the event.
Từ trong câu: anniversary, day, enter, name, register, university, celebrate, event
Willard Huntington Wright, What Nietzsche Taught - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
She patted it, but was more impressed by the raptures of Miss Allsop, who had come in and was admiring it with some extravagance.
Từ trong câu: extravagance, rapture, impress, miss, come, admire
Winston Churchill, Complete Works of Winston Churchill - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Like every one down here who was doing something, he talked of little besides the Big Job, even when Mr. Cortlandt joined the trio.
Từ trong câu: trio, like, every, down, do, something, talk, little
Rex Beach, The Ne'er-Do-Well - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
As Archer entered he was smiling and looking down on his hostess, who sat on a sofa placed at right angles to the chimney.
Từ trong câu: angle, enter, smile, look, down, hostess, sit, sofa
Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
They were walking past the house of the old Patroon, with its squat walls and small square windows compactly grouped about a central chimney.
Từ trong câu: square, central, chimney, group, walk, past, house, old
Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
He knew that Mr. Welland, who was behaving "very handsomely," already had his eye on a newly built house in East Thirty-ninth Street.
Từ trong câu: east, newly, know, mr, behave, already, eye, build
Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Here also, however, there were certain difficulties in the way of an entirely permanent arrangement; and meanwhile the thought of India was becoming prominent.
Từ trong câu: prominent, however, certain, difficulty, way, entirely, permanent, arrangement
Agnes Giberne, A Lady of England: The Life and Letters of Charlotte Maria Tucker - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Auguste, deeply touched by their kind manner, led them to the end of his warehouse, keeping an eye on Saturnin, who was prowling about.
Từ trong câu: prowl, warehouse, deeply, touch, kind, manner, lead, end
Émile Zola, Piping hot! (Pot-bouille) - Bản dịch tiếng Anh, PD-US
Then, with a great deal of chattering and noise, the Winged Monkeys flew away to the place where Dorothy and her friends were walking.
Từ trong câu: noise, place, deal, great, wing, monkey, fly, away
L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He was not encountering a man but a Thing, a System, which at its first onslaught seemed to crush the spirit of a people.
Từ trong câu: crush, encounter, man, thing, system, first, seem, spirit
Harold Brighouse, Hepplestall's - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Here was I condemned to some rotten buffoonery in inglorious safety, while the salt of the earth like Blaikie was paying the ghastliest price.
Từ trong câu: buffoonery, condemn, rotten, safety, salt, earth, like, pay
John Buchan, Mr. Standfast - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
A survey of the subscription list for that winter shows that English pluck was getting aroused; the colony must be set upon its feet.
Từ trong câu: subscription, pluck, survey, list, winter, show, get, arouse
John Fiske, Old Virginia and Her Neighbours, Vol. 1 (of 2) - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
When he saw the row with sticks and a nosebag, he thought they were throwing a bomb on the top of a walnut-copse.”
Từ trong câu: walnut, saw, row, stick, think, throw, bomb, top
Rafael Shaw, Spain from Within - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
One of you call those men here,” he added, pointing to a couple of labourers who were digging in a slip of ground near.
Từ trong câu: labourer, call, man, add, point, couple, dig, slip
Frank E. Smedley, Lewis Arundel; Or, The Railroad Of Life - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Just as we were swinging along briskly she invariably tugged at a coat and passed over a little slip—“time up in one minute.”
Từ trong câu: invariably, swing, coat, pass, little, slip, time, up
Margaret Sanger, Margaret Sanger: an autobiography. - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
I was speaking to the police, this morning, who say they suspect a base somewhere, at which this boat gets its supply of petrol.
Từ trong câu: petrol, speak, police, morning, suspect, base, somewhere, boat
Vera C. Barclay, Danny again - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US