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Danh sách câu dẫn chứng (16.315 câu)
Theseus even fancied a rude articulation in it, as if the creature that uttered it were trying to shape his hoarse breath into words.
Từ trong câu: articulation, even, fancy, rude, creature, utter, try, shape
William, 1868-1936 [Editor] Patten, The Junior Classics, Volume 3: Tales from Greece and Rome - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Speaking of Dave ... when Macdonald was worrying over the allocation of prizes the other week, he asked me if Dave was good at anything.
Từ trong câu: allocation, speak, worry, prize, week, ask, good, anything
Alexander Sutherland Neill, A Dominie Dismissed - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
But when we started out he saw that we were moving for a purpose, and bidding us Godspeed, remained there to hear the result.
Từ trong câu: bidding, start, out, saw, move, purpose, bid, remain
Ulysses S. Grant, Edition of The Memoirs of Four Civil War Generals - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Most of them were making their first trip away from home and all were strangers, so they sat in silence and watched the scenery.
Từ trong câu: scenery, make, first, trip, away, home, stranger, sit
Capwell Wyckoff, The Mercer Boys at Woodcrest - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He was bending to catch the evener when a forward wheel struck a rut, and the long tongue snapped him viciously into the air.
Từ trong câu: viciously, bend, catch, forward, wheel, strike, long, tongue
William, 1868-1936 [Editor] Patten, The Junior Classics, Volume 9: Stories of To-day - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Although Lippman says both she and her ex-husband tried to prepare their son for the blow, she says the blow was devastating nonetheless.
Từ trong câu: although, ex, husband, try, prepare, son, blow, devastate
Sam Williams, Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software - Tiếng Anh - en-US, Ghi công tác giả & ấn bản gốc
"My fingers were on the keyboard the whole time," Steele recalls, "but it felt like both of our ideas were flowing onto the screen.
Từ trong câu: finger, keyboard, whole, time, recall, feel, like, idea
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 only groping in the dark--in a darkness from whose depths one persistent idea was thrusting itself at me like a sword.
Từ trong câu: persistent, dark, darkness, depth, idea, itself, like, sword
E. Oe. Somerville, An Irish Cousin; vol. 2/2 - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
The ship was getting out to sea and was beginning to roll with a long, deliberate motion, that was most unsettling to a landsman.
Từ trong câu: unsettling, ship, get, out, sea, begin, roll, long
Frank A. Warner, Bobby Blake in the Frozen North; Or, The Old Eskimo's Last Message - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
“The second time was in full midday, and she was gleaning in a stubble-field; yes; her name was Ruth, and she was gleaning.
Từ trong câu: glean, second, time, full, midday, field, yes, name
V. Sackville-West, Heritage - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Her territory had been violated by France, who, while apparently her ally, was reserving for her only the melancholy privilege of being last destroyed.
Từ trong câu: melancholy, while, violate, territory, apparently, ally, reserve, privilege
A British officer, The Powers of Europe and Fall of Sebastopol - Tiếng Anh, PD-US
The alarm was given, and by nine o'clock it was known that a French force of nine hundred men, with artillery, was approaching rapidly.
Từ trong câu: o'clock, alarm, give, nine, know, force, hundred, man
Various, Harper's Round Table, October 20, 1896 - Tiếng Anh, PD-US
It was made by only four houses in the United States, all of them manufacturing chemists who were growing enormously rich—which was true.
Từ trong câu: enormously, chemist, manufacturing, make, four, house, unite, state
Ida M. Tarbell, The Tariff in Our Times - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Mustapha did not quite get the hang of this remark; but he did gather that the kitchens under his care were being adversely criticised.
Từ trong câu: adversely, quite, get, hang, remark, gather, kitchen, care
W. A. Darlington, Alf's Button - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The girls were trying her out and in her effort to control the situation she threatened to expel the next girl guilty of insubordination.
Từ trong câu: insubordination, girl, try, out, effort, control, situation, threaten
William Isaac Thomas, The Unadjusted Girl, With Cases and Standpoint for Behavior Analysis - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He read it slowly, carefully, several times, as though almost he were memorising it; and then he began to tear it into little pieces.
Từ trong câu: memorise, read, slowly, carefully, several, time, though, almost
Frank L. Packard, The Four Stragglers - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Mr. Jellyband had appealed to the company in general, who were listening awe-struck and open-mouthed at the recital of Mr. Peppercorn’s defalcations.
Từ trong câu: appeal, mr, company, general, listen, awe, strike, open
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Marguerite as she heard, felt that her very life was slipping away, as if when that voice drew nearer, when that singer became entrapped . . .
Từ trong câu: singer, slip, hear, feel, life, away, voice, draw
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Close to him Desgas still stood mute and impassive, waiting for further orders, whilst two soldiers were kneeling beside the prostrate form of Marguerite.
Từ trong câu: prostrate, close, still, stand, wait, further, order, whilst
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
They reached the main roadway first, and were waiting in an orchard at the end of a stone wall for us to go by.
Từ trong câu: orchard, reach, main, first, wait, end, stone, wall
Various, Harper's Round Table, December 1, 1896 - Tiếng Anh, PD-US
They sat down looking for appreciation; but Joy and Jerry were regarding the two who still sat without a flicker of attention to anything.
Từ trong câu: flicker, appreciation, sit, down, look, joy, regard, still
Dorothy Speare, Dancers in the Dark - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Also at another angle some men were dragging forth an antiaircraft gun, or so it looked to be by its peculiar carriage and mounting.
Từ trong câu: antiaircraft, another, angle, man, drag, forth, gun, look
William Perry Brown, Our Pilots in the Air - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Likely from farms whose owners were making the change over from the old worm-fence to barbed wire, which came along about that time.
Từ trong câu: worm, likely, farm, owner, make, change, old, fence
John T. Bristow, Memory's Storehouse Unlocked, True Stories Pioneer Days In Wetmore and Northeast Kansas - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
On looking up I found that the noise came from the pencils of my audience, and they were writing down my first pointless remarks.
Từ trong câu: pointless, look, up, find, noise, come, pencil, audience
Frank M. McMurry, How to Study and Teaching How to Study - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Between the men and the barn, Craw and Elmer were playing a game of catch with a homemade ball of twisted rubber and string.
Từ trong câu: homemade, man, barn, play, game, catch, ball, twist
Edith Summers Kelley, Weeds - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Through the whole adjacent country, spite of the severe weather, bodies of armed men were weaving to and fro, fast as a weaver's shuttle.
Từ trong câu: shuttle, whole, adjacent, country, spite, severe, weather, body
Thomas De Quincey, Memorials and Other Papers: Volume 2 - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
While these important things were being done in distant parts of the world, the state of political affairs in England was becoming somewhat complicated.
Từ trong câu: complicate, complicated, important, thing, distant, part, world, state
Robert Wilson, The Life and Times of Queen Victoria; vol. 1 of 4 - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The dead leaves from the roadside were driving over his feet; his eyes ached and his throat throbbed, but he gulped down his emotion.
Từ trong câu: ache, roadside, dead, leave, drive, foot, eye, throat
Hall, Sir Caine, The Master of Man: The Story of a Sin - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Vyse and the ex-bo'sun were taking a final look round before locking up the cottage when a policeman walked up to the door.
Từ trong câu: ex, policeman, take, final, look, round, lock, up
Percy F. Westerman, The Pirate Submarine - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
She said that the city in which we were camping was supposed to have been a center of commerce and culture known as Korad.
Từ trong câu: center, culture, suppose, commerce, camping, city, camp, know
Edgar Rice Burroughs, A princess of Mars - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US