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No good, she reasoned, ever came from talking about such things, and while Marie was thinking aloud, Alexandra had been steadily searching the hat-boxes.
Từ trong câu: aloud, steadily, search, reason, good, ever, come, talk
Willa Cather, O Pioneers! - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
When they came to the corner where the pastures joined, Alexandra’s twelve young colts were galloping in a drove over the brow of the hill.
Từ trong câu: twelve, hill, join, corner, drive, come, young
Willa Cather, O Pioneers! - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
So, although Nancy was going home with Jennie for the summer once more, they begged the Madame's permission to remain over for the boys' graduation.
Từ trong câu: graduation, although, go, home, summer, once, beg, permission
Amy Bell Marlowe, A Little Miss Nobody; Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Harpour is quite unchanged, and if he was doing mischief when we knew him two years ago, he is doing twice as much mischief now.
Từ trong câu: unchanged, quite, do, mischief, know, year, ago, twice
F. W. Farrar, St. Winifred's; or, The World of School - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
But even now, when the sun was setting, no cool wind blew in from the sea across the promenade thronged with people in thin dresses.
Từ trong câu: promenade, even, now, sun, set, cool, wind, blow
J. E. Buckrose, The Privet Hedge - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
There was singing, dancing, feasting on the palatable provisions supplied by the loving friends we were leaving, with no thought of captivity, wounds, nor death.
Từ trong câu: palatable, sing, dance, provision, supply, love, friend, leave
Wayland Fuller Dunaway, Reminiscences of a Rebel - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The entire church mortgage debt was cancelled during Dr. Garner's incumbency, when all the churches were making strenuous and successful efforts to the same end.
Từ trong câu: cancel, entire, church, mortgage, debt, dr, make, successful
Various, The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He was coming down from his last recall; and at sight of her his look of bored contempt vanished; lifting her hand, he kissed it.
Từ trong câu: bore, contempt, bored, recall, come, down, last, sight
John Galsworthy, Beyond - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Snuggling her baby, who was crying now, inside her nightgown, next to her skin for warmth, she stood rocking and hushing it, trying to listen.
Từ trong câu: skin, who, stand, now, rock, warmth, next, baby
John Galsworthy, Beyond - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
When they could see each other every day, it was so easy to live for the next meeting—not think of what was coming after.
Từ trong câu: every, see, after, meeting, day, easy, when, each
John Galsworthy, Beyond - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
There, joined to the trunk, Summerhay was standing, his face just visible against the stem, the moonlight on one cheek, a hand shading his eyes.
Từ trong câu: stem, visible, join, shade, trunk, stand, face, moonlight
John Galsworthy, Beyond - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
To Gyp, it was like a child’s “pretending”—to imagine they were going to live there together, to sort out the rooms and consecrate each.
Từ trong câu: together, imagine, room, pretend, sort, like, go, live
John Galsworthy, Beyond - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
But the dog, standing stockily on the pathway was gazing at Gyp, while what was left of its broad nose moved from side to side.
Từ trong câu: pathway, dog, stand, gaze, leave, broad, nose, move
John Galsworthy, Beyond - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Cold and grey and silent, swifter than yesterday, the stream was flowing by, its dim far shore brightening slowly in the first break of dawn.
Từ trong câu: shore, cold, dim, dawn, flow, gray, silent, yesterday
John Galsworthy, Beyond - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
One minute he was passing through a sedate square, lined with the houses of the well-to-do, another minute he was in a slum.
Từ trong câu: sedate, minute, pass, square, line, house, well, another
Edgar Wallace, The Green Rust - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
The table was elegantly decorated with flowers, and the neatly prepared dishes and ministerial waiters presented a scene which to Ann Harriet's vision was enchanting.
Từ trong câu: elegantly, table, decorate, flower, prepare, dish, waiter, present
Various, The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The mother had put away her spinning-wheel, and the smoke was curling up from out the wide-mouthed chimney, in preparation of her supper.
Từ trong câu: mouth, mother, put, away, spin, wheel, smoke, up
Various, The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886 - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
During our first ten miles' ride I was racking my brain for something to say when I should jump up to make my first sale.
Từ trong câu: rack, first, ten, mile, ride, brain, something, jump
J. P. Johnston, Twenty Years of Hus'ling - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
One day as I was walking down town I met two men leading a poor, old, bony horse out of town and carrying a gun.
Từ trong câu: bony, day, walk, down, town, meet, man, lead
J. P. Johnston, Twenty Years of Hus'ling - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
I shall never forget his looks as he came walking up to the wagon just as I was lighting my lamps to open a sale.
Từ trong câu: lighting, never, forget, look, come, walk, up, wagon
J. P. Johnston, Twenty Years of Hus'ling - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Upon inquiry we learned to our dismay that all-night cars were not running on Randolph street, and that none would be running before daylight.
Từ trong câu: dismay, inquiry, learn, night, car, run, street, none
J. P. Johnston, Twenty Years of Hus'ling - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He explained that he was beating his boy for laziness, but the boy complained that his master had not paid him the wages due him.
Từ trong câu: laziness, explain, beat, boy, complain, master, paid, wage
Clayton Edwards, A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The vogue of the day was gaming at table, and Marly, of all other suburban Paris palaces, was an ideal and discreet place for it.
Từ trong câu: suburban, day, game, table, palace, ideal, place
M. F. Mansfield, Royal Palaces and Parks of France - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Alec walked to the station with him, feeling that he was being subjected to a very close cross-examination as to his capabilities and preferences.
Từ trong câu: capability, walk, station, feel, subject, close, cross, examination
Annie F. Johnston, Flip's "Islands of Providence" - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
There was no salve to her conscience in all this, though she felt very grateful to her friend, who was fighting her battle for her.
Từ trong câu: salve, conscience, though, feel, grateful, friend, fight, battle
Anthony Trollope, Linda Tressel - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Three years ago this last holiday season we were doing some evangelistic work in a neighboring town, a mere village of a couple hundred inhabitants.
Từ trong câu: couple, holiday, neighboring, year, ago, last, season, do
J. M. Judy, Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
And he looked for a moment at the old hound that was sniffing and whimpering in his master's ears, as if he could answer him.
Từ trong câu: sniff, look, moment, old, ear, answer
Various, The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Rome was plotting to reclaim it; Savoy was watching her opportunity, the patriots feared to go forward, and even the timid dared not go back.
Từ trong câu: timid, reclaim, plot, watch, opportunity, patriot, fear, go
Rossiter, 1840-1931 [Editor] Johnson, The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 - Tiếng Anh, PD-US
Politically Ireland was one with England, and the great revolution which was severing the one country from the papacy extended itself naturally to the other.
Từ trong câu: politically, great, revolution, country, extend, itself, naturally
Rossiter, 1840-1931 [Editor] Johnson, The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 - Tiếng Anh, PD-US
They were starting together on the long, long trail, and the poor young things could vision it only as strewn with sunbathed columbines and goldenrods.
Từ trong câu: sunbathe, start, together, long, trail, poor, young, thing
William MacLeod Raine, The Fighting Edge - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US