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A mile to the south some dark objects were moving in the direction of the wooded knoll, but they could not tell what they were.
Từ trong câu: wooded, mile, south, dark, object, move, direction, wood
D. Lange, The Lure of the Mississippi - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
It was while he was residing in Edinburgh that he took out a patent for a steam locomotive to be used on the common roads.
Từ trong câu: locomotive, take, out, patent, steam, use, common, road
Lyman Horace Weeks, Automobile Biographies An Account of the Lives and the Work of Those Who Have Been Identified with the Invention and Development of Self-Propelled Vehicles on the Common Roads - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The grand dream of a mighty, universal Christian Empire was being rapidly lost in the decentralising forces, and in the increasing localisation of all powers.
Từ trong câu: decentralise, grand, dream, mighty, universal, christian, empire, rapidly
Alexander Clarence Flick, The Rise of the Mediaeval Church And Its Influence on the Civilization of Western Europe from the First to the Thirteenth Century - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
A mountebank was already soliciting his parents for him, and flattering them with hopes of putting him in a way of making a great fortune.
Từ trong câu: solicit, already, parent, flatter, hope, put, way, make
John Platts, The Book of Curiosities - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
They were waiting for the door to open and for the servants to come in, holding the big dishes covered with their heavy metal covers.
Từ trong câu: metal, wait, door, open, servant, come, hold, big
James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
A waiter was running up a trail of bunting on the flagstaff and a fox terrier was scampering to and fro on the sunny lawn.
Từ trong câu: run, trail, sunny, running, lawn, fox, waiter, up
James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
His whole body was shaking with fright, his arm was shaking and his crumpled burning livid hand shook like a loose leaf in the air.
Từ trong câu: loose, fright, whole, body, shake, arm, burn, hand
James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The instant flashed forth like a point of light and now from cloud on cloud of vague circumstance confused form was veiling softly its afterglow.
Từ trong câu: circumstance, form, confuse, flash, cloud, confused, point, softly
James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
They were strengthening the dam, and widening the canal and laterals, at “terrific cost,” Fogg claimed, and reimbursement for this necessary outlay was but just.
Từ trong câu: reimbursement, strengthen, dam, widen, canal, lateral, terrific, cost
John Harvey Whitson, Justin Wingate, Ranchman - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
When, soon after our return from the Cape, we were staying for a time in London, one of our first expeditions was to the Zoo.
Từ trong câu: zoo, soon, return, stay, time, first, expedition
Annie, Mrs. Martin, Home Life on an Ostrich Farm - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
At the foot of the bed stood Father Maurice, and a nurse was bending over the prostrate form and wiping the moisture from the brow.
Từ trong câu: bed, nurse, wipe, bend, prostrate, moisture, foot, stand
Various, The Catholic World, Vol. 04, October, 1866 to March, 1867 - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He who was now promenading the countryside with rod and gun like a gentleman and a great lord would soon be grubbing in the earth.
Từ trong câu: countryside, now, gun, like, gentleman, great, soon, earth
James Edward Le Rossignol, Jean Baptiste: A Story of French Canada - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
It was doubtful whether they were not labouring under their own king’s displeasure, and the captains of fortified towns were afraid to take them in.
Từ trong câu: displeasure, doubtful, whether, labor, captain, town, afraid, take
James, 1828-1912 [Editor] Gairdner, The Paston Letters, A.D. 1422-1509. Volume 1 (of 6) New Complete Library Edition - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Mr. Hazeldean was still in the square when he came upon Randal himself, who was walking with a dark-whiskered, showy gentleman, toward Egerton's house.
Từ trong câu: showy, mr, still, square, come, himself, walk, dark
Various, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XXVII, August 1852, Vol. V - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
"And while you were eating the pork," said Ladds, "the Golden Butterfly flew down the shaft by himself, and struck oil of his own accord."
Từ trong câu: butterfly, pork, eat, golden, fly, down, himself, strike
Walter Besant, The Golden Butterfly - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
I will therefore suppress a good deal more of disapproval I was going to write, and see what I can tell you in her praise.
Từ trong câu: disapproval, therefore, suppress, good, deal, go, write, see
Various, The Catholic World, Vol. 10, October, 1869 to March, 1870 - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
At this news great was the joy of the magnanimous pontiff whose name, destined to cast such brilliancy over succeeding ages, was just becoming renowned.
Từ trong câu: magnanimous, news, great, joy, name, cast, succeed, age
Various, The Catholic World, Vol. 10, October, 1869 to March, 1870 - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Disruption was growing and my hopes were waning; and yet one had to continue the work, of which there was plenty for all of us.
Từ trong câu: disruption, grow, hope, wane, continue, work, plenty
Anton Ivanovich Denikin, The Russian Turmoil; Memoirs: Military, Social, and Political - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Only when he had got out the word "sir" did it flash upon him that he was standing before the Queen and her Royal Consort.
Từ trong câu: flash, get, out, word, sir, stand, queen, royal
Anonymous, The Quiver, 11/1899 - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
When none was forthcoming, he ordered his men to aim their guns at the windows of the State House where the House of Burgesses sat.
Từ trong câu: forthcoming, none, order, man, aim, gun, window, state
Dorothy Margaret Torpey, Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
They endorsed Lincoln's plan of reconstruction and were rejoicing at the comparatively easy way in which Virginia was going to be restored to the Union.
Từ trong câu: endorse, plan, easy, way, go, restore, union
Dorothy Margaret Torpey, Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
That he was chasing an accomplice of a thief inside the house who had probably dropped his glittering booty for his pal to take away?
Từ trong câu: pal, chase, thief, inside, house, probably, drop, take
Frederic Stewart Isham, Nothing But the Truth - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Besides an old horsehair armchair, there were two low plush “spring-rockers,” against the massive pedestals of which one was always stumbling in the dark.
Từ trong câu: armchair, besides, old, low, spring, massive, always, dark
Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
“Everybody at Sunday-School was talking about you going over there and singing with the Mexicans all night, when you won’t sing for the church.
Từ trong câu: church, everybody, sunday, school, talk, go, sing, night
Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The cool fragrance they released was soothing, and as the pink petals curled back, they were the only things between her and the gray sky.
Từ trong câu: fragrance, cool, release, pink, back, thing, gray, sky
Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
A persistent affirmation—or denial—was going on in her, like the tapping of the woodpecker in the one tall pine tree across the chasm.
Từ trong câu: persistent, go, like, tap, tall, pine, tree, across
Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He stood and heard the message actually clicked off on the wire, with the feeling that she was hearing the click at the other end.
Từ trong câu: click, message, actually, stand, hear, off, wire, feel
Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
But to-night they were terrifying,—the spectral, fated trains that “raced with death,” about which the old woman from the depot used to pray.
Từ trong câu: pray, death, race, terrifying, night, train, old, woman
Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
She had trained herself to put her mind on what she was doing, otherwise she would have come to grief with her complicated daily schedule.
Từ trong câu: daily, complicate, grief, otherwise, complicated, schedule, train, herself
Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
I couldn't really speak for where he was watching, what part of the street or the buildings or what he was watching at that time.
Từ trong câu: where, building, watch, what, build, part, really, speak
United States. Warren Commission, Warren Commission (02 of 26): Hearings Vol. II (of 15) - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US