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He wrote to Frau von Genzinger that he was trying to learn English by taking morning walks alone in the woods “with his English grammar.”
Từ trong câu: grammar, write, try, learn, take, morning, walk, alone
Herbert F. Peyser, Joseph Haydn: Servant and Master - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Dawn was breaking when, without any warning whatsoever, Pinocchio found his path barred by a deep pool full of water the color of muddy coffee.
Từ trong câu: bar, coffee, warning, pool, break, muddy, path, color
Carlo Collodi, The Adventures of Pinocchio - Bản dịch tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Then, 'pon my soul! he plucked out his own lead beard and hair, trampled them like tow, and roared till the lead house was trembling.
Từ trong câu: tow, soul, pluck, out, lead, beard, hair, like
Jeremiah Curtin, Myths and Folk-tales of the Russians, Western Slavs, and Magyars - Tiếng Anh, PD-US
Once when I sat waiting to see Norris, while he was napping, she sang “The Old, Old Story” in a low voice as she rocked.
Từ trong câu: nap, once, sit, wait, see, sing, old, story
Irving Bacheller, The Marryers: A History Gathered from a Brief of the Honorable Socrates Potter - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He was reading the play very earnestly when she called, though it rather bored him and he thought its plot elementary compared with his own.
Từ trong câu: elementary, read, play, call, though, rather, bore, think
Harold Brighouse, The Marbeck Inn: A Novel - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Gringo and I were watching them one day a few weeks ago, as we sat side by side up in the orchard at the Bonstones’.
Từ trong câu: orchard, watch, day, week, ago, sit, side, up
Marshall Saunders, "Boy" the Wandering Dog: Adventures of a Fox-Terrier - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The river was sparkling in the sunshine, and the trout were leaping out of it high into the air to catch the flies for food.
Từ trong câu: sparkling, river, sunshine, leap, out, high, air, catch
Jean McIntosh, Animal Chums: True Tales about Four-footed Friends - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
I would get hold of something that felt like what I was looking for, and I’d yank it up, and it would be something else.
Từ trong câu: yank, get, hold, something, feel, like, look, up
L. M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
She was very lonely; and she was sad at heart; for she was wondering if she would be able to return to Redmond next year.
Từ trong câu: lonely, sad, heart, wonder, able, return, next, year
L. M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Across it the moon was shining above the trees in Old St. John’s, just behind the great dark head of the lion on the monument.
Từ trong câu: shine, lion, above, monument, across, moon, tree, old
L. M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
She was sorry Anne was going away, of course, but was that any reason why she should fail to appreciate a poached egg on toast?
Từ trong câu: appreciate, reason, egg, toast, sorry, go, away, course
L. M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
It was a hot day, and poor Janet, between her excitement and her heavy black cashmere dress, looked as if she were being broiled alive.
Từ trong câu: heavy, alive, hot, day, poor, excitement, black, dress
L. M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Therefore she was delighted when Janet told her, as they were going to prayer-meeting the next night, that she meant to show some “sperrit.”
Từ trong câu: night, delight, delighted, next, show, therefore, tell, go
L. M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
One afternoon, when Anne’s sojourn in Valley Road was drawing to a close, Alec Ward came driving down to “Wayside” in hot haste for Janet.
Từ trong câu: wayside, ward, haste, drawing, afternoon, valley, road, draw
L. M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
No, she, Anne Shirley, was lying there, wide awake, in her own bed, and Jane Andrews was beside her, calmly proposing for her brother Billy.
Từ trong câu: brother, wide, beside, awake, propose, lie, bed, calmly
L. M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Why, I was reading yesterday about a “country baronet,” and even a “well-meaning, unfashionable countess,” being looked down upon—positively laughed at—in England.
Từ trong câu: unfashionable, read, yesterday, country, even, well, mean, look
Rolf Boldrewood, Babes in the Bush - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
On the lawn where it had gathered, the little party separated with cordial good nights and good-byes, for the Vaughns were going to Canada.
Từ trong câu: lawn, separate, gather, little, party, good, night, go
Louisa May Alcott, Little Women - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Laurie and she were always making signs to one another, and talking about ‘Spread Eagles’ till the girls declared they had both lost their wits.
Từ trong câu: lost, declare, sign, spread, always, make, another, talk
Louisa May Alcott, Little Women - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Jo liked the prospect and was eager to be gone, for the home nest was growing too narrow for her restless nature and adventurous spirit.
Từ trong câu: eager, spirit, narrow, nature, adventurous, nest, prospect, growing
Louisa May Alcott, Little Women - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
But the pain increased as politics absorbed John, who was always running over to discuss interesting points with Scott, quite unconscious that Meg missed him.
Từ trong câu: pain, interesting, running, politics, absorb, increase, discuss, always
Louisa May Alcott, Little Women - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
I had all my girls to comfort me at home, and his last son was waiting, miles away, to say good-by to him, perhaps!
Từ trong câu: wait, mile, son, perhaps, girl, comfort, home, last
Louisa May Alcott, Little Women - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
And no one seemed to have the slightest suspicion that Professor Bhaer, while talking philosophy with the father, was giving the daughter lessons in love.
Từ trong câu: suspicion, philosophy, slight, seem, professor, talk, father, give
Louisa May Alcott, Little Women - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Others were pressing around him and Miss Ashton moved away, although I thought his handshakes were perhaps a little less cordial after she had gone.
Từ trong câu: handshake, other, press, around, miss, move, away, although
Arthur B. Reeve, The Ear in the Wall - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
He said, however, that just after sunset, as he was shutting the dining-room windows, he saw somebody pass into the house through the conservatory.
Từ trong câu: conservatory, however, sunset, dine, room, window, saw, somebody
G. P. R., 1801?-1860 James, A Whim, and Its Consequences Collection of British Authors Vol. CXIV - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
At last, as the sun was sinking over the western hills, and the shadows lengthening, tidings from the battlefield came, and joyful news it was.
Từ trong câu: battlefield, last, sun, sink, western, hill, shadow, lengthen
W. H. Morgan, Personal Reminiscences of the War of 1861-5 In Camp: en Bivouac: on the March: on Picket: on the Skirmish Line: on the Battlefield: and in Prison - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The humour of the situation appealed strongly to Early, as it did also to Major Irby of the Virginia Cavalry, who was sitting near by.
Từ trong câu: humour, humor, situation, appeal, strongly, early, major, sit
George Cary Eggleston, Evelyn Byrd - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The ice was still badly congested, and we were pushing through narrow leads and occasional openings with the floes often close abeam on either side.
Từ trong câu: floe, ice, still, badly, push, narrow, lead, occasional
Ernest Henry, Sir Shackleton, South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917 - Tiếng Anh, PD-US
It is true that his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether.
Từ trong câu: true, entire, body, pain, seem, slowly, get, weak
Franz Kafka, Metamorphosis - Bản dịch tiếng Anh - en-GB, Ghi công tác giả & ấn bản gốc
By this time she had decided that D. Tablet was a great bore, and being still hungry, was itching to get at her neglected luncheon.
Từ trong câu: itch, luncheon, tablet, time, decide, have, great, bore
Adah Louise Sutton, A Little Maid in Toyland - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He staggered and set off back to the “Coach and Horses” forthwith, leaping over the deserted Huxter, who was now sitting up, on his way.
Từ trong câu: desert, set, off, back, coach, horse, leap, now
H. G. Wells, The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US