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For a while Roy hesitated to tell his father of the payroll robbery and Teddy knew he was holding off purposely, so he said nothing.
Từ trong câu: payroll, hesitate, tell, father, robbery, know, hold, off
James Cody Ferris, The X Bar X boys on Whirlpool River - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The Captain, unaware of the personal equation that was obsessing me before giving my word, evidently thought that his financial inducements were not alluring enough.
Từ trong câu: financial, equation, inducement, unaware, obsess, captain, personal, give
Armgaard Karl Graves, The Secrets of the German War Office - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
If she was careful not to mention them, yet he could but think at times that she was making comparisons between himself and the departed.
Từ trong câu: comparison, depart, careful, mention, think, time, make, himself
Aleph Bey, That Eurasian - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
All the servants had gone to bed, by Mrs. Gower’s orders; save Justine, her maid, who was sitting waiting, with one candle, in the hall.
Từ trong câu: candle, servant, go, bed, mr, order, save, sit
Frederic Jesup Stimson, First harvests - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He was staring right up at the ceiling; but his eyes seemed to be turned inwards, and he laughed so that my blood ran cold."
Từ trong câu: ceiling, stare, right, up, eye, seem, turn, laugh
G. K. Chesterton, The secret of Father Brown - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Snakes were passing through it, but he fought for precedence with the reptilian horde and tumbled through head first upon a bed of hissing snakes.
Từ trong câu: snake, tumble, reptilian, pass, fight, head, first, bed
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tanar of Pellucidar - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
There was something at once quiet and eager about him, as though he were questioning everything without quarrelling with anything, which struck me as rare.
Từ trong câu: eager, something, once, quiet, though, question, everything, anything
Claude C. Washburn, Opinions - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Although Tregonsee had no eyes, the girl knew that he was staring at her; scanning, but not intruding, with his highly developed sense of perception.
Từ trong câu: intrude, scan, perception, although, eye, girl, know, stare
E. E. Smith, Children of the lens - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The matron, on hearing that she wanted to get into Monte Carlo, told her that the motor was going in there to meet a train.
Từ trong câu: motor, hear, want, get, tell, go, meet, train
Marie Belloc Lowndes, The lonely house - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Two other cases were being tried at the same time, one of which was a particularly revolting murder, for which three persons were on trial.
Từ trong câu: trial, murder, particularly, case, try, time, person
Isabel Meredith, A Girl Among the Anarchists - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Whilst we were discussing these matters the dog warned us by a prolonged bark that some one was approaching, and the new-comer soon appeared.
Từ trong câu: prolong, whilst, discuss, matter, dog, warn, bark, approach
Isabel Meredith, A Girl Among the Anarchists - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
There, too, the fire was still burning, so that he was able to see a little of the state of things in this quarter also.
Từ trong câu: quarter, burning, fire, still, burn, able, see, little
George MacDonald, The Princess and Curdie - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
One evening in the early summer, as he was walking home from the mine with them in his hand, a light flashed across his eyes.
Từ trong câu: across, walk, home, early, flash, walking, summer, evening
George MacDonald, The Princess and Curdie - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
There was more risk of his own presence being discovered, no doubt, but things were now drawing to a crisis, and it must be run.
Từ trong câu: discover, risk, crisis, presence, drawing, doubt, thing, now
George MacDonald, The Princess and Curdie - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
And away flew the owl bird on his big wings, while Racky, glad to know he was not being chased by a policeman, traveled on.
Từ trong câu: chase, owl, policeman, away, fly, bird, big, wing
Howard Roger Garis, Adventures of the runaway rocking chair - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
However, propaganda pamphlets dropped from aircraft were telling the workers to feign illness, and detailed instructions were given to them on how to do it.
Từ trong câu: feign, however, pamphlet, drop, aircraft, tell, worker, illness
Various, Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 16 - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
All was going away from her; the room, the walls, seemed to turn slowly round, as if they would dissolve and break up into vapour.
Từ trong câu: dissolve, go, away, room, wall, seem, turn, slowly
Mrs. Oliphant, Innocent - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
His coat was off, and from the rather dangerous eminence of a woodpile he was playing the hose upon the roof of a neighboring stable.
Từ trong câu: neighboring, stable, coat, off, rather, dangerous, eminence, play
Alice Duer Miller, Less than kin - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Miss Salve, a beautiful Italian, visiting in the neighborhood, was singing, and singing so delightfully that she was listened to with the most profound attention.
Từ trong câu: salve, miss, beautiful, visit, neighborhood, sing, listen, profound
Bertha M. Clay, A tragedy of love and hate - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
She contracted this illness as a result of staying on at the factory during a rush of urgent work, though she was suffering from influenza.
Từ trong câu: influenza, contract, illness, result, stay, factory, rush, urgent
Barbara McLaren, Women of the war - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
And thus, by degrees, the Bedouins were becoming the slaves of the Wahabees, for want of a chief capable of making head against Ebn-Sihoud.
Từ trong câu: capable, thus, degree, become, slave, want, chief, make
Alphonse de Lamartine, Narrative of the residence of Fatalla Sayeghir among the wandering Arabs of the great desert - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Later on the Emperor tried to force from this officer a confession that he was serving the hatred of men who were envious of Sanga.
Từ trong câu: emperor, confession, hatred, late, try, force, officer, serve
Jeremiah Curtin, The Mongols - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
As for Captain Hubert, he went about during the whole of that day quite unconscious of the abyss which already was yawning at his feet.
Từ trong câu: yawn, unconscious, captain, go, whole, day, quite, already
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy, Lady Molly of Scotland Yard - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
She was staring at the place where it had split open in falling, showing not only stones but precious and costly gems on the inside.
Từ trong câu: costly, split, gem, precious, stare, place, open, fall
Margaret Vandercook, The Camp Fire Girls on the edge of the desert - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Once, when the sloop was gliding under Indian Head, Jack looked up at its well-remembered outline, and his fancy drifted back to other days.
Từ trong câu: drift, outline, once, head, look, up, well, remember
Ralph Henry Barbour, The mystery of the Sea-Lark - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The first indication they had that they were near the camp, was the loud “Gee, haw-buck, whoa!” of a man who was driving oxen.
Từ trong câu: gee, first, indication, near, camp, loud, man, drive
Walter Aimwell, Clinton - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
In the clouded haze men became panic-stricken with the thought that the regiment had lost its path, and was proceeding in a perilous direction.
Từ trong câu: lost, proceed, cloud, lose, path, become, man, panic
Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
She had walked some distance, for her shoes were worn to pieces; but where she came from, or where she was going to, nobody knows.”
Từ trong câu: shoe, walk, distance, wear, piece, come, go, nobody
Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
There was another old woman watching by the bed; the parish apothecary’s apprentice was standing by the fire, making a toothpick out of a quill.
Từ trong câu: quill, another, old, woman, watch, bed, apprentice, stand
Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
“If he was coming here, he’d have come with the dog,” said Kags, stooping down to examine the animal, who lay panting on the floor.
Từ trong câu: pant, animal, examine, come, dog, down, lay, floor
Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US