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Jim was trembling all over, and so scared he couldn’t speak, but he wanted to ask that question himself if he could ’a’ done it.
Từ trong câu: himself, question, speak, ask, scare, want
Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer Abroad - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
And so, according to the clay of his nature and the pressure of his surroundings, his character was being moulded into a certain particular shape.
Từ trong câu: character, accord, surroundings, pressure, clay, nature, surround, certain
Jack London, White Fang - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
They were his environment, these men, and they were moulding the clay of him into a more ferocious thing than had been intended by Nature.
Từ trong câu: intend, environment, man, clay, ferocious, thing, nature
Jack London, White Fang - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
He was aware of a certain strange satisfaction, as though some need were being gratified, as though some void in his being were being filled.
Từ trong câu: fill, certain, aware, strange, satisfaction, though, need
Jack London, White Fang - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The first time occurred when the master was trying to teach a spirited thoroughbred the method of opening and closing gates without the rider’s dismounting.
Từ trong câu: spirit, gate, method, opening, teach, trying, first, time
Jack London, White Fang - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
He was realising his own meaning in the world; he was doing that for which he was made—killing meat and battling to kill it.
Từ trong câu: meaning, realize, mean, world, do, make, kill, meat
Jack London, White Fang - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
But Grey Beaver laughed loudly, and slapped his thighs, and told the happening to all the rest of the camp, till everybody was laughing uproariously.
Từ trong câu: everybody, gray, beaver, laugh, loudly, tell, happen, rest
Jack London, White Fang - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
I was resting on a skylight on the hurricane-deck, watching the working of the ship very slowly about, that she might head for England.
Từ trong câu: hurricane, rest, deck, watch, work, ship, slowly, head
Charles Dickens, The Uncommercial Traveller - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
This was hastily patched up, and within thirty days they were making pails and tubs as earnestly as if they had never known a fire.
Từ trong câu: hastily, tub, up, thirty, day, make, never, know
Maurice [Unknown role] Joblin, Cleveland Past and Present: Its Representative Men Comprising Biographical Sketches of Pioneer Settlers and Prominent Citizens - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Of their tenant he was feeling just then a bit less sure than he had half-an-hour since; his regard was louring and mistrustful.
Từ trong câu: mistrustful, tenant, feel, bit, less, sure, half, hour
Louis Joseph Vance, The Lone Wolf: A Melodrama - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
But I did not know what door it was, nor on which of his favourite pursuits young Rupert was spending the hours of that night.
Từ trong câu: spend, favourite, favorite, know, door, young, hour, night
Anthony Hope, The prisoner of Zenda - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The candle hardly lighted up the splendid furniture of the salon, and the magnificent paintings by Porbus and Holbein which were hanging on the walls.
Từ trong câu: salon, candle, hardly, light, up, furniture, magnificent, paint
Mary Frances Sandars, Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings - Bản dịch tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
He certainly felt terribly ill, and knew that he was losing ground; while, in spite of all his efforts, he was unable to eat anything.
Từ trong câu: unable, spite, terribly, ill, certainly, feel, know, lose
Mary Frances Sandars, Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings - Bản dịch tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
He was thinking of many things—of his superiors, of his reputation, of the law courts, of his salary, of newspapers—of a hundred things.
Từ trong câu: court, law, newspaper, salary, reputation, hundred, superior, think
Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
He was speaking now, and the Chief Inspector listened with outward deference (which means nothing, being a matter of duty) and inwardly with benevolent toleration.
Từ trong câu: outward, listen, speak, now, chief, inspector, mean, nothing
Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
She was standing by a bookshelf at the far end, near the window, and seemed to be methodically engaged in an examination of the books.
Từ trong câu: bookshelf, stand, far, end, near, window, seem, engage
Marion Bryce, The Ashiel mystery - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
"He probably knows what he looks like, though," Preston answered, laughing—he was thinking of his impersonation of the Earl, and his wonderful make-up.
Từ trong câu: impersonation, probably, know, look, like, though, answer, laugh
William Le Queux, The Four Faces: A Mystery - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Madame accompanied me to the library; and there the grave little doctor, with white hair and spectacles, whom I mentioned before, was waiting to receive me.
Từ trong câu: library, white, madame, accompany, grave, little, doctor, hair
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
“My dear child was looking forward with great pleasure to the visit you had been so good as to arrange for her to your charming daughter.”
Từ trong câu: pleasure, arrange, dear, child, look, forward, great, visit
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
We had nearly a mile to walk before reaching the road that passes the schloss in front, and by that time the moon was shining brilliantly.
Từ trong câu: shine, brilliantly, front, nearly, mile, walk, reach, road
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He would take books to work and read them when the weaving shuttles were working right and did not have to have someone attend to them.
Từ trong câu: shuttle, take, book, work, read, weave, right, someone
A. J. Bueltmann, White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The gunners had come into action and were shelling the London Territorials, but they soon had to switch off and fire at a more terrifying target.
Từ trong câu: terrifying, come, action, soon, switch, off, fire, terrify
W. T. Massey, How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
He was doing a thesis on an arcane form of financial statistics, but could not wedge himself into the crowded queue for time on MIT's mainframes.
Từ trong câu: do, thesis, arcane, form, financial, statistic, himself, crowd
Bruce Sterling, The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier - Tiếng Anh - en-US, Ghi công tác giả & ấn bản gốc
He blew out his light, went below, and was soon loafing down the river road with the intent to borrow and use one of Roxy's devices.
Từ trong câu: intent, borrow, device, blow, out, light, go, below
Mark Twain, The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
In fact he had found that his fads added to his reputation as a pudd'nhead; therefore he was growing chary of being too communicative about them.
Từ trong câu: communicative, fact, find, add, reputation, therefore, grow
Mark Twain, The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
She began to muse; she was trying to gather out of her memory the dim particulars of some tale she had heard some time or other.
Từ trong câu: memory, particular, tale, dim, muse, begin, try, gather
Mark Twain, The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The idea of Louisa Musgrove turned into a person of literary taste, and sentimental reflection was amusing, but she had no doubt of its being so.
Từ trong câu: reflection, literary, sentimental, amusing, idea, turn, person, taste
Jane Austen, Persuasion - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
“Nor did I ever have a headache except the time my head was healing after having been laid open for six inches by a capstan-bar.”
Từ trong câu: healing, ever, headache, except, time, head, lay, open
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Out of my experience with stewards on the Atlantic liners at the end of the voyage, I could have sworn he was waiting for his tip.
Từ trong câu: atlantic, tip, out, experience, end, voyage, swear, wait
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
She was standing a dozen feet away, one hand resting on the main-shrouds and her body swaying gently to the slight roll of the ship.
Từ trong câu: gently, dozen, stand, foot, away, hand, rest, main
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US