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At one place a man was selling green lemonade, and when the children bought it Dorothy could see that they paid for it with green pennies.
Từ trong câu: sell, paid, buy, lemonade, place, man, green, child
L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
When these people drew near the house where Dorothy was standing in the doorway, they paused and whispered among themselves, as if afraid to come farther.
Từ trong câu: pause, whisper, people, draw, near, house, stand, doorway
L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
There, indeed, just under the corner of the great beam the house rested on, two feet were sticking out, shod in silver shoes with pointed toes.
Từ trong câu: beam, indeed, corner, great, house, rest, foot, stick
L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
While Dorothy was looking earnestly into the queer, painted face of the Scarecrow, she was surprised to see one of the eyes slowly wink at her.
Từ trong câu: wink, look, queer, paint, face, surprise, see, eye
L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He ran swiftly, till want of breath compelled him to slacken his pace as he was entering the village at the turning close to the Rainbow.
Từ trong câu: pace, breath, run, till, want, enter, village, turn
George Eliot, Silas Marner - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Indignant, Lippman began looking for ways to combat the political machine that was attempting to turn her neighborhood into a clone of the Upper East Side.
Từ trong câu: indignant, begin, look, way, political, machine, attempt, turn
Sam Williams, Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software - Tiếng Anh - en-US, Ghi công tác giả & ấn bản gốc
Murdock dubbed the new project Debian-a compression of his and his wife, Deborah's, names-and within a few weeks was rolling out the first distribution.
Từ trong câu: new, project, compression, wife, name, week, roll, out
Sam Williams, Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software - Tiếng Anh - en-US, Ghi công tác giả & ấn bản gốc
Bibot was sitting on an overturned and empty cask close by the gate of the barricade; a small detachment of citoyen soldiers was under his command.
Từ trong câu: detachment, sit, empty, close, gate, small, soldier, command
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Her senses were leaving her; half choked with the tight grip round her mouth, she had no strength to move or to utter the faintest sound.
Từ trong câu: grip, tight, sense, leave, half, round, mouth, strength
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The mysterious hero had vanished, and, not twenty yards away from her, a man was drinking and laughing, to whom she had sworn faith and loyalty.
Từ trong câu: loyalty, mysterious, hero, twenty, yard, away, man, drink
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
In accomplishing this the ape was tearing away the entire front of its breast, which was held in the vise-like grip of the powerful jaws.
Từ trong câu: grip, powerful, front, accomplish, ape, tear, away, entire
Edgar Rice Burroughs, A princess of Mars - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Isidorus, the Cynic philosopher, said to him aloud, as he was passing along the streets, “You sing the misfortunes of Nauplius well, but behave badly yourself.”
Từ trong câu: cynic, philosopher, aloud, pass, street, sing, misfortune, well
69?-122? Suetonius, The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete - Bản dịch tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
It was a few days before the Fourth of July, and a grey, scrawny Italian child was setting torpedoes in a row along the railroad track.
Từ trong câu: track, setting, railroad, july, day, gray, child, set
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
He was saying some last word to her, but the eagerness in his manner tightened abruptly into formality as several people approached him to say goodbye.
Từ trong câu: approach, eagerness, formality, say, last, word, manner, abruptly
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Gatsby, pale as death, with his hands plunged like weights in his coat pockets, was standing in a puddle of water glaring tragically into my eyes.
Từ trong câu: weight, pale, death, hand, like, coat, pocket, stand
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Daisy and Tom were sitting opposite each other at the kitchen table, with a plate of cold fried chicken between them, and two bottles of ale.
Từ trong câu: fried, chicken, plate, fry, daisy, sit, opposite, kitchen
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Some little boys had come up on the steps and were looking into the hall; when I told them who had arrived, they went reluctantly away.
Từ trong câu: reluctantly, little, boy, come, up, step, look, hall
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
He unclosed the door; all was dark within, save that the chamber opened into another at the further end, in which evidently a lamp was burning.
Từ trong câu: evidently, lamp, door, dark, save, chamber, open, another
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck: a romance - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Time was wanting for the complete organization of their plan; for each day they expected the vessels, and their operations in consequence were a little abrupt.
Từ trong câu: complete, consequence, organization, time, want, plan, day, expect
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck: a romance - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
"It is even he, I know him, by that trick of his neck; his face was ever looking sideways:" thus assured, the Frenchman ascended the hill.
Từ trong câu: neck, trick, even, know, face, ever, look, thus
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck: a romance - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
It was frightful, it was humiliating but to imagine how deep the man may fall, who once gives himself over to evil thoughts, and unlawful deeds.
Từ trong câu: humiliating, imagine, deep, man, fall, once, give, himself
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck: a romance - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Neither did this proposal seem unacceptable to Pompey, though the senate cast it out upon the specious pretence, that they were unwilling to hazard his person.
Từ trong câu: unacceptable, neither, proposal, seem, though, cast, out, unwilling
46-120? Plutarch, Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Apparently their enemies were waiting till hunger should have cowed them, for there was no sign of any attempt having been made to open the door.
Từ trong câu: apparently, attempt, hunger, enemy, wait, till, cow, sign
George MacDonald, The Princess and Curdie - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
In the meantime, with Derba to minister to his wants, with Curdie to protect him, and Irene to nurse him, the king was getting rapidly stronger.
Từ trong câu: protect, minister, nurse, meantime, want, king, get, rapidly
George MacDonald, The Princess and Curdie - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Nevertheless, the next morning he had gone to a town that was near his mother’s farm and had enlisted in a company that was forming there.
Từ trong câu: town, nevertheless, farm, next, morning, go, near, company
Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
A great multitude had already assembled; the windows were filled with people, smoking and playing cards to beguile the time; the crowd were pushing, quarrelling, joking.
Từ trong câu: assemble, great, already, window, fill, people, smoke, play
Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
At the edge of the pavement, as they passed, a shop assistant in an apron and grey flannel shirt sleeves was twirling a red-bristled mop.
Từ trong câu: shirt, assistant, sleeve, edge, shop, pavement, apron, pass
John Galsworthy, Jocelyn - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
A wave of colour had rushed suddenly into it, and her eyes looked eager and startled; her lips moved--she was repeating to herself his words.
Từ trong câu: eager, repeat, wave, color, rush, suddenly, eye, look
John Galsworthy, Jocelyn - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
He was crouching down over the spokes in a helpless, huddled sort of way, and even as I looked the vessel veered again, abruptly as before.
Từ trong câu: helpless, down, sort, way, even, look, vessel, again
Abraham Merritt, The Moon Pool - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Now that, my child,’ continued Miss Mowcher, rubbing all the time as busily as ever, ‘is another instance of the refreshing humbug I was speaking of.
Từ trong câu: humbug, now, child, continue, miss, rub, time, ever
Charles Dickens, David Copperfield - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US