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Danh sách câu dẫn chứng (16.315 câu)
Mrs. Markleham, with a short groan, leaned back in her easy-chair; and retired behind her fan, as if she were never coming out any more.
Từ trong câu: retire, retired, mrs, short, lean, back, easy, chair
Charles Dickens, David Copperfield - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Some eddying fragments I saw in the sea, as if a mere cask had been broken, in running to the spot where they were hauling in.
Từ trong câu: fragment, saw, sea, mere, break, run, spot
Charles Dickens, David Copperfield - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
I had plenty to think of, therefore, besides my mind running continually on the kind of place I was going to--which was an awful speculation.
Từ trong câu: plenty, think, therefore, besides, mind, run, continually, kind
Charles Dickens, David Copperfield - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
“I was always reading, when I had them,” said Catherine; “and Mr. Heathcliff never reads; so he took it into his head to destroy my books.
Từ trong câu: destroy, always, read, mr, never, take, head, book
Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
I was reading the old Colonel’s tombstone, no longer ago than last Sabbath; and, reckoning from that date, the house has stood seven-and-thirty years.
Từ trong câu: reckon, date, reading, read, old, long, ago, last
Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
They were flaunting in rich beauty and full bloom to-day, and seemed, as it were, a mystic expression that something within the house was consummated.
Từ trong câu: full, rich, bloom, beauty, day, seem, expression, something
Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
So saying he strolled carelessly in the direction of the companionway through which the captain had passed, and a moment later was knocking at his door.
Từ trong câu: carelessly, knock, say, direction, captain, pass, moment, late
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The Claytons heeded Black Michael’s instructions so well that they saw but little of the crew and knew nothing of the plans the men were making.
Từ trong câu: instruction, black, well, saw, little, crew, know, nothing
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Here was the man who had Tarzan’s title, and Tarzan’s estates, and was going to marry the woman whom Tarzan loved—the woman who loved Tarzan.
Từ trong câu: estate, man, title, go, marry, woman, love
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
In an instant the trees were crashing beneath the weight of her hurrying fellows, swinging rapidly toward the scene of trouble in answer to Kala’s scream.
Từ trong câu: trouble, instant, tree, crash, beneath, weight, hurry, fellow
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The two adversaries were going to fall upon each other, and the incoherent discussion threatened to merge into a fight, when Barbicane intervened with one bound.
Từ trong câu: merge, intervene, go, fall, discussion, threaten, fight, bound
Jules Verne, From the Earth to the moon; and, round the moon - Bản dịch tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Their projectile, the course of which they could not alter, was rushing straight on this ignited mass, more intense than the open mouth of an oven.
Từ trong câu: oven, course, alter, rush, straight, mass, intense, open
Jules Verne, From the Earth to the moon; and, round the moon - Bản dịch tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The distance of the projectile from the lunar disc was on the increase, and the details of the soil were being lost in a confused jumble.
Từ trong câu: confused, confuse, distance, disc, increase, detail, soil, lose
Jules Verne, From the Earth to the moon; and, round the moon - Bản dịch tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
I feel as if I were walking on the edge of a precipice, towards which thousands are crowding and endeavouring to plunge me into the abyss.
Từ trong câu: plunge, feel, walk, edge, toward, crowd
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
And with these words, she whipped out of the room and left Dick gaping with wonder, and not very sure if he were dreaming or awake.
Từ trong câu: awake, dream, word, out, room, leave, wonder, sure
Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
He was now doing what he had been doing every day for twenty years up there--bowing his body ceaselessly and rapidly almost to his feet.
Từ trong câu: ceaselessly, rapidly, now, do, every, day, twenty, year
Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
And by hideous contrast, a redundant orator was making a speech to another gathering not thirty steps away, in fulsome laudation of “our glorious British liberties!”
Từ trong câu: glorious, orator, redundant, contrast, make, speech, another, gather
Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Yes, all the world knew it was going to be in reality a duel between Merlin and me, a measuring of his magic powers against mine.
Từ trong câu: duel, reality, yes, world, know, go, measure, magic
Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
And when a man was running, and threw himself on his stomach to slide to his base, it was like an iron-clad coming into port.
Từ trong câu: running, stomach, port, slide, man, run, throw, himself
Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He was spreading a report that I was a humbug, and that the reason I didn't accommodate the people with a miracle was because I couldn't.
Từ trong câu: accommodate, humbug, spread, report, reason, people, miracle, because
Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Mrs Lammle was proceeding with every reassuring wile, when the head of that young lady suddenly went back against the wall again and her eyes closed.
Từ trong câu: reassure, mrs, proceed, every, head, young, lady, suddenly
Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Young Blight was gone, the coffee-house waiter was gone, the plates and dishes were gone, the wine was going—but not in the same direction.
Từ trong câu: blight, waiter, young, go, coffee, house, plate, dish
Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
So, they were always looking at palatial residences in the best situations, and always very nearly taking or buying one, but never quite concluding the bargain.
Từ trong câu: conclude, always, look, residence, best, situation, nearly, take
Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Taking notice of Pleasant Riderhood at the door, the man crossed so quickly that she was still winding herself up, when he stood close before her.
Từ trong câu: winding, take, notice, pleasant, door, man, cross, quickly
Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
But previously, as they were going along, Jenny twisted her venerable friend aside to a brilliantly-lighted toy-shop window, and said: ‘Now look at ’em!
Từ trong câu: previously, go, twist, friend, aside, brilliantly, light, toy
Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
‘Not in a dishonourable way, Wegg, because you was singing to the butcher; and you wouldn’t sing secrets to a butcher in the street, you know.’
Từ trong câu: singing, butcher, way, because, sing, secret, street, know
Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The light snowfall which had feathered his schoolroom windows on the Thursday, still lingered in the air, and was falling white, while the wind blew black.
Từ trong câu: thursday, light, window, still, air, fall, white, wind
Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Why, when I was your age, sir, I had been an inconsolable widower for three months, and was already paying my addresses to your admirable mother.
Từ trong câu: already, address, mother, age, sir, month, pay, admirable
Oscar Wilde, An ideal husband - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Three dogs could not drag the sled so fast nor for so long hours as could six, and they were showing unmistakable signs of playing out.
Từ trong câu: unmistakable, dog, drag, fast, long, hour, six, show
Jack London, White Fang - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
In spite of the maturity of his years and of the savage rigidity of the mould that had formed him, his nature was undergoing an expansion.
Từ trong câu: mould, expansion, undergo, spite, year, form, nature
Jack London, White Fang - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US