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They ruled over Scinde with a rod of iron, living entirely for themselves, and wallowing in wealth, while their people were living in the most wretched condition.
Từ trong câu: wallow, rule, iron, live, entirely, themselves, wealth, people
Edward Farr, The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From the Accession of George III. to the Twenty-Third Year of the Reign of Queen Victoria - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
While the houses of parliament in England were yet echoing with the oratory of its empassioned members, the hillsides of America were reverberating with peals of musketry.
Từ trong câu: reverberate, house, parliament, echo, member
Edward Farr, The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From the Accession of George III. to the Twenty-Third Year of the Reign of Queen Victoria - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
It was now early spring, and the river was swollen and turbulent; great cakes of floating ice were swinging heavily to and fro in the turbid waters.
Từ trong câu: turbulent, swing, swollen, now, early, spring, river, swell
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
How could you expect so small and weak a man as this black fellow to overpower Mr. Sholto and hold him while you were climbing the rope?”
Từ trong câu: climbing, expect, small, weak, man, black, fellow, mr
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of the Four - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
I still heard all the news from Pondicherry Lodge, and for some years there was no news to hear, except that they were hunting for the treasure.
Từ trong câu: hunting, still, hear, news, lodge, year, except, hunt
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of the Four - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
At the square-topped corner public houses business was just beginning, and rough-looking men were emerging, rubbing their sleeves across their beards after their morning wet.
Từ trong câu: begin, emerge, after, just, sleeve, rub, business, public
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of the Four - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
This was discouraging; but the address of Mr. Westgate’s office was freely imparted by the intelligent black and was taken down by Percy Beaumont in his pocketbook.
Từ trong câu: intelligent, black, address, mr, office, freely, take, down
Henry James, An International Episode - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
“Oh, dear, no,” said the young Englishman; “my cousin was coming over on some business, so I just came across, at an hour’s notice, for the lark.”
Từ trong câu: across, dear, young, englishman, cousin, come, business, notice
Henry James, An International Episode - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Miss Bordereau could be approached without the least difficulty; she had been moved out into the sala and was sitting by the window that overlooked the garden.
Từ trong câu: difficulty, overlook, miss, approach, least, move, out, sit
Henry James, The Aspern Papers - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Dark stories were told of the part Napoleon played in the Crimean War, when Turkey demanded help against Russia, which was crippling her army and her fleet.
Từ trong câu: crippling, dark, story, tell, part, play, war, turkey
Alice Birkhead, Heroes of Modern Europe - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
But this time they were short lived, for the maestro was already dangling after another charmer, and, as was his habit, left for Weimar without saying farewell.
Từ trong câu: maestro, time, short, live, already, another, habit, leave
Horace Wyndham, The Magnificent Montez: From Courtesan to Convert - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
He was sounding the deeps of his nature, and of the parts of his nature that were deeper than he, going back into the womb of Time.
Từ trong câu: deep, sound, nature, part, go, back, time
Jack London, The call of the wild - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Old memories were coming upon him fast, and he was stirring to them as of old he stirred to the realities of which they were the shadows.
Từ trong câu: reality, fast, old, memory, come, stir, shadow
Jack London, The call of the wild - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
The down-coming winter was harrying them on to the lower levels, and it seemed they could never shake off this tireless creature that held them back.
Từ trong câu: level, lower, down, come, winter, low, seem, never
Jack London, The call of the wild - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
“We gave her her letters (I heard the men in that lonely ship were dying of fever at the rate of three a day) and went on.
Từ trong câu: lonely, rate, give, letter, hear, man, ship, die
Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
But with every word spoken the room was growing darker, and only her forehead, smooth and white, remained illumined by the inextinguishable light of belief and love.
Từ trong câu: smooth, forehead, every, word, speak, room, grow, dark
Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Daisy, his wife, was ironing on the back porch and when she learned the object of the proposed interview, she readily agreed to induce Tom to talk.
Từ trong câu: ironing, daisy, wife, iron, back, porch, learn, object
United States. Work Projects Administration, Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume IV, Georgia Narratives, Part 2 - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
I was going to lie down inside here until it got light, ... but I have no matches, and I put my hand on a clammy dead Boche."
Từ trong câu: clammy, go, lie, down, inside, until, get, light
George Herbert Fosdike Nichols, Pushed and the Return Push - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
I was going to write that it was astonishing how uncomplainingly, how placidly each one of us went on with his ordinary routine duties during this time.
Từ trong câu: placidly, go, write, astonish, ordinary, routine, duty, time
George Herbert Fosdike Nichols, Pushed and the Return Push - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
For all his new gladness, he was very gloomy as he re-harnessed the angel, for he thought his darling Diamond was going out of his mind.
Từ trong câu: gloomy, new, be, angel, think, darling, diamond, go
George MacDonald, At the Back of the North Wind - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
I again tried, and succeeded in gaining my feet; but, stooping to get the tub with which I was feeding the fan, I again staggered and fell.
Từ trong câu: tub, again, try, succeed, gain, foot, get, feed
Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Alan began it; they didn't want to, I could see; but he was criticising what some of those Bigwigs had said—the 'Varsity makes boys awfully conceited.
Từ trong câu: criticize, begin, want, see, make, boy
John Galsworthy, The Freelands - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
To say truth she did not know in the least how ever she was going to ask this almost strange man about a girl of doubtful character.
Từ trong câu: character, truth, know, least, ever, go, ask, almost
John Galsworthy, The Freelands - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Swallows were flying rather low, and the sky, whose moods they watch, had the slumberous, surcharged beauty of a long, fine day, with showers not far away.
Từ trong câu: shower, fly, rather, low, sky, mood, watch, beauty
John Galsworthy, The Freelands - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
And he was relieved to find, on getting to the drawing-room, that she had slipped behind the piano and was chatting quietly with her Uncle John....
Từ trong câu: piano, chat, relieve, find, get, draw, room, slip
John Galsworthy, The Freelands - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
He—he only, was any good, because he, only, loved her enough to feel how distracted and unhappy she was feeling, how afraid of what was coming.
Từ trong câu: distract, good, because, love, enough, feel, unhappy, afraid
John Galsworthy, The Freelands - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
While Ivar was hurrying across the fields, the first long rays of the sun were reaching down between the orchard boughs to those two dew-drenched figures.
Từ trong câu: ray, hurry, across, field, first, long, sun, reach
Willa Cather, O Pioneers! - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
One June morning a young man stood at the gate of the Norwegian graveyard, sharpening his scythe in strokes unconsciously timed to the tune he was whistling.
Từ trong câu: june, stroke, morning, young, man, stand, gate, scythe
Willa Cather, O Pioneers! - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
“When I was in Hastings to attend the convention,” he was saying, “I saw the superintendent of the asylum, and I was telling him about Ivar’s symptoms.
Từ trong câu: symptom, superintendent, convention, attend, say, saw, tell
Willa Cather, O Pioneers! - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Catching Betty’s stare of horrified amazement at the face he was making at her darling, he burst into a laugh and turned away into the music-room.
Từ trong câu: amazement, catch, stare, face, make, darling, burst, laugh
John Galsworthy, Beyond - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US