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All that overcast afternoon, still and with queer lights in the sky, as if rain were coming, Gyp had been feeling out of mood, a little homesick.
Từ trong câu: mood, afternoon, still, queer, light, sky, rain, come
John Galsworthy, Beyond - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
She was not sleeping well; and, lying awake, she could see his face very distinct before her closed eyes—its teasing, lazy smile, its sudden intent gravity.
Từ trong câu: intent, distinct, sleep, well, lie, awake, see, face
John Galsworthy, Beyond - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
While he was imbibing she would sit in a remote corner of the garden, and read a novel in the Reclam edition, as a daily German lesson.
Từ trong câu: daily, novel, edition, remote, sit, corner, garden, read
John Galsworthy, Beyond - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Tunbridge Wells, that charming purgatory where the retired prepare their souls for a more permanent retirement, was dreaming on its hills in long rows of adequate villas.
Từ trong câu: retirement, adequate, permanent, well, charm, retire, prepare, soul
John Galsworthy, Beyond - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
I went immediately to where the gentleman was unpacking his sifters, and asked if he would be willing to sell two hundred and give the exclusive sale.
Từ trong câu: unpack, go, immediately, gentleman, ask, will, sell, hundred
J. P. Johnston, Twenty Years of Hus'ling - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
But as the train was running down a steep gradient the Boers suddenly opened fire with two guns from a ridge to the west of the line.
Từ trong câu: gradient, train, run, down, steep, suddenly, open, fire
Cecil Francis Romer, The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Rain came down in torrents, thunder growled, lightning played over the hill, glinted on rifles, and disorganised the compasses by which Major Benson was steering his course.
Từ trong câu: glint, rain, come, down, thunder, lightning, play, hill
Louis Creswicke, South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 8) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Thousands of wildfowl, all on their way south, were flying, whistling and whirring about in every direction, and rising from the water quite close to the boat.
Từ trong câu: whir, way, south, fly, whistle, every, direction, rise
Oliver George Ready, Life and sport in China Second Edition - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
“I saw the opening maw of hell, With endless pains and sorrows there; Which none but they that feel can tell— Oh, I was plunging to despair.
Từ trong câu: hell, despair, saw, open, endless, pain, none, feel
Herman Melville, Moby Dick; Or, The Whale - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
The firemen leaped to the ground; there was no need to ask where the fire was--it was rolling up in a great blaze from the roof.
Từ trong câu: roof, fire, rolling, blaze, leap, ground, need, ask
Anna Sewell, Black Beauty - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
We got out as fast as we could into the broad quiet market-place; the stars were shining, and except the noise behind us, all was still.
Từ trong câu: broad, get, out, fast, quiet, market, place, star
Anna Sewell, Black Beauty - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Many of the riders had gone to the young man; but my master, who had been watching what was going on, was the first to raise him.
Từ trong câu: watch, many, rider, go, young, man, master, first
Anna Sewell, Black Beauty - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
There was now riding off in all directions to the doctor's, to the farrier's, and no doubt to Squire Gordon's, to let him know about his son.
Từ trong câu: direction, son, now, ride, off, doubt, let, know
Anna Sewell, Black Beauty - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
I could have groaned, too, for I was suffering intense pain both from my foot and knees; but horses are used to bear their pain in silence.
Từ trong câu: suffering, silence, intense, suffer, pain, foot, knee, horse
Anna Sewell, Black Beauty - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
One day, while our cab and many others were waiting outside one of the parks where music was playing, a shabby old cab drove up beside ours.
Từ trong câu: music, outside, beside, shabby, day, cab, many, other
Anna Sewell, Black Beauty - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The porter, who was pulling about some heavy boxes, suggested to the gentleman, as there was so much luggage, whether he would not take a second cab.
Từ trong câu: whether, suggest, pull, heavy, box, gentleman, much, luggage
Anna Sewell, Black Beauty - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
While the latter, then, was doing this, Shelton enjoyed the luxuries of self-denial, hunting up things he did not want, and laying them in two portmanteaus.
Từ trong câu: luxury, hunt, hunting, latter, do, enjoy, self, up
John Galsworthy, The Island Pharisees - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
He himself was playing with a cold and spurious energy, running after the balls and exhorting the other players, upon whom a wooden acquiescence seemed to fall.
Từ trong câu: spurious, energy, ball, player, himself, play, cold, run
John Galsworthy, The Island Pharisees - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
A bull-dog bitch, working her snout from side to side, was snuffling horribly; the great iron-studded door to which her chain was fastened stayed immovable.
Từ trong câu: chain, bull, dog, work, side, great, iron, door
John Galsworthy, The Island Pharisees - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
She was lying in the hammock, her figure a white blur in, the heart of the tree's shadow, rocking gently to a little creaking of the branch.
Từ trong câu: rock, blur, gently, lie, figure, white, heart, shadow
John Galsworthy, The Island Pharisees - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Some cattle had approached him in his sleep, and a beautiful bay cow, with her head turned sideways, was snuffing at him gently, exhaling her peculiar sweetness.
Từ trong câu: cattle, gently, approach, sleep, beautiful, bay, cow, head
John Galsworthy, The Island Pharisees - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Round the corner again Sir James Malden and Bee Pendyce (the eldest daughter) were talking of horses and hunting--Bee seldom from choice spoke of anything else.
Từ trong câu: choice, round, corner, again, sir, bee, daughter, talk
John Galsworthy, The Country House - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The sun still netted their top boughs, as with golden silk, and a blackbird, seated on a low branch of the acacia-tree, was summoning the evening.
Từ trong câu: net, silk, sun, still, top, golden, seat, low
John Galsworthy, Fraternity - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The little model, who was stroking a china ash-tray with her ungloved, inky fingers, muttered, with a smile, half pathetic, half cynical: “She doesn't like me!
Từ trong câu: cynical, little, model, stroke, ash, tray, finger, smile
John Galsworthy, Fraternity - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
It could not be gathered from his face what he was thinking, but now and then he moved his jaw, as though he were suffering from toothache.
Từ trong câu: toothache, suffering, gather, face, think, now, move, jaw
John Galsworthy, Fraternity - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
His clothes had clung to him so long and lovingly that they were falling off, but his face was calm as though masked with the finest wax.
Từ trong câu: calm, mask, lovingly, wax, clothes, long, fall, off
John Galsworthy, Fraternity - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Under the next tree a Cockney youth and his girl were sitting side by side-pale young things, with loose mouths, and hollow cheeks, and restless eyes.
Từ trong câu: hollow, next, tree, youth, girl, sit, side, pale
John Galsworthy, Fraternity - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
He gave, at any rate, no sign of resenting it and seemed prepared to supply in his own manner all the ease that was lacking in hers.
Từ trong câu: supply, give, rate, sign, seem, prepare, manner, ease
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
He seemed to see her poised on the brink of a chasm, with one graceful foot advanced to assert her unconsciousness that the ground was failing her.
Từ trong câu: assert, ground, brink, seem, see, graceful, foot, advance
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Perhaps he was repenting his rash outpourings of the previous day; perhaps only trying, in his clumsy way, to conform to Selden’s counsel to behave “as usual.”
Từ trong câu: rash, conform, perhaps, previous, day, try, clumsy, way
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US