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All I can remember about my grandparents is this: When I found my grandma, Hannah Crawford, she was living on Major Crawford's plantation, where Crawford, Georgia, is now.
Từ trong câu: grandparent, remember, find, grandma, live, major, plantation, now
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 1 - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
"No, I'm not hungry," he answered, averting his head, and speaking rather contemptuously, as if he guessed I was trying to divine the occasion of his good humor.
Từ trong câu: contemptuously, hungry, answer, head, speak, rather, guess, try
Charles Dudley, 1829-1900 [Editor] Warner, Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern: Volume 06 - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
What was troublous in them we clarified; what was corrupting we corrected; what was local we generalized; what was excessive we brought down to the proportions of mankind.
Từ trong câu: clarify, correct, local, generalize, excessive, bring, down, proportion
Charles Dudley, 1829-1900 [Editor] Warner, Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern: Volume 06 - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Birds were calling among the foliage--especially one with a peculiar whooping cry which was new to us--but beyond these sounds there were no signs of life.
Từ trong câu: especially, bird, call, among, peculiar, cry, new, beyond
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
I set off, therefore, in high spirits, for I felt that I had done good work and was bringing back a fine budget of news for my companions.
Từ trong câu: budget, set, off, therefore, high, spirit, feel, good
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The cases of ammunition and of food were scattered about in a wild litter, together with our unfortunate cameras and plate-carriers, but none of them were missing.
Từ trong câu: camera, unfortunate, case, food, scatter, wild, litter, together
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The man was limping on towards this latter, as if he were the pirate come to life, and come down, and going back to hook himself up again.
Từ trong câu: hook, pirate, man, toward, latter, come, life, down
Charles Dickens, Great Expectations - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
His head was all on one side, and one of his eyes was half shut up, as if he were taking aim at something with an invisible gun.
Từ trong câu: invisible, aim, head, side, eye, half, shut, up
Charles Dickens, Great Expectations - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The Justices were sitting in the Town Hall near at hand, and we at once went over to have me bound apprentice to Joe in the Magisterial presence.
Từ trong câu: justice, sit, town, hall, near, hand, once, go
Charles Dickens, Great Expectations - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Something came into my head which induced me to run after him, as he was going down to the Jolly Bargemen, where he had left a hired carriage.
Từ trong câu: hire, carriage, something, come, head, induce, run, go
Charles Dickens, Great Expectations - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Certain keys were hanging on the wall, to which he now added the gate key; and his patchwork-covered bed was in a little inner division or recess.
Từ trong câu: hanging, division, recess, certain, key, hang, wall, now
Charles Dickens, Great Expectations - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Now, Pip,”—Joe looked firmly at me as if he knew I was not going to agree with him;—“your sister is a fine figure of a woman.”
Từ trong câu: firmly, now, look, know, go, agree, sister, fine
Charles Dickens, Great Expectations - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
He was going, and, if not voluntarily going, voluntarily intending to stay away; for, excepting what might be due to his uncle, his engagements were all self-imposed.
Từ trong câu: voluntarily, go, intend, stay, away, except, due, uncle
Jane Austen, Mansfield Park - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
If Lady Bertram, with all her incompetency and languor, could feel this, the inference of what her niece, alive and enlightened as she was, must feel, was elevating.
Từ trong câu: elevate, inference, alive, lady, feel, niece
Jane Austen, Mansfield Park - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
“It might be all a lie,” he acknowledged; “but so many fine ladies were going to the devil nowadays that way, that there was no answering for anybody.”
Từ trong câu: lie, nowadays, acknowledge, many, fine, lady, go, devil
Jane Austen, Mansfield Park - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Getting a couple of biscuits at the shop indicated as a temporary substitute for a meal, they next bent their steps instinctively to where the music was playing.
Từ trong câu: instinctively, indicate, substitute, get, couple, shop, temporary, meal
Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
He was too far from them, however, to hear what they were saying, but it pleased him to construct little theories about them from their gestures and appearance.
Từ trong câu: gesture, construct, far, however, hear, say, please, little
Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
But just as he was sliding into one of the long feasts of meditation about them both, he checked himself by asking whether he wanted to marry her?
Từ trong câu: meditation, slide, long, check, himself, ask, whether, want
Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
She looked at the bay, in which a steamer was just dropping anchor, the smoke still hanging about it, while a swift black shudder ran through the waves.
Từ trong câu: hanging, swift, look, bay, drop, anchor, smoke, still
Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
He was congratulating himself upon the enterprise which had turned the refectory, a cold stone room with pots on trestles, into the most comfortable room in the house.
Từ trong câu: pot, enterprise, congratulate, himself, turn, cold, stone, room
Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Sir Harley Lethbridge was telling me only the other day how difficult it is to find boys for the navy—partly because of their teeth, it is true.
Từ trong câu: navy, sir, tell, day, difficult, find, boy, partly
Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
At last, as one struck, John work up, and came back to the consciousness of why he was sitting in a chair instead of lying in his bed.
Từ trong câu: consciousness, last, strike, work, up, come, back, sit
Johanna Spyri, Heidi - Bản dịch tiếng Anh, PD-US
He was standing outside looking at the sky and examining the landscape as he did every morning, to see what sort of weather it was going to be.
Từ trong câu: weather, landscape, stand, outside, look, sky, examine, every
Johanna Spyri, Heidi - Bản dịch tiếng Anh, PD-US
Peter followed at full speed, his stick still raised in air in a menacing manner as if he was longing to vent his fury on some invisible foe.
Từ trong câu: menacing, invisible, speed, raise, follow, full, stick, still
Johanna Spyri, Heidi - Bản dịch tiếng Anh, PD-US
“I love company,” said Pollyanna, again, flitting about as if she were dispensing the hospitality of a palace; “specially since I've had this room, all mine, you know.
Từ trong câu: company, palace, hospitality, love, again, specially, since, room
Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Everybody knew by sight now the piquant little freckled face that had always a smile of greeting; and almost everybody knew of the “game” that Pollyanna was playing.
Từ trong câu: greeting, everybody, know, sight, now, little, face, always
Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
And as he scrambled joyfully into the carriage she went away, trying to smile, though she caught her breath quickly and her eyes were shining through a mist.
Từ trong câu: mist, carriage, go, away, try, smile, though, catch
Frances Hodgson Burnett, A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Several of the other children began to cry, but she did not seem to hear them or to be alive to anything but just what I was saying.
Từ trong câu: alive, several, child, begin, cry, seem, hear, anything
Frances Hodgson Burnett, A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
I never liked her much, but I can't bear that way she has now of looking at people without speaking--just as if she was finding them out."
Từ trong câu: finding, never, like, much, bear, way, now, look
Frances Hodgson Burnett, A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Every detail of the outing was a facet reflecting a sparkle to Jude, and he did not venture to meditate on the life of inconsistency he was leading.
Từ trong câu: facet, outing, sparkle, meditate, every, detail, out, reflect
Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US