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Danh sách câu dẫn chứng (16.315 câu)
He was leaning with his elbows on the table and his chin on his hands, looking into a futurity which seemed to be sketched out on the tablecloth.
Từ trong câu: tablecloth, sketch, chin, lean, table, hand, look, seem
Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Sue and Jude were living in Aldbrickham, in precisely the same relations that they had established between themselves when she left Shaston to join him the year before.
Từ trong câu: establish, sue, live, precisely, relation, themselves, leave, join
Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
The collector took his ticket, and, with a meditative sense of the unfitness of things, asked him where he was going by himself at that time of night.
Từ trong câu: collector, ticket, take, sense, thing, ask, go, himself
Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
People who had come up from the country for the day were picnicking on the grass, and Arabella walked along the gravel paths and under the aged limes.
Từ trong câu: picnic, people, come, up, country, day, grass, walk
Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
"Now I say," he resumed, as if he felt that he was going to do himself justice, and say something to heighten the effect his story had produced.
Từ trong câu: heighten, now, resume, feel, go, himself, justice, something
William Dean Howells, The Rise of Silas Lapham - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
He was in this successful mood when word came to him that Mrs. Lapham was going; Tom Corey seemed to have brought it, but he was not sure.
Từ trong câu: successful, mood, word, come, mrs, go, seem, bring
William Dean Howells, The Rise of Silas Lapham - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Don't you remember that night--before I spoke--you were talking of that book; and you said it was foolish and wicked to do as that girl did.
Từ trong câu: wicked, remember, night, speak, talk, book, foolish, girl
William Dean Howells, The Rise of Silas Lapham - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
"It was four weeks yesterday," she began; "Mister Clarke was in the forest; I was in the fields, looking after the people, who were gathering in the maize.
Từ trong câu: mister, four, week, yesterday, begin, forest, field, look
Various, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine: Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Some time after this I was going down town, moving briskly along, when a small boy came plump up against me, saying, "Hello, mister! don't you know me?
Từ trong câu: mister, hello, time, go, down, town, move, small
Various, The American Missionary: Volume 48, No. 10, October, 1894 - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
They were laying themselves open to that very phrase—and to having it sent off in a letter to Maple Grove by one lady, to Ireland by another.
Từ trong câu: phrase, lay, themselves, open, send, off, letter, maple
Jane Austen, Emma - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The moon was riding in a cloudy heaven when Peter rose from his tree, begirt with weapons and wearing little else, to set out upon his perilous quest.
Từ trong câu: heaven, quest, weapon, cloudy, ride, moon, rise, tree
J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
“Won’t you play me to sleep,” he asked, “on the nursery piano?” and as she was crossing to the day-nursery he added thoughtlessly, “And shut that window.
Từ trong câu: piano, cross, crossing, play, sleep, ask, nursery, day
J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Mr. and Mrs. Darling knew at once that something terrible was happening in their nursery, and without a good-bye to their hostess they rushed into the street.
Từ trong câu: hostess, mr, mrs, darling, know, once, something, terrible
J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Of course he was not a villa, Mrs. Wilkins assured him; she had never supposed he was; she had not dreamed of meaning . . . she was only just thinking . . .
Từ trong câu: villa, meaning, course, mrs, assure, never, suppose, dream
Elizabeth Von Arnim, The Enchanted April - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
That Mrs. Wilkins, now—annoying as she was, loose-tongued as she was, impertinent, objectionable, would probably understand, and perhaps know what was making her be like this.
Từ trong câu: annoy, annoying, mrs, now, loose, tongue, probably, understand
Elizabeth Von Arnim, The Enchanted April - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
In this room a clergyman whom Charity had never seen received them pleasantly, and asked them to be seated for a few minutes while witnesses were being summoned.
Từ trong câu: pleasantly, witness, room, charity, never, see, receive, ask
Edith Wharton, Summer - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
I told Miss Hatchard they were suffering from dampness and lack of air; and I brought her here to show her how easily the place could be ventilated.
Từ trong câu: easily, lack, suffering, suffer, tell, miss, air, bring
Edith Wharton, Summer - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Burnt by the sun and stained with perspiration, and grave with the bottomless gravity of small necessary toils, a heavy French peasant was cutting wood with a hatchet.
Từ trong câu: perspiration, stain, burn, sun, grave, gravity, small, necessary
G. K. Chesterton, The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Nevertheless, the ride had been a long one, and by the time they reached the real town the west was warming with the colour and quality of sunset.
Từ trong câu: west, nevertheless, warm, ride, long, time, reach, real
G. K. Chesterton, The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
As they were looking round wildly for any trace of their wild quarry, a keeper in uniform came running along the path with a man in plain clothes.
Từ trong câu: quarry, uniform, look, round, wildly, trace, wild, keeper
G. K. Chesterton, The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
They were still sitting there as before with their flowers and frock-coats, but now it looked as if the big man was entertaining five children to tea.
Từ trong câu: tea, still, sit, flower, coat, now, look, big
G. K. Chesterton, The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
She had deliberately arrayed herself in widow’s mourning; and was earning her livelihood in an employment which the unwearied kindness of Agnes had procured for her in London.
Từ trong câu: array, earn, deliberately, herself, employment, kindness
Wilkie Collins, The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
At noon he paused in his quest and sat down on a stone; the conviction was pressing upon him that the worst that was now possible was true.
Từ trong câu: noon, quest, pause, sit, down, stone, conviction, press
Henry James, Roderick Hudson - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Rowland saw that as he moved, and even as he selected his foothold and watched his steps, he was looking at something at the bottom of the cliff.
Từ trong câu: select, saw, move, even, watch, step, look, something
Henry James, Roderick Hudson - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Invariably, when he was inclined to make of something they were talking of a direct application to herself, she wholly failed to assist him; she made no response.
Từ trong câu: application, invariably, wholly, assist, incline, make, something, talk
Henry James, Roderick Hudson - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
“For the ridiculous part of it is,” she said, “that you are evidently going to be as happy as if you were marrying Miss Smith or Miss Thompson.
Từ trong câu: smith, ridiculous, part, evidently, go, happy, marry, miss
Henry James, The American - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
A stream of people had been pouring into the salon in which Newman stood with his host, the rooms were filling up and the spectacle had become brilliant.
Từ trong câu: filling, stream, people, pour, salon, stand, host, room
Henry James, The American - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
A few moments after he had said this the marquis opened his eyes, as if he were waking up, and looked at us, from one to the other.
Từ trong câu: wake, moment, open, eye, up, look
Henry James, The American - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
A moment or two later his limbs were at liberty, and his captors, each gripping him by an arm, were hurrying him with all speed through the forest.
Từ trong câu: late, liberty, later, limb, forest, moment, arm, hurry
Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The sun was setting in red splendour over the grey and purple hills, and the canal lay smooth and shiny in the shadow--no ripple broke its surface.
Từ trong câu: setting, shiny, shadow, sun, surface, purple, set, red
E. Nesbit, The Railway Children - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US