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Danh sách câu dẫn chứng (16.315 câu)
Mrs. Selfridge Merry bore across the room to join them, and it became clear to Archer that here also a conspiracy of rehabilitation and obliteration was going on.
Từ trong câu: rehabilitation, merry, mrs, bore, across, room, join, become
Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
“Good-bye!” shouted everyone, and all eyes were turned upward to where the Wizard was riding in the basket, rising every moment farther and farther into the sky.
Từ trong câu: upward, shout, good, bye, everyone, eye, turn, wizard
L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Dorothy sat up and noticed that the house was not moving; nor was it dark, for the bright sunshine came in at the window, flooding the little room.
Từ trong câu: flood, moving, sit, up, notice, house, move, dark
L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Godfrey was standing a little way off, not to admire his brother’s dancing, but to keep sight of Nancy, who was seated in the group, near her father.
Từ trong câu: admire, dancing, group, stand, little, way, off, dance
George Eliot, Silas Marner - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The child was being taken care of, and would very likely be happy, as people in humble stations often were—happier, perhaps, than those brought up in luxury.
Từ trong câu: humble, luxury, child, take, care, likely, happy, people
George Eliot, Silas Marner - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Not far from Lord Grenville’s elbow, leaning against one of the console tables, Chauvelin, in his irreproachable black costume, was taking a quiet survey of the brilliant throng.
Từ trong câu: console, costume, elbow, black, far, lean, table, take
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
There were no letters, no couriers from there before we left for the opera last night, and nothing was waiting for you when we returned from the ball. . . .
Từ trong câu: ball, courier, opera, letter, leave, last, night, nothing
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Stupidly, senselessly, now, sitting beneath the shade of an overhanging sycamore, she was looking at the plain gold shield, with the star-shaped little flower engraved upon it.
Từ trong câu: shade, plain, now, sit, beneath, look, gold, shield
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The Vicomte de Tournay was scarce nineteen, a beardless boy, on whom the terrible tragedies which were being enacted in his own country had made but little impression.
Từ trong câu: impression, nineteen, boy, terrible, country, make, little
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
As I was approaching Dejah Thoris’ chariot I passed Sarkoja, and the black, venomous look she accorded me was the sweetest balm I had felt for many hours.
Từ trong câu: accord, venomous, sweet, approach, chariot, pass, black, look
Edgar Rice Burroughs, A princess of Mars - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The noise of the approaching horses had ceased, and I judged the Indians were creeping stealthily upon me along the little ledge which led to my living tomb.
Từ trong câu: judge, tomb, noise, approach, horse, little, lead, live
Edgar Rice Burroughs, A princess of Mars - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Rising again I scanned the heavens for my pursuers, and finally making out their lights far behind me, saw that they were landing, evidently in search of me.
Từ trong câu: landing, scan, rise, again, finally, make, out, light
Edgar Rice Burroughs, A princess of Mars - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
They were both in white, and their dresses were rippling and fluttering as if they had just been blown back in after a short flight around the house.
Từ trong câu: blow, flight, white, dress, back, short, around, house
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
We were sitting at a table with a man of about my age and a rowdy little girl, who gave way upon the slightest provocation to uncontrollable laughter.
Từ trong câu: uncontrollable, age, provocation, slight, sit, table, man, little
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
A wafer of a moon was shining over Gatsby’s house, making the night fine as before, and surviving the laughter and the sound of his still glowing garden.
Từ trong câu: survive, moon, shine, house, make, night, fine, laughter
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Two o’clock and the whole corner of the peninsula was blazing with light, which fell unreal on the shrubbery and made thin elongating glints upon the roadside wires.
Từ trong câu: roadside, peninsula, unreal, o'clock, whole, corner, light, fall
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
As Tom took up the receiver the compressed heat exploded into sound and we were listening to the portentous chords of Mendelssohn’s Wedding March from the ballroom below.
Từ trong câu: march, ballroom, take, up, heat, sound, listen, wed
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
The playwright was garrulous, using his arms as a sweeping emphasis for his remarks, and Blanche wondered whether she was listening to a genius or an untalented boaster.
Từ trong câu: untalented, playwright, use, arm, sweep, emphasis, remark, wonder
Maxwell Bodenheim, Ninth Avenue - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
They were strolling up and down, carrying Giannoli's box between them, and making a fine but very obvious show of indifference towards a policeman who eyed them suspiciously.
Từ trong câu: suspiciously, up, down, carry, box, make, fine, obvious
Isabel Meredith, A Girl Among the Anarchists - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
When I killed your bird I did not know I was doing wrong, just because I was always doing wrong, and the wrong had soaked all through me.'
Từ trong câu: soaked, kill, bird, know, do, wrong, because, always
George MacDonald, The Princess and Curdie - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
It looked as if it were pouring down from her head, and, like the water of the Dustbrook, vanishing in a golden vapour ere it reached the floor.
Từ trong câu: golden, look, pour, down, head, like, water, reach
George MacDonald, The Princess and Curdie - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The youth looked at the men nearest him, and saw, for the most part, expressions of deep interest, as if they were investigating something that had fascinated them.
Từ trong câu: investigate, fascinated, fascinate, youth, look, man, near, saw
Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
There could be seen a certain stiffness in the movements of his body, as if he were taking infinite care not to arouse the passion of his wounds.
Từ trong câu: arouse, infinite, see, certain, movement, body, take, care
Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Whilst he was watching the patient thus, the younger lady glided softly past, and seating herself in a chair by the bedside, gathered Oliver’s hair from his face.
Từ trong câu: whilst, watch, patient, thus, young, lady, softly, past
Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
This appeal produced an effect on a good-tempered-faced man-cook, who with some of the other servants was looking on, and who stepped forward to interfere.
Từ trong câu: servant, appeal, produce, effect, good, face, man, cook
Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
He wondered that she did not shrink from him; he would have rather she did--it would have shown him that her will was still struggling for existence.
Từ trong câu: shrink, wonder, rather, show, still, struggle, existence
John Galsworthy, Jocelyn - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
His face still expressed a blank astonishment, and he was endeavouring to fix his eyeglass into his eye as a short-sighted man does when he is puzzled.
Từ trong câu: blank, astonishment, face, still, express, fix, eye, short
John Galsworthy, Jocelyn - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
I was interrupting him with considerable heat, for my conclusions from the fossil Cycadeoidea I knew to be my greatest triumph, when Larry broke in upon me rudely.
Từ trong câu: conclusion, heat, rudely, fossil, considerable, interrupt, know, great
Abraham Merritt, The Moon Pool - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Time and the world were slipping from beneath him, but the box was there; and the last words he had uttered were (in an explanatory tone) ‘Old clothes!’
Từ trong câu: explanatory, time, world, slip, beneath, box, last, word
Charles Dickens, David Copperfield - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Among those who were stirring in the shops, I saw my ancient enemy the butcher, now advanced to top-boots and a baby, and in business for himself.
Từ trong câu: ancient, among, stir, shop, saw, enemy, butcher, now
Charles Dickens, David Copperfield - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US