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Strange as it may seem, there were among the Romans a number of young men of good family who were receiving a regular remittance from their friends in France.
Từ trong câu: remittance, strange, seem, among, number, young, man, good
Thomas Walker, The Depot for Prisoners of War at Norman Cross, Huntingdonshire. 1796 to 1816 - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Old Fritz took off his shoes quietly behind the stove and lay down on the lounge before his masterpiece, where the firelight was playing over the walls of Moscow.
Từ trong câu: masterpiece, old, take, off, shoe, quietly, behind, stove
Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He was thinking that Mrs. Kronborg had in her face the same serious look that Thea had; only hers was calm and satisfied, and Thea’s was intense and questioning.
Từ trong câu: satisfied, think, mrs, face, serious, look, hers, calm
Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
If the singer, going home exhausted in her cab, was wondering what was the good of it all, that smile, could she have seen it, would have answered her.
Từ trong câu: exhausted, singer, go, home, exhaust, cab, wonder, good
Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He indicated that he was somewhat bitter about the fact that his mother had to work in a drugstore in Fort Worth, Texas, and was having a difficult time.
Từ trong câu: drugstore, indicate, somewhat, bitter, fact, mother, work, worth
United States. Warren Commission, Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15) - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
I was a motorcycle officer, and we would go into these different places just checking, and he was running the Silver Spur, I think was the name of it.
Từ trong câu: motorcycle, officer, go, different, place, check, run, silver
United States. Warren Commission, Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15) - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
That was later on in the morning, the best I remember, and I was working on the paperwork on them when I was told to report to the basement.
Từ trong câu: paperwork, late, morning, best, remember, work, tell, report
United States. Warren Commission, Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15) - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
She was chanting in a mournful voice, occasionally interjecting bursts of volcanic wrath at the father, who, Jimmie judged, had sunk down on the floor or in a corner.
Từ trong câu: judge, mournful, voice, occasionally, burst, father, sink, down
Stephen Crane, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Between times Anne grew, shooting up so rapidly that Marilla was astonished one day, when they were standing side by side, to find the girl was taller than herself.
Từ trong câu: shoot, shooting, rapidly, time, grow, up, astonished, day
L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
They hurried to the hayfield below the barn where Matthew was coiling hay, and, as luck would have it, Mrs. Lynde was talking to Marilla at the lane fence.
Từ trong câu: luck, hay, hurry, below, barn, mrs, talk, lane
L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
There all the children of the house were running out into the snow to meet their married sisters, brothers, cousins, uncles, aunts, and be the first to greet them.
Từ trong câu: cousin, married, aunt, marry, greet, child, house, run
Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
One spring, as the ice was going out, a young man, whose fine physique was equalled only by his foolhardy daring, offered to cross the river for some liquor.
Từ trong câu: physique, spring, ice, go, out, young, man, fine
Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of North Dakota, North Dakota: A Guide to the Northern Prairie State - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
They were almost enjoying the meal, when an old squaw, who had been stirring the stew which they had been eating, urged hospitably, "Dig down deep; pup in bottom."
Từ trong câu: stew, almost, enjoy, meal, old, stir, eat, urge
Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of North Dakota, North Dakota: A Guide to the Northern Prairie State - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The long row of "kosher" Vienna wurst hanging over Zarling's brass-railed counter were mocking and menacing the vegetarian of the group as he was munching a cheese sandwich.
Từ trong câu: munch, long, row, hang, brass, rail, counter, menacing
Bernard G. Richards, Discourses of Keidansky - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
But the result of it all was dangerous to both, especially as France was already verging toward the deluge which Louis XV. had cynically predicted would follow after him.
Từ trong câu: cynically, result, dangerous, especially, already, toward, predict, follow
Lyndon Orr, Famous Affinities of History: The Romance of Devotion. Volume 2 - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
So the next evening when I was sitting on the Striped Rocks the oldest Twin came sailing over the sea in an enchanted boat and I got in her.
Từ trong câu: sailing, next, evening, sit, stripe, rock, old, twin
L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
As they went out to the playground Anne perceived a certain shadow and gloom over the world in spite of the fact that the sun was still shining brightly.
Từ trong câu: perceive, brightly, playground, go, out, certain, shadow, world
L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Perhaps this had grown on him, too, because he had lived so much with his father and mother, who were always loving and considerate and tender and well-bred.
Từ trong câu: considerate, perhaps, grow, because, live, much, father, mother
Frances Hodgson Burnett, Little Lord Fauntleroy - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
When the cottages were being built, the lad and his grandfather used to ride over to Earl's Court together to look at them, and Fauntleroy was full of interest.
Từ trong câu: build, grandfather, use, ride, court, together, look, full
Frances Hodgson Burnett, Little Lord Fauntleroy - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He was just going out of the store, when the clerk called him back and asked him if a story in which the nobility were chief characters would do.
Từ trong câu: nobility, chief, go, out, store, clerk, call, back
Frances Hodgson Burnett, Little Lord Fauntleroy - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The truth was, he was wondering what the Earl of Dorincourt would say when he was told what was the first wish of his grandson that had been granted.
Từ trong câu: grant, truth, wonder, tell, first, wish, grandson
Frances Hodgson Burnett, Little Lord Fauntleroy - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
"Play up and never mind your mealy grub, you gutsy whelp!" snarled a third, who was losing heavily and who had forgotten everything but the outcome of the game.
Từ trong câu: gutsy, play, up, never, mind, third, lose, heavily
Patrick, 1890?-1963 MacGill, Children of the Dead End: The Autobiography of an Irish Navvy - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Dora sat between them, diligently studying her lessons; but Davy was sitting tailor-fashion on the grass, looking as gloomy and depressed as his single dimple would let him.
Từ trong câu: gloomy, depressed, depress, diligently, sit, study, lesson, tailor
L. M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
It was one of the kind artists use to hold the paper on their drawing boards, therefore quite appropriate and effective for the purpose it was now being put.
Từ trong câu: artist, appropriate, kind, use, hold, paper, draw, board
Louisa May Alcott, Little Women - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He knew Vevay well, and as soon as the boat touched the little quay, he hurried along the shore to La Tour, where the Carrols were living en pension.
Từ trong câu: pension, tour, quay, know, well, soon, boat, touch
Louisa May Alcott, Little Women - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
I should have observed, that for an hour or more before they went off they were dancing, and I could easily discern their postures and gestures by my glass.
Từ trong câu: glass, dance, easily, dancing, gesture, observe, hour, go
Daniel, 1661?-1731 Defoe, The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
She glanced at his white-swathed head and blue goggles again as she was going out of the door; but his napkin was still in front of his face.
Từ trong câu: napkin, glance, white, head, blue, again, go, out
H. G. Wells, The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Five minutes afterwards when a second cabman pushed his head in cautiously, they were still waiting, and an anxious face peered out of the bar-parlour and supplied information.
Từ trong câu: supply, afterward, information, afterwards, five, minute, second, push
H. G. Wells, The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
And Mr. Heelas staring from his window—a face of horror—had scarcely witnessed Kemp vanish, ere the asparagus was being trampled this way and that by feet unseen.
Từ trong câu: horror, vanish, mr, stare, window, face, scarcely, witness
H. G. Wells, The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
A few pleasant people from Philadelphia and Baltimore were picknicking at the inn, and the Selfridge Merrys had come down for three weeks because Kate Merry had had bronchitis.
Từ trong câu: pleasant, people, come, down, week, because, merry
Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US