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Archer turned to the stage, where, in the familiar setting of giant roses and pen-wiper pansies, the same large blonde victim was succumbing to the same small brown seducer.
Từ trong câu: blonde, giant, turn, stage, familiar, set, rose, pen
Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
"Except, you know, the dreadful heat in the train," she added; and he remarked that she would not suffer from that particular hardship in the country she was going to.
Từ trong câu: hardship, suffer, except, know, dreadful, heat, train, add
Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
"Is your carriage here?" he asked; and at that moment Mrs. van der Luyden, who was being majestically inserted into her sables, said gently: "We are driving dear Ellen home."
Từ trong câu: insert, carriage, ask, moment, mrs, van, gently, drive
Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
"Then," Mr. Jackson continued (and Archer saw he was wondering why no one had told the butler never to slice cucumbers with a steel knife), "then Lemuel Struthers came along.
Từ trong câu: slice, steel, knife, mr, continue, saw, wonder, tell
Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
“Go to the strangers and sting them to death!” commanded the Witch, and the bees turned and flew rapidly until they came to where Dorothy and her friends were walking.
Từ trong câu: death, rapidly, go, stranger, command, turn, fly, until
L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
But soon she saw one of his ears sticking up through the hole, for the strong pressure of the air was keeping him up so that he could not fall.
Từ trong câu: pressure, soon, saw, ear, stick, up, hole, strong
L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Dorothy was thinking so earnestly as they walked along that she did not notice when the Scarecrow stumbled into a hole and rolled over to the side of the road.
Từ trong câu: notice, think, walk, hole, roll, side, road
L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The next moment it seemed as if she were flying through the air; and then, before she had time to think about it, she was safe on the other side.
Từ trong câu: safe, next, moment, seem, fly, air, time, think
L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The crowd was very great, some of the Minister’s guests were departing, others were leaning against the banisters watching the throng as it filed up and down the wide staircase.
Từ trong câu: file, wide, depart, crowd, great, guest, other, lean
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
She need not complain now that he was cold and impassive; his very voice shook with an intensity of passion, which he was making superhuman efforts to keep in check.
Từ trong câu: complain, intensity, need, now, cold, voice, shake, passion
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
One of them now, with a quiet, sarcastic smile still lurking round the corners of his mobile mouth, turned towards the centre of the room where Mr. Jellyband was standing.
Từ trong câu: mobile, now, quiet, sarcastic, smile, still, round, corner
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
“I am sure you’re very polite, sir,” said Mr. Jellyband, wiping his eyes which were still streaming with the abundance of his laughter, “and I don’t mind if I do.”
Từ trong câu: abundance, polite, wipe, sure, sir, mr, eye, still
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
She was standing with her guards before the entrance to the audience chamber, and as I approached she gave me one haughty glance and turned her back full upon me.
Từ trong câu: haughty, stand, guard, entrance, audience, chamber, approach, give
Edgar Rice Burroughs, A princess of Mars - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
As I was groping to remove the chain from about my victim’s neck I glanced up into the darkness to see six pairs of gleaming eyes fixed, unwinking, upon me.
Từ trong câu: pair, remove, chain, neck, glance, up, darkness, see
Edgar Rice Burroughs, A princess of Mars - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Tars Tarkas and the other warriors had entered and were standing over the now rapidly reviving brute which had saved my life, and whose life I, in turn, had rescued.
Từ trong câu: rescue, enter, stand, now, rapidly, save, life, turn
Edgar Rice Burroughs, A princess of Mars - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
She was only extemporizing, but a stirring warmth flowed from her, as if her heart was trying to come out to you concealed in one of those breathless, thrilling words.
Từ trong câu: warmth, breathless, stir, flow, heart, try, come, out
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
A stout, middle-aged man, with enormous owl-eyed spectacles, was sitting somewhat drunk on the edge of a great table, staring with unsteady concentration at the shelves of books.
Từ trong câu: shelf, edge, somewhat, middle-aged, concentration, middle, age, man
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Precisely at that point it vanished—and I was looking at an elegant young roughneck, a year or two over thirty, whose elaborate formality of speech just missed being absurd.
Từ trong câu: absurd, elegant, formality, precisely, speech, point, look, young
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Just as the latter was getting uneasy, some workmen came past the door bound for his restaurant, and Michaelis took the opportunity to get away, intending to come back later.
Từ trong câu: opportunity, latter, get, uneasy, come, past, door, bound
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Now it was risky business to attempt anything for the next few days for I was traveling on a ship of a line that was subsidized by the German government.
Từ trong câu: risky, now, business, attempt, anything, next, day, travel
Armgaard Karl Graves, The Secrets of the German War Office - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Meantime, down in the angle between the back wall and the base of the heap Lina was scratching furiously with all the eighteen great strong claws of her mighty feet.
Từ trong câu: furiously, eighteen, base, angle, meantime, down, back, wall
George MacDonald, The Princess and Curdie - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
In the meantime, down below in the cellar, Curdie was lying in the hollow between the upper sides of two of the great casks, the warmest place he could find.
Từ trong câu: hollow, meantime, down, below, cellar, lie, upper, side
George MacDonald, The Princess and Curdie - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
But when at length its officers were satisfied that both the master of the horse and their colonel were missing, they placed themselves under the orders of the first priest.
Từ trong câu: priest, missing, length, officer, satisfied, master, horse, miss
George MacDonald, The Princess and Curdie - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The face of a youthful rider, who was jerking his frantic horse with an abandon of temper he might display in a placid barnyard, was impressed deeply upon his mind.
Từ trong câu: impressed, placid, temper, rider, impress, face, youthful, horse
Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
“You have a cat, ma’am, I see,” said Mr. Bumble, glancing at one who, in the centre of her family, was basking before the fire; “and kittens too, I declare!”
Từ trong câu: cat, ma'am, see, mr, glance, center, family, fire
Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
He was turning out of the gateway when he accidently stumbled against a tall man wrapped in a cloak, who was at that moment coming out of the inn door.
Từ trong câu: gateway, turn, out, tall, man, wrap, cloak, moment
Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
But Mr. Bumble was cunning enough; and he at once saw that an opportunity was opened, for the lucrative disposal of some secret in the possession of his better half.
Từ trong câu: disposal, possession, lucrative, mr, enough, once, saw, opportunity
Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
He was panting slightly from emotion or haste, his eyes had a red and angry look, and he planted his square figure firmly on the pavement in front of Legard.
Từ trong câu: firmly, haste, pant, slightly, emotion, eye, red, angry
John Galsworthy, Jocelyn - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
A barrel organ was playing within a few feet of where they stood, the man, as he turned the dismal handle, grinned and kept holding a greasy hat towards them.
Từ trong câu: grin, handle, organ, barrel, play, foot, stand, man
John Galsworthy, Jocelyn - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
He took up her book, and began turning over the leaves, with the feeling that by the trivial action he was warding off the pain which he felt was coming.
Từ trong câu: ward, trivial, take, up, book, begin, turn, leaf
John Galsworthy, Jocelyn - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US