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In front of my own cover two pretty downy chicks were pecking in a cottage made of crystal slats and heavily thatched with spun glass--the prettiest birdcage in the world.
Từ trong câu: birdcage, front, cover, pretty, cottage, make, crystal, heavily
Various, Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 - Tiếng Anh, PD-US
It was conceded, it was being made manifest daily that the housing of so many people for any length of time in the over-crowded mines was opt of the question.
Từ trong câu: opt, concede, make, daily, house, many, people, length
T. Phelan, The Siege of Kimberley Its Humorous and Social Side; Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902); Eighteen Weeks in Eighteen Chapters - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
When we were able to stagger to our feet we saw far off in the deep blue sky one dark spot where the lump of basalt was speeding upon its way.
Từ trong câu: stagger, lump, speed, able, foot, saw, far, off
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Wemmick explained to me while the Aged got his spectacles out, that this was according to custom, and that it gave the old gentleman infinite satisfaction to read the news aloud.
Từ trong câu: news, explain, age, get, out, accord, custom, give
Charles Dickens, Great Expectations - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
I thought I saw him leer in an ugly way at me while the decanters were going round, but as there was no love lost between us, that might easily be.
Từ trong câu: ugly, think, saw, way, go, round, love, lose
Charles Dickens, Great Expectations - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
But I thought with dread that it was flowing towards Magwitch, and that any black mark on its surface might be his pursuers, going swiftly, silently, and surely, to take him.
Từ trong câu: surface, flow, think, dread, toward, black, mark, go
Charles Dickens, Great Expectations - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
High-Place Hall was undergoing repair; a lady was coming there to live shortly; all the shop-people knew it, and had already discounted the chance of her being a customer.
Từ trong câu: customer, discount, undergo, repair, shortly, high, place, hall
Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The sun was resting on the hill like a drop of blood on an eyelid by the time she had got up the road opposite the amphitheatre, which she speedily entered.
Từ trong câu: eyelid, sun, rest, hill, like, drop, blood, time
Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
She carried a loaf under her arm from which she was pulling pieces of bread, and handing them to some other women who walked with her, which pieces they nibbled critically.
Từ trong câu: critically, loaf, carry, arm, pull, piece, bread, hand
Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Hereon the Mariners, who had been represented by the artist as persons of two dimensions only—in other words, flat as a shadow—were standing in a row in paralyzed attitudes.
Từ trong câu: dimension, artist, represent, row, person, word, flat, shadow
Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
They were now moving steadily down the river, passing the dark shapes of ships at anchor, and London was a swarm of lights with a pale yellow canopy drooping above it.
Từ trong câu: swarm, anchor, now, move, steadily, down, river, pass
Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
While his mind was half occupied with what she was saying, he thought of her probable destiny, the light clouds of tobacco smoke serving to obscure his face from her eyes.
Từ trong câu: destiny, tobacco, mind, half, occupy, say, think, probable
Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Mrs. Ambrose was speaking low; William Pepper was remarking in his definite and rather acid voice, “That is the type of lady with whom I find myself distinctly out of sympathy.
Từ trong câu: acid, type, mrs, speak, low, pepper, remark, definite
Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Heidi was greatly concerned; she could not at first bring herself to believe that what she had for so long been picturing to herself was not going to happen after all.
Từ trong câu: concerned, greatly, concern, first, bring, herself, believe, long
Johanna Spyri, Heidi - Bản dịch tiếng Anh, PD-US
Overhead the great bird was flying round and round in wide circles, but to- day he made no sound; poised on his large wings he floated contentedly in the blue ether.
Từ trong câu: wing, float, circle, overhead, great, bird, fly, round
Johanna Spyri, Heidi - Bản dịch tiếng Anh, PD-US
"Yes, I will," answered Peter, still very subdued, for he did not yet know how the matter was going to end, as the police constable was still standing with the Uncle.
Từ trong câu: police, yes, answer, still, know, matter, go, end
Johanna Spyri, Heidi - Bản dịch tiếng Anh, PD-US
Outside the moon was struggling with the dark, fast-driving clouds, which at one moment left it clear and shining, and the next swept over it, and all again was dark.
Từ trong câu: sweep, outside, moon, struggle, dark, fast, drive, cloud
Johanna Spyri, Heidi - Bản dịch tiếng Anh, PD-US
Peter, now he had his goat in safety, lifted his stick in order to give her a good beating as punishment, and Greenfinch seeing what was coming shrank back in fear.
Từ trong câu: safety, now, goat, lift, stick, order, give, good
Johanna Spyri, Heidi - Bản dịch tiếng Anh, PD-US
It was all peace and quietness there now, Clara had the kittens on her lap, and Heidi was kneeling beside her, both laughing and playing with the tiny, graceful little animals.
Từ trong câu: tiny, graceful, peace, now, lap, beside, laugh, play
Johanna Spyri, Heidi - Bản dịch tiếng Anh, PD-US
Some one had stood a tin can upon a stone to catch the water--but the water was already running over, for the can was no bigger than an egg-cup!
Từ trong câu: already, run, but, stand, can, running, big, over
Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Jude was at that moment in a railway train that was drawing near to Alfredston, oddly swathed, pale as a monumental figure in alabaster, and much stared at by other passengers.
Từ trong câu: passenger, moment, railway, train, draw, near, pale, figure
Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
She nodded to one workman and another, and ascended to the hall on the strength of their acquaintance, where they were putting down a new floor and decorating for the dance.
Từ trong câu: decorate, workman, dance, another, hall, strength, acquaintance, put
Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Penelope and her mother were still looking at each other, and trying to grapple with the effect or purport of the visit, when Irene burst in upon them from the outside.
Từ trong câu: burst, mother, still, look, try, effect, visit, outside
William Dean Howells, The Rise of Silas Lapham - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
As they heard the news of Cronje's surrender at Paardeberg, they were crossing the newly placed pontoon bridge, and on it they set up a signpost bearing the legend "To Ladysmith."
Từ trong câu: signpost, hear, news, surrender, cross, newly, place, bridge
Khuyết danh, A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
This was astonishing!—She could not have believed it possible that the taste or the pride of Miss Fairfax could endure such society and friendship as the Vicarage had to offer.
Từ trong câu: astonishing, believe, possible, taste, pride, miss, endure, society
Jane Austen, Emma - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
But while so many were devoting him to Emma, and Emma herself making him over to Harriet, Mr. Knightley began to suspect him of some inclination to trifle with Jane Fairfax.
Từ trong câu: trifle, many, devote, herself, make, mr, begin, suspect
Jane Austen, Emma - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
He did this because there is a saying in the Neverland that, every time you breathe, a grown-up dies; and Peter was killing them off vindictively as fast as possible.
Từ trong câu: possible, fast, killing, because, say, every, time, breathe
J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
In the cooking school, the girls were making biscuits, coffee, and corn-bread, while the table was covered with nice loaves of bread, cake, rolls, and cookies, made the day before.
Từ trong câu: cookie, cook, school, girl, make, biscuit, coffee, corn
Various, The American Missionary: Volume 50, No. 08, August, 1896 - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
What Mrs. Fisher was thinking was how much surprised they would be if she told them of her very odd and exciting sensation of going to come out all over buds.
Từ trong câu: exciting, excite, mrs, think, much, surprise, tell, odd
Elizabeth Von Arnim, The Enchanted April - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Yet, after only twenty-four hours of it, she was discovering that it was not a blank at all, and that she was having to ward off as actively as ever.
Từ trong câu: ward, actively, twenty, four, hour, discover, blank, off
Elizabeth Von Arnim, The Enchanted April - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US