Câu tiếng Anh từ văn học
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At last, after what seemed centuries, unable longer to stand the strain, I looked around.
Từ trong câu: century, last, seem, unable, long, stand, strain, look
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
There was an ache in my throat as though my heart were up in it.
Từ trong câu: ache, throat, though, heart, up
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
A curling wave struck the side and splashed salt spray on my lips.
Từ trong câu: spray, salt, wave, strike, side, lip
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
It will always be to me a monstrous, inconceivable thing, a horrible nightmare.
Từ trong câu: nightmare, always, thing, horrible
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
True, there were lines, but they were the lines of decision and firmness.
Từ trong câu: firmness, true, decision, line
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Get in the topsails and jibs and make a good job of it.
Từ trong câu: job, get, make, good
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Maud insisted on helping, and I could have wept over her bruised and bleeding hands.
Từ trong câu: insist, bleed, help, hand
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Still I advanced steadily, looking for him to turn tail at any moment and run.
Từ trong câu: tail, advanced, still, advance, steadily, look, turn, moment
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
“There’s one now,” I said, pointing to a young bull in the water.
Từ trong câu: bull, now, point, young, water
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
It was with nervous trepidation that we made the first few rods of the journey.
Từ trong câu: journey, nervous, make, first
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
But, beyond warning coughs from either side, there were no signs of hostility.
Từ trong câu: cough, hostility, warning, beyond, warn, either, side, sign
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
I shall never forget, in that moment, how instantly conscious I became of my manhood.
Từ trong câu: conscious, never, forget, moment, instantly, become
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
And, best of all, I felt myself the protector of my loved one.
Từ trong câu: best, feel, myself, love
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
I seemed to know just what to do and how to do it.
Từ trong câu: just, seem, know
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Whenever one made an attempt to break back toward the water, I headed it off.
Từ trong câu: attempt, whenever, make, break, back, toward, water, head
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
I noticed, though, that whenever one looked tired and lagged, she let it slip past.
Từ trong câu: whenever, notice, though, look, tire, let, slip, past
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
An hour later we went proudly back along the path between the harems.
Từ trong câu: proudly, hour, late, go, back, path
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
“We must club the seals,” I announced, when convinced of my poor marksmanship.
Từ trong câu: announce, club, seal, convince, poor
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
“And besides, you can knock a hole in the wall at any time.”
Từ trong câu: besides, hole, knock, wall, time
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
“Think of the long rest this winter,” was her reply to my remonstrances.
Từ trong câu: winter, think, long, rest, reply
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Hope was alive again in my breast, and I looked about me with greater coolness.
Từ trong câu: breast, hope, alive, again, look, great
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
I put one hand on the edge of the house to steady myself.
Từ trong câu: steady, house, put, edge, hand, myself
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
“You know me for what I am,—my worth in the world by your standard.
Từ trong câu: standard, worth, know, world
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Where’s Maud?—I beg your pardon, Miss Brewster—or should I say, ‘Mrs. Van Weyden’?”
Từ trong câu: mrs, beg, pardon, miss, van
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
His hand was sweeping nervously across his face, as though he were brushing away cobwebs.
Từ trong câu: nervously, hand, sweep, across, face, though, brush, away
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
He slipped down from his sitting posture till he lay on the deck.
Từ trong câu: sit, posture, slip, down, till, lay, deck
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
He did not stir as I passed by him and went down into the cabin.
Từ trong câu: stir, pass, go, down, cabin
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Then she looked at me, and her face turned slowly toward the beach.
Từ trong câu: toward, slowly, beach, turn, her, then, face, look
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Wearied from the night of struggle and wreck, all hands were yet asleep, I thought.
Từ trong câu: wreck, night, struggle, hand, asleep, think
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
I paused to listen for the breathing of the men, but there was no breathing.
Từ trong câu: listen, pause, breathe, man
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US