Câu tiếng Anh từ văn học
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I rose swiftly to my feet, and, I know, quite unconsciously assumed a defiant attitude.
Từ trong câu: attitude, assume, rise, foot, know, quite
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Before I could grasp the situation, or act, he had walked right into the trap.
Từ trong câu: grasp, situation, act, walk, right, trap
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
And still there was that hint of the feebleness of the blind in his walk.
Từ trong câu: hint, still, blind, walk
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
But the space on deck where I had left him lying was vacant.
Từ trong câu: deck, leave, where, left, vacant, space, lie
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Maud saw that I had achieved a solution, and her eyes warmed sympathetically.
Từ trong câu: achieve, solution, saw, eye, warm
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
What we’ve got to do is actually and literally to clear that raffle.
Từ trong câu: actually, literally, get, clear
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Her task was to hold the boat in position while I worked at the tangle.
Từ trong câu: tangle, task, hold, boat, position, work
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
I had stepped underneath the open hatchway so that I could see him.
Từ trong câu: underneath, step, open, see
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
“And none so poor, not even Hump, to do him reverence,” he sneered.
Từ trong câu: reverence, none, poor, even
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Maud was all this to me, an unfailing source of strength and courage.
Từ trong câu: source, strength, courage
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
It reminded me of the problem of lifting oneself by one’s boot-straps.
Từ trong câu: oneself, remind, problem, lift, boot
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
And then came the foremast, larger in diameter, and weighing surely thirty-five hundred pounds.
Từ trong câu: pound, diameter, surely, come, large, weigh, thirty, five
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
This, with the single block and the throat-halyards themselves, gave me a hoisting tackle.
Từ trong câu: single, themselves, block, throat, give, tackle
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
“Remember, to-morrow is coming, and you’re so tired now that you can hardly stand.”
Từ trong câu: hardly, remember, come, tire, now, stand
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
It was an improved crank windlass, and the purchase it gave was enormous.
Từ trong câu: purchase, improved, improve, enormous, give
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
I remembered Michelet and leaned my head against her; and truly I became strong again.
Từ trong câu: truly, remember, lean, head, become, strong, again
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
He might have waited and destroyed our work more effectually when we had more accomplished.
Từ trong câu: accomplish, wait, destroy, work
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
I cried in a husky voice I did not recognize as my own.
Từ trong câu: recognize, cry, voice
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Our lips were dry and cracked, nor could we longer moisten them with our tongues.
Từ trong câu: dry, tongue, crack, lip, long
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Then, as the short day waned, we fell to discussing Wolf Larsen’s blindness.
Từ trong câu: blindness, short, day, fall, discuss, wolf
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
“However, I am aching for a chance to kill you, so go ahead and cut.”
Từ trong câu: ahead, chance, however, kill, go, cut
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
But we did not have to wait long, and the problem solved itself.
Từ trong câu: solve, problem, wait, long, itself
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
His walk was actually tottery as he came down the port side of the cabin.
Từ trong câu: actually, walk, come, down, port, side, cabin
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
She nodded her head; and I could see sympathy warm in her eyes.
Từ trong câu: sympathy, warm, head, see, eye
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
I pulled in the oars and bent forward to the line which held the tow.
Từ trong câu: pull, line, bent, bend, tow, hold, forward
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
But even his tremendous will could not overcome the dissolution that assailed it.
Từ trong câu: tremendous, even, overcome
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
And now that we had Wolf Larsen in irons, how little did we need it!
Từ trong câu: need, iron, now, wolf, little
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
A cancer, a tumour, or something of that nature,—a thing that devours and destroys.
Từ trong câu: tumour, tumor, cancer, something, nature, thing, destroy
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Our thoughts were deep and solemn, and we spoke to each other scarcely above whispers.
Từ trong câu: whisper, above, each, scarcely, speak, deep, think
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Its forty feet of length would supply the height necessary properly to swing the mast.
Từ trong câu: height, forty, supply, properly, foot, length, necessary, swing
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US