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  • I was so uplifted, I had to walk a while and ride a while.

    Từ trong câu: uplift, uplifted, walk, ride

    United States. Work Projects Administration, Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 2 - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US

  • I stay with Dr. Cope and clean up the back yard for my rent."

    Từ trong câu: cope, stay, dr, clean, up, back, yard, rent

    United States. Work Projects Administration, Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 2 - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US

  • He had a rubber thing on and drank two or three buckets of water.

    Từ trong câu: bucket, rubber, thing, drink, water

    United States. Work Projects Administration, Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 2 - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US

  • The police of the theatres performed their duty conscientiously, and the statutes were obeyed.

    Từ trong câu: conscientiously, police, theater, perform, duty, obey

    Various, The Bay State Monthly: Volume 2, No. 2, November, 1884 - Tiếng Anh, PD-US

  • The resources of the society are derived exclusively from the liberality of the public.

    Từ trong câu: exclusively, resource, society, derive, public

    Various, The Bay State Monthly: Volume 2, No. 2, November, 1884 - Tiếng Anh, PD-US

  • We are lost--we know nothing about it--it is beyond our finite minds."

    Từ trong câu: finite, lose, know, nothing, beyond, mind

    Nephi Anderson, Story of Chester Lawrence Being the Completed Account of One who Played an Important Part in "Piney Ridge Cottage" - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US

  • Britain, twice humbled for her aggressions, has at length been taught to respect us.

    Từ trong câu: humble, twice, length, teach, respect

    Various, The Bay State Monthly: Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1884 - Tiếng Anh, PD-US

  • It is this consciousness of unity in complexity, which makes memory and identity possible.

    Từ trong câu: complexity, identity, consciousness, unity, make, memory, possible

    Arachne, Cobwebs of Thought - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US

  • Is all self-analysis when practised for its own sake necessarily harmful, and unprofitable?

    Từ trong câu: harmful, self, analysis, practice, sake, necessarily

    Arachne, Cobwebs of Thought - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US

  • Perhaps most philosophers have erred in too rigid an exclusion of feeling and imagination.

    Từ trong câu: exclusion, perhaps, philosopher, feel, imagination

    Arachne, Cobwebs of Thought - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US

  • He fastens on this as a starving man fastens on a crumb of bread.

    Từ trong câu: crumb, starving, fasten, starve, man, bread

    Arachne, Cobwebs of Thought - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US

  • Yet when discounted, certain individualities do help us in philosophy, and even in poetry.

    Từ trong câu: discount, certain, individuality, help, philosophy, even, poetry

    Arachne, Cobwebs of Thought - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US

  • She told herself with a wry smile that he was getting on her nerves.

    Từ trong câu: wry, tell, herself, smile, get, nerve

    Ethel M. Dell, Rosa Mundi and Other Stories - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US

  • They were still printed (to fill up space); and very annoying reading they made.

    Từ trong câu: annoying, still, print, fill, up, space, annoy, read

    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

  • The ladies, it need hardly be said, were well in the van of opposition.

    Từ trong câu: van, lady, need, hardly, well, opposition

    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

  • In his (Cronje's) alleged quarrels with the Free Staters we had no immediate concern.

    Từ trong câu: allege, quarrel, free, immediate, concern

    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

  • What was once a "frigid falsehood" had been modified to mean a "gross exaggeration."

    Từ trong câu: exaggeration, once, modify, mean, gross

    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

  • Dame Rumour, the lying jade, was saying nasty things, but downhearted--what! not much!

    Từ trong câu: jade, rumor, lie, say, nasty, thing, much

    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

  • They declined to jeopardise their lives on half pay, and went out on strike.

    Từ trong câu: jeopardise, decline, life, half, pay, go, out, strike

    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

  • Such a procedure would be not only brutal, but a tactical blunder as well.

    Từ trong câu: tactical, procedure, well

    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

  • A "green" one would cool the atmosphere, and a cooler atmosphere would content us.

    Từ trong câu: cool, atmosphere, cooler, green, content

    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

  • One sort would have sufficed: the kind contained in a record output of rain.

    Từ trong câu: output, sort, suffice, kind, contain, record, rain

    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

  • The first of these monuments to circumlocution had a final rap at the canteen.

    Từ trong câu: rap, canteen, first, monument, final

    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

  • Well, we were besieged; and the great Hall was adapted to very different uses.

    Từ trong câu: besiege, well, great, hall, adapt, different, use

    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

  • On the other hand, controversialists of strong anti-vegetarian views were forced to experiment.

    Từ trong câu: vegetarian, hand, strong, anti, view, force, experiment

    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

  • The enemy, taken by surprise, suffered much in their efforts to regain their trenches.

    Từ trong câu: regain, enemy, take, surprise, suffer, much, effort

    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

  • A few missiles were sent into the Intermediate Station, a couple of miles distant.

    Từ trong câu: couple, distant, intermediate, missile, send, station, mile

    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

  • Whether anyone was hurt did not transpire, but the moral effect produced was unmistakable.

    Từ trong câu: unmistakable, whether, anyone, hurt, moral, effect, produce

    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

  • They were to be taught that Long Cecil was a thing to conjure with.

    Từ trong câu: conjure, teach, long, thing

    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

  • A shell entered a kitchen and made a complete wreckage of its culinary appliances.

    Từ trong câu: culinary, shell, enter, kitchen, make, complete, appliance

    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