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But neither his wife nor his daughter was sufficiently interested to ask an explanation.
Từ trong câu: interested, interest, nor, sufficiently, explanation, an, neither, daughter
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Perhaps he thought it foolish that she should trouble him about such a trifle.
Từ trong câu: trifle, foolish, thought, perhaps, think, trouble
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
“Ruined——?” she cried; but controlling herself instantly, she turned a calm face to Lily.
Từ trong câu: ruin, instantly, control, cry, herself, turn, calm, face
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
What was the use of living if one had to live like a pig?
Từ trong câu: pig, use, live, like
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Mrs. Peniston was one of the episodical persons who form the padding of life.
Từ trong câu: form, pad, person, mrs, life
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
But of course I won’t—why didn’t you give me a hint last night?
Từ trong câu: course, give, night, last, why, hint
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Mrs. Trenor was a tall fair woman, whose height just saved her from redundancy.
Từ trong câu: fair, height, tall, redundancy, mrs, woman, save
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
But her course was too purely reasonable not to contain the germs of rebellion.
Từ trong câu: reasonable, course, purely, contain
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
No sooner were her preparations made than they roused a smothered sense of resistance.
Từ trong câu: preparation, soon, make, sense, resistance
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The truth is that she was conscious of a somewhat keen shock of disappointment.
Từ trong câu: somewhat, keen, disappointment, truth, conscious, shock
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
It’s a part of your cleverness to be able to produce premeditated effects extemporaneously.”
Từ trong câu: cleverness, part, able, produce, effect
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
To keep a kind of republic of the spirit—that’s what I call success.”
Từ trong câu: spirit, keep, call, success, republic, kind
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
“Well, I have known, I have known!” she cried with a glow of eagerness.
Từ trong câu: eagerness, well, know, cry, glow
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
“Why do we call all our generous ideas illusions, and the mean ones truths?
Từ trong câu: generous, call, idea, illusion, mean, one, truth
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
I think them quite worthy of most of the people who live by them.”
Từ trong câu: worthy, think, quite, people, live
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Lily had no definite experience by which to test the quality of her feelings.
Từ trong câu: test, lily, definite, experience, quality, feel
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
In this strain Mrs. Trenor continued for nearly an hour to admonish her friend.
Từ trong câu: nearly, strain, mrs, continue, hour, friend
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
I wish the men would always stop away—it’s really much nicer without them.
Từ trong câu: stop, wish, man, always, away, really, much, nice
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The result of her meditations was the decision to join her aunt at Richfield.
Từ trong câu: join, result, decision, aunt
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
As they reached the gates of Bellomont she turned to Trenor with a smile.
Từ trong câu: gate, reach, turn, smile
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
“The afternoon is so perfect—don’t you want to drive me a little farther?
Từ trong câu: afternoon, far, perfect, farther, drive, want, little
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
But even to her own conscience she must trump up a semblance of defence.
Từ trong câu: defense, defence, conscience, even, up
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Mrs. Trenor brushed aside the plea with a gesture which laid bare its weakness.
Từ trong câu: brush, weakness, bare, mrs, aside, gesture, lay
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Luckily Gerty Farish had wandered off to the next table, and they were alone.
Từ trong câu: wander, luckily, off, next, table, alone
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
“I think you the kindest of friends; but I can’t thank you properly now.”
Từ trong câu: properly, think, kind, friend, thank, now
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The tone was neither aggressive nor conciliatory: it revealed nothing of the speaker’s errand.
Từ trong câu: conciliatory, aggressive, tone, neither, reveal, nothing
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
If on’y we’d ’a got another situation—but the agent, he’s dead against us.
Từ trong câu: agent, get, another, situation, dead
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
She understood now—Mrs. Haffen supposed her to be the writer of the letters.
Từ trong câu: writer, understand, now, mrs, suppose, letter
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Her cheek burned at the recollection, and she rose and caught up the letters.
Từ trong câu: burn, recollection, cheek, rise, catch, up, letter
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
She usually contrived to avoid being at home during the season of domestic renewal.
Từ trong câu: domestic, usually, avoid, home, season, renewal
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US