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His eyes flamed, and he pointed a lean finger in the direction of Weybridge.
Từ trong câu: lean, eye, point, finger, direction
H. G. Wells, The war of the worlds - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Think of what earthquakes and floods, wars and volcanoes, have done before to men!
Từ trong câu: earthquake, flood, think, war, man
H. G. Wells, The war of the worlds - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Then my fears got the better of me again, and I resumed my paddling.
Từ trong câu: resume, fear, get, better, again
H. G. Wells, The war of the worlds - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
I was also very thirsty, and bitterly regretful I had drunk no more water.
Từ trong câu: thirsty, drunk, also, bitterly, drink, water
H. G. Wells, The war of the worlds - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
People were interested, or, if alarmed, alarmed only on account of the local residents.
Từ trong câu: interested, interest, resident, local, alarm, people, account
H. G. Wells, The war of the worlds - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
We heard guns firing at Hampton Court station, but we thought it was thunder.
Từ trong câu: thunder, court, hear, gun, fire, station, think
H. G. Wells, The war of the worlds - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Heavy losses of soldiers were mentioned, but the tone of the dispatch was optimistic.
Từ trong câu: dispatch, mention, tone, optimistic, loss, heavy, soldier
H. G. Wells, The war of the worlds - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
They had retreated to their triangle of cylinders again, in the circle about Woking.
Từ trong câu: triangle, retreat, circle, cylinder, again
H. G. Wells, The war of the worlds - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
He read and re-read the paper, fearing the worst had happened to me.
Từ trong câu: bad, paper, worst, read, fear, happen, be
H. G. Wells, The war of the worlds - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
He returned and tried in vain to divert his attention to his examination notes.
Từ trong câu: vain, divert, return, try, attention, examination, note
H. G. Wells, The war of the worlds - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
As a matter of fact, there was nothing to justify that very extravagant phrase.
Từ trong câu: justify, phrase, matter, fact, nothing
H. G. Wells, The war of the worlds - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
None of the telegrams could have been written by an eyewitness of their advance.
Từ trong câu: written, none, write, advance
H. G. Wells, The war of the worlds - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
There he heard allusions made to the invasion, and a special prayer for peace.
Từ trong câu: special, peace, prayer, hear, make, invasion
H. G. Wells, The war of the worlds - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Never since the devising of gunpowder was the beginning of a battle so still.
Từ trong câu: battle, never, since, begin, still
H. G. Wells, The war of the worlds - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
“Give me the reins,” she said, and laid the whip along the pony’s side.
Từ trong câu: whip, give, lay, side
H. G. Wells, The war of the worlds - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
His paroxysm of rage over, he went on his way without once looking back.
Từ trong câu: rage, go, way, once, look, back
H. G. Wells, The war of the worlds - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
But varied as its composition was, certain things all that host had in common.
Từ trong câu: composition, vary, varied, certain, thing, host, common
H. G. Wells, The war of the worlds - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
He was passed by a number of cyclists, some horsemen, and two motor cars.
Từ trong câu: motor, car, pass, number
H. G. Wells, The war of the worlds - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
So soon as my brother touched her she became quite still, as if frightened.
Từ trong câu: soon, quite, frighten, frightened, brother, touch, become, still
H. G. Wells, The war of the worlds - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
They both stopped in sight down the lane, where the third man lay insensible.
Từ trong câu: sight, both, lane, stop, down, third, man, lay
H. G. Wells, The war of the worlds - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
She had been growing increasingly hysterical, fearful, and depressed during the two days’ journeyings.
Từ trong câu: depressed, depress, hysterical, increasingly, grow, day
H. G. Wells, The war of the worlds - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
It was the beginning of the rout of civilisation, of the massacre of mankind.
Từ trong câu: begin, mankind, civilization, beginning, massacre, civilisation
H. G. Wells, The war of the worlds - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
To their intelligence, it may be, the giant was even such another as themselves.
Từ trong câu: intelligence, giant, even, another, themselves
H. G. Wells, The war of the worlds - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Then with a violent thud, a blinding flash, her decks, her funnels, leaped upward.
Từ trong câu: upward, violent, deck, blind, flash, leap
H. G. Wells, The war of the worlds - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
We could do nothing but wait in aching inactivity during those two weary days.
Từ trong câu: wait, weary, nothing, day
H. G. Wells, The war of the worlds - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
We both sat quite silent, so that we could scarcely hear each other breathing.
Từ trong câu: breathe, sit, quite, silent, scarcely, hear
H. G. Wells, The war of the worlds - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
My hunger was at a stride so insistent that it moved me to action.
Từ trong câu: stride, hunger, move, action
H. G. Wells, The war of the worlds - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
I have myself seen this being done, as I shall mention in its place.
Từ trong câu: mention, shall, being, its, done, myself, see, place
H. G. Wells, The war of the worlds - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
But the Martians were lifted above all these organic fluctuations of mood and emotion.
Từ trong câu: mood, lift, emotion, organic, above
H. G. Wells, The war of the worlds - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
I take no credit to myself for an accident, but the fact is so.
Từ trong câu: credit, accident, take, myself, fact
H. G. Wells, The war of the worlds - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US