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So rapid had been their flight that biltong, biscuits, and journals were left behind.
Từ trong câu: flight, biscuit, journal, rapid, behind, leave
Louis Creswicke, South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 4 (of 8) From Lord Roberts' Entry into the Free State to the Battle of Karree - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
But the Boers, having been reinforced, gave them no time to do the butchering.
Từ trong câu: reinforce, butcher, give, time
Louis Creswicke, South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 4 (of 8) From Lord Roberts' Entry into the Free State to the Battle of Karree - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
We could see very little to fire at except the fire from their guns.
Từ trong câu: except, gun, see, little, fire
Louis Creswicke, South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 4 (of 8) From Lord Roberts' Entry into the Free State to the Battle of Karree - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Every day of the Dutchman's resistance was therefore full of horror, full of anxiety.
Từ trong câu: anxiety, horror, every, day, resistance, therefore, full
Louis Creswicke, South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 4 (of 8) From Lord Roberts' Entry into the Free State to the Battle of Karree - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Later on it filtered out that "Susannah" was "all serene," but this was doubted.
Từ trong câu: serene, filter, late, out, doubt
Louis Creswicke, South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 4 (of 8) From Lord Roberts' Entry into the Free State to the Battle of Karree - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The way was paved to Bloemfontein, but with the corpses of the honoured dead.
Từ trong câu: pave, corpse, way, corps, honor, dead
Louis Creswicke, South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 4 (of 8) From Lord Roberts' Entry into the Free State to the Battle of Karree - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The Boers were scrambling to be off--that much they could see of them.
Từ trong câu: scramble, off, much, see
Louis Creswicke, South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 4 (of 8) From Lord Roberts' Entry into the Free State to the Battle of Karree - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
This in spite of the fact that Buller had now signalled "Everything progressing favourably."
Từ trong câu: favourably, spite, fact, now, signal, everything, progress
Louis Creswicke, South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 4 (of 8) From Lord Roberts' Entry into the Free State to the Battle of Karree - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Hearts began to flutter, to stand still, to beat again with sharp quick thuds.
Từ trong câu: flutter, heart, begin, stand, still, beat, again, sharp
Louis Creswicke, South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 4 (of 8) From Lord Roberts' Entry into the Free State to the Battle of Karree - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
They were coming--the squadron was distinctly visible--they were making direct for Ladysmith.
Từ trong câu: distinctly, visible, come, make, direct
Louis Creswicke, South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 4 (of 8) From Lord Roberts' Entry into the Free State to the Battle of Karree - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
All the guns were gone, and the kopjes themselves seemed to be weakly held.
Từ trong câu: weakly, gun, go, themselves, seem, hold
Louis Creswicke, South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 4 (of 8) From Lord Roberts' Entry into the Free State to the Battle of Karree - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Still the air reverberated with the puissant pom-poming of the Boers' automatic gun.
Từ trong câu: reverberate, still, air, automatic, gun
Louis Creswicke, South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 4 (of 8) From Lord Roberts' Entry into the Free State to the Battle of Karree - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The rugged countenance was suddenly, not to say startlingly, illumined with a beaming smile.
Từ trong câu: startlingly, suddenly, beam, smile
Louis Creswicke, South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 4 (of 8) From Lord Roberts' Entry into the Free State to the Battle of Karree - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Moments, every one long as days, sped on; hours passed, night waned, day broke.
Từ trong câu: wane, moment, every, long, day, speed, hour, pass
Louis Creswicke, South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 4 (of 8) From Lord Roberts' Entry into the Free State to the Battle of Karree - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
On nearing the station they saw two trains with steam up, ready for departure.
Từ trong câu: steam, near, station, saw, train, up, ready, departure
Louis Creswicke, South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 4 (of 8) From Lord Roberts' Entry into the Free State to the Battle of Karree - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
I skewed the cross to a jeweller, who valued it at sixty-five Louis.
Từ trong câu: skew, cross, jeweller, value, sixty, five
Mme. Du Hausset, Memoirs of the Courts of Louis XV and XVI.: Volume 2 Being secret memoirs of Madame Du Hausset, lady's maid to Madame de Pompadour, and of the Princess Lamballe - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
And you outdo me, on my soul; you pick two inches to my one.
Từ trong câu: outdo, soul, pick, inch
Herbert Strang, With Drake on the Spanish Main - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The question carried no rebuke; it recognized as legitimate the widest differences of taste.
Từ trong câu: rebuke, question, carry, recognize, legitimate, wide, difference, taste
Anthony Hope, Second String - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
For nearly two thousand years the infallible agent of God has lived in Italy.
Từ trong câu: infallible, nearly, thousand, year, agent, god, live
Robert Green Ingersoll, The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 04 (of 12) Dresden Edition: Lectures - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Science will displace superstition, and to do justice will be the ambition of man.
Từ trong câu: displace, science, superstition, justice, ambition, man
Robert Green Ingersoll, The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 08 (of 12) Dresden Edition: Interviews - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
A great speech is a crystallization in its logic, an efflorescence in its poetry.
Từ trong câu: crystallization, great, speech, logic, poetry
Robert Green Ingersoll, The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 08 (of 12) Dresden Edition: Interviews - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
We are told that gold is an instrumentality or a device to facilitate exchanges.
Từ trong câu: facilitate, tell, gold, device, exchange
Robert Green Ingersoll, The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 09 (of 12) Dresden Edition: Political - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Recollect, all the time, that we are to be governed by reason and naturalness.
Từ trong câu: naturalness, recollect, time, govern, reason
Robert Green Ingersoll, The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition: Legal - Tiếng Anh, PD-US
He was an interpreter of Shakespeare, to whose creations he gave flesh and blood.
Từ trong câu: interpreter, creation, give, flesh, blood
Robert Green Ingersoll, The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition: Miscellany - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Then he retreated to the twenty-acre field to lose a few golf-balls.
Từ trong câu: golf, retreat, twenty, acre, field, lose, ball
Compton MacKenzie, Poor relations - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The old lady looked at Elkin, and he started and slammed his knees together.
Từ trong câu: slam, old, lady, look, start, knee, together
Opie Percival Read, Bolanyo - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Only last week an Englishman selected a farm in that locality for a homestead.
Từ trong câu: homestead, last, week, englishman, select, farm
J. Ewing Ritchie, Pictures of Canadian Life: A Record of Actual Experiences - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Your father was fierce as you are--you are his image, but more unstable.
Từ trong câu: unstable, father, fierce, image
Lewis Wingfield, My Lords of Strogue, Vol. 3 (of 3) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
But the warranty of the lord and the feoffment were necessary as a rule.
Từ trong câu: warranty, necessary, rule
Paul Vinogradoff, Villainage in England: Essays in English Mediaeval History - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
While, to return to our first simile, it, too, is a big machine--humanized.
Từ trong câu: humanize, return, first, big, machine
Edward Hungerford, The Romance of a Great Store - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US