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She soon returned waving a slip of paper and announced dramatically, “I’ve got it!”
Từ trong câu: dramatically, soon, return, wave, slip, paper, announce, get
Virginia Hughes, Peggy Plays Off-Broadway - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Owing to his excitable heart and his years, liquor was forbidden the old man.
Từ trong câu: forbidden, owe, heart, year, forbid, old, man
Mary M. Mears, The Bird in the Box - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labor in vain.'
Từ trong câu: bestow, afraid, lest, labor, vain
John Nevins Andrews, The Complete Testimony of the Fathers of the First Three Centuries Concerning the Sabbath and First Day - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
All these methodological remarks, the reader will find again illustrated in the following chapters.
Từ trong câu: methodological, remark, reader, find, again, illustrate, follow, chapter
Bronislaw Malinowski, Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The equivalence of fish, given in return for vegetable food, is measured only roughly.
Từ trong câu: equivalence, fish, give, return, vegetable, food, measure, roughly
Bronislaw Malinowski, Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Filling a can with seawater, and gathering mineral specimens from the beach, we mounted.
Từ trong câu: seawater, fill, gather, mineral, specimen, beach, mount
John Philip Newman, From Dan to Beersheba A Description of the Wonderful Land, with Maps and Engravings and a Prologue by the Author Containing the Latest Explorations and Discoveries - Tiếng Anh, PD-US
She threw herself down on the sofa and buried her face in the cushions.
Từ trong câu: cushion, sofa, throw, herself, down, bury, face
Edna Lyall, A Hardy Norseman - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Peggy took a seat in the first row at the side of the balcony.
Từ trong câu: balcony, take, seat, first, row, side
Virginia Hughes, Peggy Goes Straw Hat - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
"Why not post a policeman, or a plain-clothes detective, to catch the beast?"
Từ trong câu: policeman, post, plain, clothes, detective, catch, beast
Fergus Hume, The Spider - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Nor is the date in any sense an extinguisher, as some have styled it.
Từ trong câu: extinguisher, date, sense, style
William Quan Judge, Letters That Have Helped Me - Tiếng Anh, PD-US
I tell you it makes me feel squirmy to hear some big girls recite.
Từ trong câu: squirmy, tell, make, feel, hear, big, girl, recite
Frances Margaret Fox, The Rainbow Bridge - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Apparently the idea was to make it a “buffer State” between the two kingdoms.
Từ trong câu: buffer, apparently, idea, make, state, kingdom
Francis Watt, The Law's Lumber Room (Second Series) - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
It is estimated that the Irish Catholics are now not less than thirty thousand.
Từ trong câu: estimated, estimate, now, less, thirty, thousand
Various, The Catholic World, Vol. 06, October, 1867 to March, 1868. - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
And he joined his hot and feverish little hands together as if in prayer.
Từ trong câu: together, join, hot, little, hand, prayer
Various, The Catholic World, Vol. 06, October, 1867 to March, 1868. - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
In Jamaica, one drives through wild jungleland, and mistakes it for a cultivated garden.
Từ trong câu: wild, drive, mistake, cultivate, garden
John Henderson, The West Indies - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
This kind of talk was certainly catchy with lumbermen for it also sounded good.
Từ trong câu: catchy, kind, talk, certainly, sound, good
D. Clint Prescott, The Evolution of Modern Band Saw Mills for Sawing Logs - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
I am sure it was supposed, with as little reason, when I was initiated.
Từ trong câu: initiate, sure, suppose, little, reason
Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay, Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays; Vol. 1 With a Memoir and Index - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
It considers a high religious profession as a sure mark of meanness and depravity.
Từ trong câu: depravity, consider, high, religious, profession, sure, mark
Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay, Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays; Vol. 4 With a Memoir and Index - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
He had humbled himself to the dust; and he had humbled himself in vain.
Từ trong câu: humble, himself, dust, vain
Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay, Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays; Vol. 5 With a Memoir and Index - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Every argument by which party connexions can be defended, is a defence of coalitions.
Từ trong câu: coalition, every, argument, party, connection, defend, defence
Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay, Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays; Vol. 6 With a Memoir and Index - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
These homes are bird houses, made by the children in the manual training classes.
Từ trong câu: manual, home, bird, house, make, child, train, class
Jane Eayre Fryer, Our town and civic duty - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
“You are the last person I expected to meet here,” said the Bishop, haughtily.
Từ trong câu: haughtily, last, person, expect, meet, bishop
William John Locke, Derelicts - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
This wire edge is a nasty thing when it breaks off on the hone.
Từ trong câu: hone, wire, edge, nasty, thing, break, off
Sylvester Marsh, Section-Cutting A Practical Guide to the Preparation and Mounting of Sections for the Microscope, Special Prominence Being given to the Subject of Animal Sections - Tiếng Anh, PD-US
The police say we’re going to get a big reward from the insurance people.
Từ trong câu: police, insurance, go, get, big, reward, people
Virginia Hughes, Peggy Finds the Theatre - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
People who won’t work with their hands are known by the manicures they keep.
Từ trong câu: manicure, people, work, hand, know, keep
Various, Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol. 2. No. 16, January, 1921 America's Magazine of Wit, Humor and Filosophy - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Mallien, having tried rage, was reduced to attempting pathos, which he did very badly.
Từ trong câu: pathos, try, rage, reduce, attempt, badly
Fergus Hume, The Lost Parchment: A Detective Story - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He might be crystal-gazing, or watching the horizon for a sail at sea.
Từ trong câu: crystal, gaze, watch, horizon, sail, sea
John Kelman, The Holy Land - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
“Look out for a fake kick with a plunge at center, Colton,” he whispered.
Từ trong câu: fake, look, out, kick, plunge, center, whisper
Ralph Henry Barbour, Forward Pass: A Story of the "New Football" - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
This remark caused an appreciative howl from the others, during which progress began again.
Từ trong câu: appreciative, remark, cause, other, progress, begin, again
Ralph Henry Barbour, Forward Pass: A Story of the "New Football" - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
But I cannot lay the corner-stone till college work is over, next July.
Từ trong câu: july, can, lay, corner, stone, till, college, work
Asa Gray, Letters of Asa Gray; Vol. 2 - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US