— Он, ваше благородие, цыгаркой ей в харю для смеха, а она — не будь дура и тяпни…
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“He shoved a lighted cigarette into her snout, Your Honour, for a laugh, and she — being no fool — up and nipped him…
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Вздорный человек, ваше благородие! A cantankerous fellow, Your Honour!”
The words in this sentence
- он
- he
- ва́ше
- your (n) — ваш
- благоро́дие
- Your Honour (in ваше благородие) (arch.)
- цыга́ркой
- with a hand-rolled cigarette (instr sg) — цыгарка
- ей
- to her (dat of она) — она
- в
- in, into
- ха́рю
- mug, ugly face (acc sg, coarse) — харя
- для
- for, for the sake of (+ gen)
- сме́ха
- laughter (gen sg) — смех
- а
- and, but (conjunction)
- она́
- she
- не
- not
- будь
- be (imper of быть) — быть
- ду́ра
- fool, silly woman (nom sg)
- и
- and; also, even
- тя́пни
- and she nipped him (imper. as sudden past, colloq.) — тяпнуть
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