Их благородие умный господин и понимают, ежели кто врёт, а кто по совести, как перед богом…
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Their Honour is a clever gentleman and they understand who is lying and who speaks by his conscience, as before God…
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— Врёшь кривой! “You’re lying, one-eye!
Не видал, так, стало быть, зачем врать? You didn’t see it, so what do you want to lie for?
А ежели я вру, так пущай мировой рассудит. And if I’m lying, then let the justice of the peace decide it.
У него в законе сказано… It is laid down in his law…
The words in this sentence
- их
- their (poss. pron.) — они
- благоро́дие
- Your Honour (in ваше благородие) (arch.)
- у́мный
- clever/smart
- господи́н
- mister, gentleman
- и
- and; also, even
- понима́ют
- they understand (3pl) — понимать
- е́жели
- if (archaic/colloquial for если)
- кто
- who
- врёт
- he lies, is lying (3sg of врать) — врать
- а
- and, but (conjunction)
- по
- along, by, according to (+dat)
- со́вести
- conscience (gen/dat/prep sg) — совесть
- как
- how; as, like
- пе́ред
- before, in front of (+instr)
- Бо́гом
- by God (instr sg) — бог
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