А ежели я вру, так пущай мировой рассудит.
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And if I’m lying, then let the justice of the peace decide it.
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Не видал, так, стало быть, зачем врать? You didn’t see it, so what do you want to lie for?
Их благородие умный господин и понимают, ежели кто врёт, а кто по совести, как перед богом… Their Honour is a clever gentleman and they understand who is lying and who speaks by his conscience, as before God…
У него в законе сказано… It is laid down in his law…
Нынче все равны… Nowadays everyone is equal…
The words in this sentence
- а
- and, but (conjunction)
- е́жели
- if (archaic/colloquial for если)
- я
- I
- вру
- I'm lying (1sg of врать) — врать
- так
- so, thus
- пуща́й
- let him, may he (dial. for пусть)
- мирово́й
- justice of the peace, magistrate (nom sg, arch.)
- рассу́дит
- will judge, will settle it (3sg) — рассудить
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