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— На морде у ней не написано…

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— It isn't written on her muzzle…

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— А может быть, и генеральская… — But then again, it might be the General's…

— думает вслух городовой. — the policeman thinks aloud.

Намедни во дворе у него такую видел. The other day I saw one just like her in his yard.

The words in this sentence

на
on, onto; at
мо́рде
muzzle, snout (prep/dat sg) — морда
у
at, by; belonging to
ней
her (oblique of она after preposition) — она
не
not
напи́сано
written (short past passive n) — написать

А. П. Чехов, «Хамелеон», 1884 · sentence 39 of 53

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