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Chameleon


И скажи, чтобы её не выпускали на улицу…

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And tell them not to let her out into the street…

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Ты отведёшь её к генералу и спросишь там. You'll take her round to the General's and ask them there.

Скажешь, что я нашёл и прислал… Say that I found her and sent her along…

Она, может быть, дорогая, а ежели каждый свинья будет ей в нос сигаркой тыкать, то долго ли испортить. She may well be a valuable dog, and if every swine goes poking a cigar at her nose, it won't take long to ruin her.

Собака — нежная тварь… A dog is a delicate creature…

The words in this sentence

и
and; also, even
скажи́
say, tell (imper sg of сказать) — сказать
что́бы
so that, in order to
её
her, hers (gen/acc of она, = её) — она
не
not
выпуска́ли
they let out, released (past pl) — выпускать
на
on, onto; at
у́лицу
street (acc sg) — улица

А. П. Чехов, «Хамелеон», 1884 · sentence 44 of 53

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