Она, может быть, дорогая, а ежели каждый свинья будет ей в нос сигаркой тыкать, то долго ли испортить.
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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.
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Скажешь, что я нашёл и прислал… Say that I found her and sent her along…
И скажи, чтобы её не выпускали на улицу… And tell them not to let her out into the street…
Собака — нежная тварь… A dog is a delicate creature…
А ты, болван, опусти руку! And you, blockhead, put your hand down!
The words in this sentence
- она́
- she
- мо́жет
- can; может быть = perhaps (3sg of мочь) — мочь
- быть
- to be
- дорога́я
- dear, expensive (nom f sg) — дорогой
- а
- and, but (conjunction)
- е́жели
- if (archaic/colloquial for если)
- ка́ждый
- each, every (nom m sg)
- свинья́
- pig, swine
- бу́дет
- will be (3sg of быть) — быть
- ей
- to her (dat of она) — она
- в
- in, into
- нос
- nose (nom/acc sg)
- сига́ркой
- small cigar (instr sg) — сигарка
- ты́кать
- to poke, jab, shove at
- то
- then (conj.)
- до́лго
- for a long time
- ли
- whether; question particle
- испо́ртить
- to spoil, ruin (pf inf)
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