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Chameleon


Этаких у нас отродясь не бывало!

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We've never had the like of her, not in all our born days!

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The words in this sentence

э́таких
such (gen/prep pl, coll.) — этакий
у
at, by; belonging to
нас
us (gen/acc/prep of мы) — мы
отродя́сь
never in one's life (colloq.)
не
not
быва́ло
used to happen; sometimes (particle) — бывать

А. П. Чехов, «Хамелеон», 1884 · sentence 46 of 53

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