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Chameleon


— И спрашивать тут долго нечего, — говорит Очумелов.

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— There's no call to go asking about it at such length, — says Ochumelov.

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— Она бродячая! — She's a stray!

Нечего тут долго разговаривать… No use standing about talking…

The words in this sentence

и
and; also, even
спра́шивать
to ask (impf)
тут
here; at this point
до́лго
for a long time
не́чего
nothing (to do); no use
говори́т
says, speaks (3sg) — говорить
Очуме́лов
Ochumelov (name, the police inspector)

А. П. Чехов, «Хамелеон», 1884 · sentence 47 of 53

This is one sentence of «Хамелеон» — 53 sentences long, and the whole story reads like this: every word glossed where it stands, the English out of your eyeline until you ask for it. Free, no account.

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