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Chameleon


Ежели сказал, что бродячая, стало быть и бродячая…

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If I said she's a stray, then a stray she is…

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— Она бродячая! — She's a stray!

Нечего тут долго разговаривать… No use standing about talking…

Истребить, вот и всё. Destroy her, and that's the end of it.

The words in this sentence

е́жели
if (archaic/colloquial for если)
сказа́л
he said (past m of сказать, to say) — сказать
что
what; that (conjunction)
бродя́чая
stray, wandering (nom f sg) — бродячий
ста́ло
became; began (past n of стать) — стать
быть
to be
и
and; also, even

А. П. Чехов, «Хамелеон», 1884 · sentence 48 of 53

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