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Chameleon


А я ведь и не знал!

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And I really had no idea!

Where it stands

— Ишь ты, господи… — Well I never, good Lord…

Соскучились по братце… Been missing their brother…

Так это ихняя собачка? So this is their little dog?

Очень рад… Delighted, I'm sure…

The words in this sentence

а
and, but (conjunction)
я
I
ведь
after all, you know
и
and; also, even
не
not
знал
he knew (past m of знать) — знать

А. П. Чехов, «Хамелеон», 1884 · sentence 51 of 53

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