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Прохор зовёт собаку и идёт с ней от дровяного склада…

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Prokhor calls the dog and walks off with her away from the woodyard…

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Толпа хохочет над Хрюкиным. The crowd roars with laughter at Khryukin.

The words in this sentence

Про́хор
Prokhor (name)
зовёт
calls (3sg of звать) — звать
соба́ку
dog (acc sg) — собака
и
and; also, even
идёт
goes, is going; suits (pres 3sg of идти, = идёт) — идти
с
with (+instr); from, off (+gen)
ней
her (oblique of она after preposition) — она
от
from, away from (+gen)
дровяно́го
firewood, wood- (gen/acc m/n sg) — дровяной
скла́да
warehouse, store, depot (gen sg) — склад

А. П. Чехов, «Хамелеон», 1884 · sentence 52 of 53

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