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Chameleon


В слезящихся глазах его выражение тоски и ужаса.

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In its watering eyes is an expression of anguish and terror.

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В этом человеке Очумелов узнаёт золотых дел мастера Хрюкина. In this man Ochumelov recognizes Khryukin the goldsmith.

В центре толпы, растопырив передние ноги и дрожа всем телом, сидит на земле сам виновник скандала — белый борзой щенок с острой мордой и жёлтым пятном на спине. In the centre of the crowd, its forelegs splayed and its whole body trembling, sits on the ground the very author of the scandal — a white borzoi puppy with a sharp muzzle and a yellow patch on its back.

The words in this sentence

в
in, into
слезя́щихся
watering, running (eyes) (gen/prep pl part) — слезиться
глаза́х
eyes (prep pl) — глаз
его́
his, its (poss. pron.) — он
выраже́ние
expression
тоски́
anguish, yearning (gen sg) — тоска
и
and; also, even
у́жаса
horror (gen sg) — ужас

А. П. Чехов, «Хамелеон», 1884 · sentence 14 of 53

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