Language through Literature

Chameleon


— Иду я, ваше благородие, никого не трогаю…

Tap any word.

Show the English

“I’m walking along, Your Honour, bothering nobody…”

Where it stands

— начинает Хрюкин, кашляя в кулак. Khryukin begins, coughing into his fist.

— Насчёт дров с Митрий Митричем, — и вдруг эта подлая ни с того, ни с сего за палец… “About the firewood, with Mitry Mitrich — and all of a sudden this vile creature, for no reason on earth, goes for my finger…

The words in this sentence

иду́
I go, I am coming (1sg of идти) — идти
я
I
ва́ше
your (n) — ваш
благоро́дие
Your Honour (in ваше благородие) (arch.)
никого́
no one (gen/acc of никто) — никто
не
not
тро́гаю
I touch (1sg of трогать) — трогать

А. П. Чехов, «Хамелеон», 1884 · sentence 15 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.

Open «Хамелеон» in the reader → Read it whole, English under every line →