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Chameleon


— Иду я, ваше благородие, никого не трогаю…

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

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— 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

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