— Насчёт дров с Митрий Митричем, — и вдруг эта подлая ни с того, ни с сего за палец…
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“About the firewood, with Mitry Mitrich — and all of a sudden this vile creature, for no reason on earth, goes for my finger…
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— Иду я, ваше благородие, никого не трогаю… “I’m walking along, Your Honour, bothering nobody…”
— начинает Хрюкин, кашляя в кулак. Khryukin begins, coughing into his fist.
Вы меня извините, я человек, который работающий… You’ll excuse me, but I’m a man who is a working man…
Работа у меня мелкая. My work is fine, delicate work.
The words in this sentence
- насчёт
- concerning, about (= насчёт) — насчет
- дров
- firewood (gen pl) — дрова
- с
- with (+instr); from, off (+gen)
- Ми́трий
- Mitry (name, colloq. for Дмитрий)
- Ми́тричем
- Mitrich (name, instr sg; colloq. patronymic Дмитрич) — митрич
- и
- and; also, even
- вдруг
- suddenly
- э́та
- this (f nom) — этот
- по́длая
- vile creature, base (f nom sg) — подлый
- ни
- not a single; nor (negative particle)
- с
- from, off (prep.)
- того́
- that (gen sg) — тот
- сего́
- this, of this (gen m/n of сей) (arch.) — сей
- за
- by (seizing hold of) (prep.)
- па́лец
- finger (nom sg)
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