— говорит Очумелов строго, кашляя и шевеля бровями.
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says Ochumelov sternly, coughing and working his eyebrows.
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— Гм!.. “H’m!..
Хорошо… Very good…”
— Хорошо… “Very good…
Чья собака? Whose dog is it?
The words in this sentence
- говори́т
- says, speaks (3sg) — говорить
- Очуме́лов
- Ochumelov (name, the police inspector)
- стро́го
- sternly, strictly
- ка́шляя
- coughing (gerund) — кашлять
- и
- and; also, even
- шевеля́
- moving, stirring (gerund, takes instr) — шевелить
- бровя́ми
- with the eyebrows (instr pl) — бровь
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