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Chameleon


— 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

А. П. Чехов, «Хамелеон», 1884 · sentence 21 of 53

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