— Тут, в нашем уезде, ваше превосходительство, — сказал он, — лет десять назад служил акцизный Яков Васильич.
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“Here in our district, Your Excellency,” he said, “there served, some ten years back, an excise officer, Yakov Vasilyich.
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Заговаривал зубы — первый сорт. He charmed away toothaches — first rate.
Бывало, отвернётся к окошку, пошепчет, поплюёт — и как рукой! He’d turn to the window, mutter a bit, spit — and it was gone as if by magic!
The words in this sentence
- тут
- here; at this point
- в
- in, into
- на́шем
- our (prep m/n sg) — наш
- уе́зде
- district (prep sg; tsarist county) — уезд
- ва́ше
- your (n) — ваш
- превосходи́тельство
- Excellency (title of high officials)
- сказа́л
- he said (past m of сказать, to say) — сказать
- он
- he
- лет
- years (gen pl of год) — год
- де́сять
- ten
- наза́д
- ago (adv.)
- служи́л
- he served, worked (past m) — служить
- акци́зный
- excise officer (n., m.)
- Я́ков
- Yakov (name)
- Васи́льич
- Vasilyich (colloq. patronymic) (name)
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