Иван Евсеич поднял глаза к потолку и зашевелил губами.
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Ivan Yevseich raised his eyes to the ceiling and began working his lips.
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Булдеев и генеральша ожидали нетерпеливо. Buldeyev and his wife waited impatiently.
The words in this sentence
- ива́н
- Ivan (name, nom)
- Евсе́ич
- Yevseich (name, colloq. patronymic)
- по́днял
- lifted (past m) — поднять
- глаза́
- eyes (nom/acc pl) — глаз
- к
- to, toward (+ dat)
- потолку́
- along the ceiling (dat sg) — потолок
- и
- and; also, even
- зашевели́л
- he began to move, stir (past m) — зашевелить
- губа́ми
- lips (instr pl) — губа
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