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A Horsey Name


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

А. П. Чехов, «Лошадиная фамилия», 1885 · sentence 22 of 56

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