Такая ещё простая фамилия… словно как бы лошадиная…
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And such a simple surname, too… something horsey about it, as it were…
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Якову Васильичу… Yakov Vasilyich…
Забыл! I’ve forgotten it!
Кобылин? Kobylin [mare]?
Нет, не Кобылин. No, not Kobylin.
The words in this sentence
- така́я
- such (f nom) — такой
- ещё
- still, yet, more (= ещё) — еще
- проста́я
- simple, plain (adj f) — простой
- фами́лия
- surname, family name (nom)
- сло́вно
- as if, just like
- как
- how; as, like
- бы
- would (conditional particle)
- лошади́ная
- horse's, equine (f adj) — лошадиный
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