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Иван Евсеич медленно вышел, а генерал схватил себя за щёку и заходил по комнатам.

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Ivan Yevseich went slowly out, and the general clutched his cheek and began pacing from room to room.

The words in this sentence

ива́н
Ivan (name, nom)
Евсе́ич
Yevseich (name, colloq. patronymic)
ме́дленно
slowly
вы́шел
went out (past m of выйти) — выйти
а
and, but (conjunction)
генера́л
general (high rank)
схвати́л
seized, grabbed (past m) — схватить
себя́
oneself (gen/acc reflexive pronoun)
за
behind, beyond; for (+ acc/instr)
ще́ку
cheek (acc sg) — щека
и
and; also, even
заходи́л
he dropped in, called on (past m of заходить) — заходить
по
along, by, according to (+dat)
ко́мнатам
to/about the rooms (dat pl) — комната

А. П. Чехов, «Лошадиная фамилия», 1885 · sentence 28 of 56

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