— А после того, как его из акцизных увольнили, в Саратове у тёщи живёт.
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“Well, after they dismissed him from the excise service, he’s been living in Saratov at his mother-in-law’s.
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Теперь только зубами и кормится. Nowadays he lives off teeth and nothing else.
Ежели у которого человека заболит зуб, то и идут к нему, помогает… If a man gets a toothache, off they go to him, and he helps…
The words in this sentence
- а
- and, but (conjunction)
- по́сле
- after (+gen); afterwards
- того́
- that (gen sg) — тот
- как
- how; as, like
- его́
- his; him (gen/acc of он/оно) — он
- из
- from, out of (+ gen)
- акци́зных
- excise officer (n., m.) — акцизный
- уво́льнили
- they dismissed, fired him (past pl) — уволить
- в
- in, into
- Сара́тове
- Saratov (name, prep sg) — саратов
- у
- at, by; belonging to
- тёщи
- mother-in-law, wife's mother (gen sg) — тёща
- живёт
- lives (pres 3sg of жить, = живёт) — жить
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