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— 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 (officials) (gen/prep pl) — 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
живе́т
lives (pres 3sg of жить, = живёт) — жить

А. П. Чехов, «Лошадиная фамилия», 1885 · sentence 9 of 56

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