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Пошлите ему, ваше превосходительство, депешу, что так, мол, вот и так… у раба божьего Алексия зубы болят, прошу выпользовать.

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Send him a wire, Your Excellency, saying such and such and so and so… the servant of God Alexy is suffering from toothache, I beg you to cure him.

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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…

Тамошних, саратовских на дому у себя пользует, а ежели которые из других городов, то по телеграфу. The local ones, the Saratov folk, he treats at his own house, and any that are from other towns — by telegraph.

А деньги за лечение почтой пошлёте. And the money for the treatment you can send by post.”

The words in this sentence

пошли́те
send! (imper pl of послать) — послать
ему́
to him (dat of он/оно) — он
ва́ше
your (n) — ваш
превосходи́тельство
Excellency (title of high officials)
депе́шу
telegram, dispatch (acc sg) — депеша
что
that (conj.)
так
so, thus
мол
says he, supposedly (particle)
вот
here (is), there
и
and; also, even
у
at, by; belonging to
раба́
slave, serf (gen/acc sg of раб) — раб
бо́жьего
God's (gen/acc m sg) — божий
Алекси́я
Alexy (gen sg, church form of Алексий) (name) — алексий
зу́бы
teeth (nom/acc pl of зуб) — зуб
боля́т
they ache, hurt (3pl pres of болеть) — болеть
прошу́
I ask, request (1sg of просить) — просить
вы́пользовать
to cure, treat (inf, arch.)

А. П. Чехов, «Лошадиная фамилия», 1885 · sentence 12 of 56

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