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A Horsey Name


— Никак нет, — отвечал Иван Евсеич и, подняв вверх глаза, продолжал думать вслух.

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“Not at all, sir,” Ivan Yevseich answered, and, raising his eyes upward, went on thinking aloud.

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— Коненко… “Konenko [horse]…

Конченко… Konchenko [horse]…

The words in this sentence

ника́к
in no way, by no means
нет
no; there is not
отвеча́л
answered (past m of отвечать) — отвечать
ива́н
Ivan (name, nom)
Евсе́ич
Yevseich (name, colloq. patronymic)
и
and; also, even
подня́в
having raised (gerund) — поднять
вверх
up, upward
глаза́
eyes (nom/acc pl) — глаз
продолжа́л
he continued (past m) — продолжать
ду́мать
to think (inf)
вслух
aloud

А. П. Чехов, «Лошадиная фамилия», 1885 · sentence 35 of 56

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