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Нетерпеливый, замученный генерал пообещал дать пять рублей тому, кто вспомнит настоящую фамилию, и за Иваном Евсеичем стали ходить целыми толпами…

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The impatient, tormented general promised five roubles to whoever should recall the real surname, and people took to following Ivan Yevseich about in whole crowds…

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Взбудоражилась вся усадьба. The whole estate was thrown into a ferment.

The words in this sentence

нетерпели́вый
impatient (m nom sg)
заму́ченный
tormented, worn out (m sg)
генера́л
general (high rank)
пообеща́л
promised (past m of пообещать) — пообещать
дать
to give
пять
five
рубле́й
rubles (gen pl) — рубль
тому́
that (dat sg); тому назад: ago — тот
кто
who
вспо́мнит
will remember (3sg fut) — вспомнить
настоя́щую
real, genuine (acc f sg) — настоящий
фами́лию
surname/family (acc sg) — фамилия
и
and; also, even
за
behind, beyond; for (+ acc/instr)
Ива́ном
Ivan (name, instr) — иван
Евсе́ичем
Yevseich (name, inst) — евсеич
ста́ли
became; began (past pl of стать) — стать
ходи́ть
to walk/go (impf)
це́лыми
whole (instr pl) — целый
толпа́ми
in crowds (instr pl) — толпа

А. П. Чехов, «Лошадиная фамилия», 1885 · sentence 36 of 56

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