Но наступил вечер, а фамилия всё ещё не была найдена.
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But evening came on, and the surname had still not been found.
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Так и спать легли, не послав телеграммы. And so they went to bed without having sent the telegram.
The words in this sentence
- но
- but
- наступи́л
- set in, arrived (past m) — наступить
- ве́чер
- evening (nom sg)
- а
- and, but (conjunction)
- фами́лия
- surname, family name (nom)
- все
- still (in всё ещё) (adv.) — весь
- ещё
- still, yet, more (= ещё) — еще
- не
- not
- была́
- was (past f of быть) — быть
- на́йдена
- is/was found (short passive f) — найти
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