Так и спать легли, не послав телеграммы.
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And so they went to bed without having sent the telegram.
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Но наступил вечер, а фамилия всё ещё не была найдена. But evening came on, and the surname had still not been found.
The words in this sentence
- так
- so, thus
- и
- and; also, even
- спать
- to sleep (infinitive)
- легли́
- they lay down (past pl of лечь) — лечь
- не
- not
- посла́в
- having sent (gerund of послать) — послать
- телегра́ммы
- telegram (gen sg); telegrams (nom/acc pl) — телеграмма
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