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A Horsey Name


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

А. П. Чехов, «Лошадиная фамилия», 1885 · sentence 38 of 56

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