Генерал не спал всю ночь, ходил из угла в угол и стонал…
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The general did not sleep the whole night; he walked from corner to corner and groaned…
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В третьем часу утра он вышел из дому и постучался в окно к приказчику. Some time after two in the morning he went out of the house and knocked at the steward’s window.
The words in this sentence
- генера́л
- general (high rank)
- не
- not
- спал
- he slept (past m of спать) — спать
- всю
- all, whole (acc f) — весь
- ночь
- night (nom/acc sg)
- ходи́л
- he walked/went (past m of ходить) — ходить
- из
- from, out of (+ gen)
- угла́
- corner (gen sg of у́гол) — угол
- в
- in, into
- у́гол
- corner
- и
- and; also, even
- стона́л
- he groaned (past m of стонать) — стонать
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