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A Horsey Name


Для меня теперь эта фамилия дороже, кажется, всего на свете.

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That surname is dearer to me now, it seems, than anything else in the world.

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— Экий ты какой, братец, беспамятный… “What a fellow you are, brother — no memory at all…

Замучился! I’m worn out with it!”

The words in this sentence

для
for, for the sake of (+ gen)
меня́
me (gen/acc of я) — я
тепе́рь
now
э́та
this (f nom) — этот
фами́лия
surname, family name (nom)
доро́же
dearer, more precious (comparative) — дорогой
ка́жется
it seems (pres 3sg of казаться) — казаться
всего́
of all; in total (gen) — весь
на
on, onto; at
све́те
world (n., m.) — свет

А. П. Чехов, «Лошадиная фамилия», 1885 · sentence 43 of 56

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