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Сделав своё дело и получив, что следует, за труд, доктор сел в свою бричку и поехал домой.

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Having done his work and received what was due to him for his labour, the doctor got into his britzka and drove home.

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Приехал доктор и вырвал больной зуб. The doctor came and pulled out the aching tooth.

Боль утихла тотчас же, и генерал успокоился. The pain subsided at once, and the general was at peace.

За воротами в поле он встретил Ивана Евсеича… Beyond the gates, out in the field, he met Ivan Yevseich…

Приказчик стоял на краю дороги и, глядя сосредоточенно себе под ноги, о чём-то думал. The clerk was standing at the edge of the road, gazing intently at his own feet, thinking about something.

The words in this sentence

сде́лав
having done, made (gerund) — сделать
своё
one's own (n nom/acc) — свой
де́ло
matter, affair, business
и
and; also, even
получи́в
having received (perf gerund of получить) — получить
что
what; that (conjunction)
сле́дует
one should; follows (3sg pres) — следовать
за
behind, beyond; for (+ acc/instr)
труд
labor, work; effort
до́ктор
doctor (nom sg)
сел
he sat down (past m of сесть) — сесть
в
in, into
свою́
one's own (acc f) — свой
бри́чку
britzka, light carriage (acc sg) — бричка
пое́хал
went, set off (past m) — поехать
домо́й
home, homeward

А. П. Чехов, «Лошадиная фамилия», 1885 · sentence 47 of 56

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