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За воротами в поле он встретил Ивана Евсеича…

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Beyond the gates, out in the field, he met Ivan Yevseich…

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

Сделав своё дело и получив, что следует, за труд, доктор сел в свою бричку и поехал домой. Having done his work and received what was due to him for his labour, the doctor got into his britzka and drove home.

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

Судя по морщинам, бороздившим его лоб, и по выражению глаз, думы его были напряжённы, мучительны… To judge by the wrinkles furrowing his forehead and by the look in his eyes, his thoughts were strained and agonizing…

The words in this sentence

за
behind, beyond; for (+ acc/instr)
воро́тами
gate (instr pl of ворота) — ворота
в
in, into
по́ле
field (nom/acc sg)
он
he
встре́тил
met (past m of встретить) — встретить
Ива́на
Ivan (name, gen/acc) — иван
Евсе́ича
Yevseich (name, gen/acc) — евсеич

А. П. Чехов, «Лошадиная фамилия», 1885 · sentence 48 of 56

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