Приказчик стоял на краю дороги и, глядя сосредоточенно себе под ноги, о чём-то думал.
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The clerk was standing at the edge of the road, gazing intently at his own feet, thinking about something.
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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.
За воротами в поле он встретил Ивана Евсеича… Beyond the gates, out in the field, he met Ivan Yevseich…
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
- прика́зчик
- shop clerk, estate steward (nom sg) (arch.)
- стоя́л
- stood (past m of стоять) — стоять
- на
- on, onto; at
- краю́
- edge (prep/dat sg of край); на краю: at the edge — край
- доро́ги
- roads (nom/acc pl); road (gen sg) — дорога
- и
- and; also, even
- гля́дя
- looking (gerund) — глядеть
- сосредото́ченно
- intently, with concentration
- себе́
- to oneself (dat/prep of себя) — себя
- под
- under (+instr/acc)
- но́ги
- feet, legs (nom/acc pl of нога) — нога
- о
- about, of; oh
- че́м-то
- with something (instr) — что-то
- ду́мал
- he thought (past m of думать) — думать
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