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Судя по морщинам, бороздившим его лоб, и по выражению глаз, думы его были напряжённы, мучительны…

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To judge by the wrinkles furrowing his forehead and by the look in his eyes, his thoughts were strained and agonizing…

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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

су́дя
judging (adv participle) — судить
по
along, by, according to (+dat)
морщи́нам
wrinkles (dat pl) — морщина
борозди́вшим
furrowing (instr, past act part of бороздить) — бороздить
его́
his; him (gen/acc of он/оно) — он
лоб
forehead (nom/acc sg)
и
and; also, even
выраже́нию
expression (dat sg) — выражение
глаз
eye (nom sg); eyes (gen pl)
ду́мы
thoughts, musings (nom/acc pl) — дума
бы́ли
were (past pl of быть) — быть
напряжённы
are tense, strained (short pl) — напряжённый
мучи́тельны
are agonizing (short pl) — мучительный

А. П. Чехов, «Лошадиная фамилия», 1885 · sentence 50 of 56

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