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Иван Евсеич тупо поглядел на доктора, как-то дико улыбнулся и, не сказав в ответ ни одного слова, всплеснув руками, побежал к усадьбе с такой быстротой, точно за ним гналась бешеная собака.

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Ivan Yevseich looked blankly at the doctor, gave a sort of wild smile and, without saying a single word in reply, flung up his hands and ran off toward the house with such speed that he might have had a mad dog at his heels.

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ива́н
Ivan (name, nom)
Евсе́ич
Yevseich (name, colloq. patronymic)
ту́по
dully, blankly
погляде́л
glanced (past m) — поглядеть
на
on, onto; at
до́ктора
doctor (gen/acc sg) — доктор
ка́к-то
somehow; namely, such as
ди́ко
wildly, strangely (adv)
улыбну́лся
he smiled (past m) — улыбнуться
и
and; also, even
не
not
сказа́в
having said (gerund of сказать) — сказать
в
in, into
отве́т
answer
ни
not a single; nor (negative particle)
одного́
one (gen/acc m/n of один) — один
сло́ва
word (gen sg) / words (nom pl слова́) — слово
всплесну́в
having thrown up (one's hands) (gerund) — всплеснуть
рука́ми
hands (instr pl) — рука
побежа́л
ran (past m) — побежать
к
to, toward (+ dat)
уса́дьбе
estate (dat/prep sg) — усадьба
с
with (+instr); from, off (+gen)
тако́й
such (m nom)
быстрото́й
with speed (instr sg) — быстрота
то́чно
as if, as though (conj.)
за
behind, beyond; for (+ acc/instr)
ним
him (ins of он) / them (dat) after preposition — он
гнала́сь
she chased, ran after (past f) — гнаться
бе́шеная
rabid, mad (nom f sg) — бешеный
соба́ка
dog

А. П. Чехов, «Лошадиная фамилия», 1885 · sentence 53 of 56

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