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— закричал он радостно, не своим голосом, влетая в кабинет к генералу.

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he shouted joyfully, in a voice not his own, flying into the general’s study.

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— Надумал, ваше превосходительство! “I’ve got it, Your Excellency!”

— Надумал, дай бог здоровья доктору! “I’ve got it, God grant the doctor good health!

Овсов! Ovsov [oats]!

The words in this sentence

закрича́л
he cried out, shouted (past m of закричать) — закричать
он
he
ра́достно
joyfully, gladly (adv)
не
not
свои́м
one's own (instr sg / dat pl) — свой
го́лосом
voice (instr sg) — голос
влета́я
flying in, bursting in (gerund) — влетать
в
in, into
кабине́т
study, private office
к
to, toward (+ dat)
генера́лу
general (dat sg) — генерал

А. П. Чехов, «Лошадиная фамилия», 1885 · sentence 54 of 56

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