— сказал генерал с презрением и поднёс к лицу его два кукиша.
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said the general with contempt, and thrust two fig-signs up to his face.
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— На-кося! “There, take that!”
— Не нужно мне теперь твоей лошадиной фамилии! “I have no need of your horsey surname now!
На-кося! Take that!”
The words in this sentence
- сказа́л
- he said (past m of сказать, to say) — сказать
- генера́л
- general (high rank)
- с
- with (+instr); from, off (+gen)
- презре́нием
- with contempt (instr sg) — презрение
- и
- and; also, even
- поднёс
- brought up, offered (past m) — поднести
- к
- to, toward (+ dat)
- лицу́
- face (dat sg of лицо) — лицо
- его́
- his (poss. pron.) — он
- два
- two
- ку́киша
- the fig, rude fist gesture (gen sg) — кукиш
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