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A Horsey Name


Хотя ты и не веришь, но отчего не послать?

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Even if you don’t believe, why not send it?

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— взмолилась генеральша. the general’s wife pleaded.

— Ты вот не веришь в заговоры, а я на себе испытала. “You don’t believe in charms, but I’ve tried it on myself.

Руки ведь не отвалятся от этого. Your arms won’t drop off from it.”

The words in this sentence

хотя́
although, though
ты
you (informal)
и
also, too, even (particle)
не
not
ве́ришь
you believe (2sg of верить) — верить
но
but
отчего́
why, for what reason
посла́ть
to send (pf)

А. П. Чехов, «Лошадиная фамилия», 1885 · sentence 16 of 56

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