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— Тут не только что к акцизному, но и к чёрту депешу пошлёшь…

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“In this state I’d send a wire not just to an excise officer but to the devil himself…

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— Ну, ладно, — согласился Булдеев. “Oh, very well,” Buldeyev agreed.

Ох! Oh!

Мочи нет! I can’t bear it!

The words in this sentence

тут
here; at this point
не
not
то́лько
only, just
что
not only, not just (in не только что)
к
to, toward (+ dat)
акци́зному
excise officer (n., m.) — акцизный
но
but
и
also, too, even (particle)
чёрту
to the devil (dat sg); «к чёрту» to hell — чёрт
депе́шу
telegram, dispatch (acc sg) — депеша
пошлёшь
you will send (2sg of послать) — послать

А. П. Чехов, «Лошадиная фамилия», 1885 · sentence 18 of 56

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