— Извольте писать, ваше превосходительство, в город Саратов, стало быть…
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“Be so good as to write, Your Excellency: to the town of Saratov, then…
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— Его в Саратове каждая собака знает, — сказал приказчик. “Every dog in Saratov knows him,” said the steward.
Его благородию господину Якову Васильичу… To His Honour, Mr. Yakov Vasilyich…
Васильичу… Vasilyich…”
The words in this sentence
- изво́льте
- if you please, kindly (polite imper) (archaic) — изволить
- писа́ть
- to write
- ва́ше
- your (n) — ваш
- превосходи́тельство
- Excellency (title of high officials)
- в
- in, into
- го́род
- town, city (nom/acc sg)
- Сара́тов
- Saratov (name, Volga city)
- ста́ло
- so, that is (in стало быть) — стать
- быть
- to be
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