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The Death of a Clerk


Червяков нисколько не сконфузился, утерся платочком и, как вежливый человек, поглядел вокруг себя: не обеспокоил ли он кого-нибудь своим чиханьем?

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Chervyakov was not in the least embarrassed; he wiped himself with his handkerchief and, like a polite man, looked around him: had he by chance disturbed anyone with his sneezing?

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Чихают и мужики, и полицеймейстеры, и иногда даже и тайные советники. Peasants sneeze, and police chiefs, and sometimes even privy councillors.

Все чихают. Everybody sneezes.

Но тут уж пришлось сконфузиться. But now he really did have to feel embarrassed.

Он увидел, что старичок, сидевший впереди него, в первом ряду кресел, старательно вытирал свою лысину и шею перчаткой и бормотал что-то. He saw that a little old man sitting in front of him, in the first row of the stalls, was carefully wiping his bald head and neck with his glove and muttering something.

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червяко́в
Chervyakov (surname, nom; from червяк, worm)
ниско́лько
not at all
не
not
сконфу́зился
he became embarrassed (past m) — сконфузиться
утёрся
he wiped himself (past m) — утереться
плато́чком
handkerchief (instr sg, dimin) — платочек
и
and; also, even
как
how; as, like
ве́жливый
polite
челове́к
person, man (nom)
погляде́л
glanced (past m) — поглядеть
вокру́г
around
себя́
oneself (gen/acc reflexive pronoun)
обеспоко́ил
disturbed (past m) — обеспокоить
ли
whether; question particle
он
he
кого́-нибудь
someone, anyone (gen/acc) — кто-нибудь
свои́м
one's own (instr sg / dat pl) — свой
чиха́ньем
sneezing (instr sg) — чиханье

А. П. Чехов, «Смерть чиновника», 1883 · sentence 8 of 46

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