В старичке Червяков узнал статского генерала Бризжалова, служащего по ведомству путей сообщения.
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In the little old man Chervyakov recognized Brizzhalov, a civil-service general who served in the Department of Ways of Communication.
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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.
The words in this sentence
- в
- in, into
- старичке́
- little old man (prep sg) — старичок
- червяко́в
- Chervyakov (surname, nom; from червяк, worm)
- узна́л
- learned, found out; recognized (past m) — узнать
- ста́тского
- civil (gen, service rank) — статский
- генера́ла
- general (gen/acc sg) — генерал
- бризжа́лова
- Brizzhalov (name, gen/acc) — бризжалов
- слу́жащего
- to serve (v., impf.) — служащий
- по
- along, by, according to (+dat)
- ве́домству
- department, office (dat sg) — ведомство
- путе́й
- ways, paths (gen pl) — путь
- сообще́ния
- communication, transport (n., n.) — сообщение
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