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The Death of a Clerk


Авторы правы: жизнь так полна внезапностей!

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The authors are right: life is so full of the unexpected!

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Но вдруг… But suddenly…

В рассказах часто встречается это «но вдруг». In stories one often comes across this «but suddenly».

Но вдруг лицо его поморщилось, глаза подкатились, дыхание остановилось… он отвел от глаз бинокль, нагнулся и…. апчхи!!! But suddenly his face puckered up, his eyes rolled, his breathing stopped… he lowered the opera glasses from his eyes, bent down, and…. atchoo!!!

Чихнул, как видите. He sneezed, as you can see.

The words in this sentence

а́вторы
authors (nom pl of автор) — автор
пра́вы
right, correct (adj.) — правый
жизнь
life (nom/acc sg)
так
so, thus
полна́
full (short f) — полный
внеза́пностей
sudden surprises (gen pl) — внезапность

А. П. Чехов, «Смерть чиновника», 1883 · sentence 4 of 46

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