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The Death of a Clerk


— Не мой начальник, чужой, но все-таки неловко.

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Not my superior, someone else's, but all the same it's awkward.

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«Я его обрызгал! «I spattered him!

— подумал Червяков. thought Chervyakov.

Извиниться надо». I must apologize.»

The words in this sentence

не
not
мой
my, mine (nom m sg)
нача́льник
chief, superior (nom sg)
чужо́й
someone else's/strange
но
but
все́-таки
still, nevertheless (= всё-таки) — всё-таки
нело́вко
awkwardly; ill at ease

А. П. Чехов, «Смерть чиновника», 1883 · sentence 11 of 46

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