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The Death of a Clerk


Я уж забыл, а вы всё о том же!

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— Ах, полноте… — Oh, enough of that…

— сказал генерал и нетерпеливо шевельнул нижней губой. said the general, and twitched his lower lip impatiently.

The words in this sentence

я
I
уж
already; indeed (particle)
забы́л
forgot (past m of забыть) — забыть
а
and, but (conjunction)
вы
you (pl/formal)
все
still, all the time (adv.) — весь
о
about, of; oh
том
that (prep sg) — тот
же
emphatic/contrastive particle: but, however, indeed

А. П. Чехов, «Смерть чиновника», 1883 · sentence 17 of 46

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