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The Death of a Clerk


— сказал генерал и нетерпеливо шевельнул нижней губой.

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said the general, and twitched his lower lip impatiently.

Where it stands

— Ах, полноте… — Oh, enough of that…

Я уж забыл, а вы всё о том же! I've already forgotten it, and you keep on about the same thing!

The words in this sentence

сказа́л
he said (past m of сказать, to say) — сказать
генера́л
general (high rank)
и
and; also, even
нетерпели́во
impatiently
шевельну́л
he moved/stirred (past m) — шевельнуть
ни́жней
lower (f, obl) — нижний
губо́й
lip (instr sg) — губа

А. П. Чехов, «Смерть чиновника», 1883 · sentence 18 of 46

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