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The Death of a Clerk


— Подумает, что ты себя в публике держать не умеешь!

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— He'll think you don't know how to conduct yourself in public!

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— А все-таки ты сходи, извинись, — сказала она. — But all the same you go and apologize, — she said.

The words in this sentence

поду́мает
will think (3sg) — подумать
что
that (conj.)
ты
you (informal)
себя́
oneself (gen/acc reflexive pronoun)
в
in, into
пу́блике
public (dat/prep sg) — публика
держа́ть
to hold, keep (inf)
не
not
уме́ешь
you know how/can (2sg) — уметь

А. П. Чехов, «Смерть чиновника», 1883 · sentence 25 of 46

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