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The Death of a Clerk


На другой день Червяков надел новый вицмундир, подстригся и пошел к Бризжалову объяснить…

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The next day Chervyakov put on his new uniform coat, had his hair trimmed, and went to Brizzhalov to explain…

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Войдя в приемную генерала, он увидел там много просителей, а между просителями и самого генерала, который уже начал прием прошений. Going into the general's reception room, he saw there a great many petitioners, and among the petitioners the general himself, who had already begun receiving petitions.

Опросив несколько просителей, генерал поднял глаза и на Червякова. Having questioned several petitioners, the general raised his eyes to Chervyakov as well.

The words in this sentence

на
on, onto; at
друго́й
other, another (nom sg m)
день
day
червяко́в
worms (gen/acc pl); or the surname
наде́л
put on (past m of надеть) — надеть
но́вый
new (m adj)
вицмунди́р
civil-service dress coat (archaic)
подстри́гся
got a haircut (past m) — подстричься
и
and; also, even
пошёл
went, set off (past m of пойти) — пойти
к
to, toward (+ dat)
бризжа́лову
Brizzhalov (name, dat) — бризжалов
объясни́ть
to explain

А. П. Чехов, «Смерть чиновника», 1883 · sentence 28 of 46

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