— Вчера в «Аркадии», ежели припомните, ваше —ство, — начал докладывать экзекутор, — я чихнул-с и… нечаянно обрызгал…
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— Yesterday at the Arcadia, if you will recall, Your Ex'cy, — the usher began to report, — I sneezed, sir, and… accidentally spattered you…
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Изв… I beg your par…
The words in this sentence
- вчера́
- yesterday
- в
- in, into
- арка́дии
- Arcadia (summer theater) (name, prep sg) — аркадия
- е́жели
- if (archaic/colloquial for если)
- припо́мните
- recall (imper pl) / you'll recall — припомнить
- ва́ше
- your (n) — ваш
- ство
- -ство (noun-forming suffix fragment)
- на́чал
- began (past m of начать) — начать
- докла́дывать
- to report, announce
- экзеку́тор
- executor (arch. office-manager rank)
- я
- I
- чихну́л-с
- he sneezed (past m + obsequious -с) — чихнуть
- и
- and; also, even
- неча́янно
- accidentally
- обры́згал
- splashed (past m) — обрызгать
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