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The Death of a Clerk


Когда генерал кончил беседу с последним просителем и направился во внутренние апартаменты, Червяков шагнул за ним и забормотал:

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When the general had finished his talk with the last petitioner and set off toward the inner apartments, Chervyakov stepped after him and mumbled:

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когда́
when
генера́л
general (high rank)
ко́нчил
finished (past m of кончить) — кончить
бесе́ду
conversation (acc sg) — беседа
с
with (+instr); from, off (+gen)
после́дним
last (instr m / dat pl) — последний
проси́телем
petitioner (instr sg) — проситель
и
and; also, even
напра́вился
headed, set off (past m) — направиться
во
in, into (variant of в)
вну́тренние
internal, inner (pl) — внутренний
апарта́менты
apartments, grand rooms (pl)
червяко́в
Chervyakov (surname, nom; from червяк, worm)
шагну́л
he stepped (past m of шагнуть) — шагнуть
за
behind, beyond; for (+ acc/instr)
ним
him (ins of он) / them (dat) after preposition — он
забормота́л
began muttering (past m of забормотать) — забормотать

А. П. Чехов, «Смерть чиновника», 1883 · sentence 32 of 46

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