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The Death of a Clerk


Ежели я осмеливаюсь беспокоить ваше —ство, то именно из чувства, могу сказать, раскаяния!..

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If I make bold to trouble Your Ex'cy, it is precisely out of a feeling, I may say, of repentance!..

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— Ваше —ство! — Your Ex'cy!

Не нарочно, сами изволите знать-с! Not on purpose — you are graciously pleased to know that yourself, sir!

The words in this sentence

е́жели
if (archaic/colloquial for если)
я
I
осме́ливаюсь
I dare, venture — осмеливаться
беспоко́ить
to disturb, trouble
ва́ше
your (n) — ваш
ство
-ство (noun-forming suffix fragment)
то
then (after if/when/as) (conj.)
и́менно
namely, exactly, precisely
из
from, out of (+ gen)
чу́вства
feeling (gen sg / nom pl) — чувство
могу́
I can (1sg of мочь) — мочь
сказа́ть
to say, tell (infinitive)
раска́яния
repentance (gen sg) — раскаяние

А. П. Чехов, «Смерть чиновника», 1883 · sentence 33 of 46

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