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The Death of a Clerk


Генерал состроил плаксивое лицо и махнул рукой.

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The general made a tearful face and waved his hand.

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генера́л
general (high rank)
состро́ил
he made (a face) (past m of состроить) — состроить
плакси́вое
tearful, whiny (n) — плаксивый
лицо́
face; personage (nom/acc sg)
и
and; also, even
махну́л
waved (past m of махнуть) — махнуть
руко́й
hand (instr sg) — рука

А. П. Чехов, «Смерть чиновника», 1883 · sentence 34 of 46

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