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The Death of a Clerk


Напишу ему письмо, а ходить не стану!

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I'll write him a letter, but go in person I shall not!

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Когда так, не стану же я больше извиняться перед этим фанфароном! Well, if that's how it is, I shan't go apologizing to this braggart any more!

Чёрт с ним! The devil take him!

Ей-богу, не стану!» By God, I shan't!»

The words in this sentence

напишу́
I will write — написать
ему́
to him (dat of он/оно) — он
письмо́
letter
а
and, but (conjunction)
ходи́ть
to walk/go (impf)
не
not
ста́ну
I will/become (fut 1sg of стать) — стать

А. П. Чехов, «Смерть чиновника», 1883 · sentence 36 of 46

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