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The Death of a Clerk


Пришлось на другой день идти самому объяснять.

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He had to go the next day and explain in person.

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Письма генералу он не написал. The letter to the general he did not write.

Думал, думал, и никак не выдумал этого письма. He thought and thought, and could in no way think that letter up.

The words in this sentence

пришло́сь
one had to (impersonal past of прийтись) — прийтись
на
on, onto; at
друго́й
other, another (nom sg m)
день
day
идти́
to go, walk (inf)
самому́
himself; the very (dat sg) — сам
объясня́ть
to explain

А. П. Чехов, «Смерть чиновника», 1883 · sentence 38 of 46

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