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The Death of a Clerk


— гаркнул вдруг посиневший и затрясшийся генерал.

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— barked the general, suddenly gone blue and shaking all over.

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— Пошел вон!! — Get out!!

The words in this sentence

га́ркнул
bellowed, barked out (past m) — гаркнуть
вдруг
suddenly
посине́вший
turned blue (past part. m) — посинеть
и
and; also, even
затря́сшийся
who began to shake (participle, nom m sg) — затрястись
генера́л
general (high rank)

А. П. Чехов, «Смерть чиновника», 1883 · sentence 42 of 46

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