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The Death of a Clerk


— спросил шёпотом Червяков, млея от ужаса.

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— asked Chervyakov in a whisper, swooning with terror.

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— Что-с? — What, sir?

The words in this sentence

спроси́л
he asked (past m of спросить) — спросить
шёпотом
in a whisper — шепот
червяко́в
Chervyakov (surname, nom; from червяк, worm)
мле́я
swooning, melting (adv pres of млеть) — млеть
от
from, away from (+gen)
у́жаса
horror (gen sg) — ужас

А. П. Чехов, «Смерть чиновника», 1883 · sentence 43 of 46

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