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The Death of a Clerk


— Извините, ваше —ство, я вас обрызгал… я нечаянно…

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— Excuse me, Your Ex'cy, I spattered you… it was an accident…

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извини́те
excuse me, sorry (imperative pl) — извинить
ва́ше
your (n) — ваш
ство
-ство (noun-forming suffix fragment)
я
I
вас
you (gen/acc pl) — вы
обры́згал
splashed (past m) — обрызгать
неча́янно
accidentally

А. П. Чехов, «Смерть чиновника», 1883 · sentence 13 of 46

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