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The Death of a Clerk


Червяков сконфузился, глупо улыбнулся и начал глядеть на сцену.

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Chervyakov grew embarrassed, smiled foolishly, and began to look at the stage.

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Глядел он, но уж блаженства больше не чувствовал. He looked, but bliss he felt no longer.

Его начало помучивать беспокойство. Uneasiness began to torment him.

The words in this sentence

червяко́в
worms (gen/acc pl); or the surname
сконфу́зился
he became embarrassed (past m) — сконфузиться
глу́по
stupidly; it is stupid
улыбну́лся
he smiled (past m) — улыбнуться
и
and; also, even
на́чал
began (past m of начать) — начать
гляде́ть
to look, gaze
на
on, onto; at
сце́ну
stage/scene (acc sg) — сцена

А. П. Чехов, «Смерть чиновника», 1883 · sentence 14 of 46

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