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The Death of a Clerk


Глядел он, но уж блаженства больше не чувствовал.

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He looked, but bliss he felt no longer.

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Червяков сконфузился, глупо улыбнулся и начал глядеть на сцену. Chervyakov grew embarrassed, smiled foolishly, and began to look at the stage.

Его начало помучивать беспокойство. Uneasiness began to torment him.

The words in this sentence

гляде́л
looked, gazed (past m of глядеть) — глядеть
он
he
но
but
уж
already; indeed (particle)
блаже́нства
bliss (gen sg) — блаженство
бо́льше
more, bigger
не
not
чу́вствовал
felt (past m) — чувствовать

А. П. Чехов, «Смерть чиновника», 1883 · sentence 15 of 46

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