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The Death of a Clerk


В антракте он подошел к Бризжалову, походил возле него и, поборовши робость, пробормотал:

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During the intermission he went up to Brizzhalov, walked about near him and, mastering his timidity, mumbled:

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в
in, into
антра́кте
intermission (prep sg) — антракт
он
he
подошёл
approached (past m) — подойти
к
to, toward (+ dat)
бризжа́лову
Brizzhalov (name, dat) — бризжалов
походи́л
to walk about a while (v., pf.) — походить
во́зле
beside, near
него́
him, it (gen/acc of он after preposition) — он
и
and; also, even
поборо́вши
having overcome (gerund, arch.) — побороть
ро́бость
timidity, shyness (nom/acc sg)
пробормота́л
muttered (past m) — пробормотать

А. П. Чехов, «Смерть чиновника», 1883 · sentence 16 of 46

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