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The Student


Дул жестокий ветер, в самом деле возвращалась зима, и не было похоже, что послезавтра Пасха.

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A cruel wind was blowing; winter really was coming back, and it did not seem as though Easter were the day after tomorrow.

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Студент пожелал вдовам спокойной ночи и пошел дальше. The student wished the widows good night and walked on.

И опять наступили потемки, и стали зябнуть руки. And again darkness came down, and his hands began to grow cold.

The words in this sentence

дул
blew (past m of дуть, to blow) — дуть
жесто́кий
cruel, harsh (adj m sg)
ве́тер
wind (nom sg)
в
in, into
са́мом
the very (prep sg); на самом деле = actually — самый
де́ле
matter (prep sg: в самом деле, indeed) — дело
возвраща́лась
she was returning (past f) — возвращаться
зима́
winter
и
and; also, even
не
not
бы́ло
was (past n of быть) — быть
похо́же
it looks like, apparently (pred/adv)
что
what; that (conjunction)
послеза́втра
the day after tomorrow
Па́сха
Easter (nom sg)

А. П. Чехов, «Студент», 1894 · sentence 44 of 52

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