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
- that (conj.)
- послеза́втра
- the day after tomorrow
- Па́сха
- Easter (nom sg)
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