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Слышались мужские голоса; это здешние работники на реке поили лошадей.

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Men's voices could be heard; these were the labourers from hereabouts, watering their horses at the river.

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Вдова Василиса, высокая, пухлая старуха в мужском полушубке, стояла возле и в раздумье глядела на огонь; ее дочь Лукерья, маленькая, рябая, с глуповатым лицом, сидела на земле и мыла котел и ложки. The widow Vasilisa, a tall, plump old woman in a man's sheepskin coat, stood beside it gazing pensively into the fire; her daughter Lukerya, a small woman, pockmarked, with a rather stupid face, sat on the ground washing the pot and the spoons.

Очевидно, только что отужинали. Evidently they had only just finished supper.

The words in this sentence

слы́шались
were heard, could be heard (past pl) — слышаться
мужски́е
men's, male (nom/acc pl) — мужской
го́лоса
voice (gen sg) — голос
э́то
this; it is — этот
зде́шние
local, of this place (pl) — здешний
рабо́тники
workmen, farmhands (nom pl) — работник
на
on, onto; at
реке́
river (dat/prep sg) — река
пои́ли
they watered, gave to drink (past pl) — поить
лошаде́й
horses (gen/acc pl of лошадь) — лошадь

А. П. Чехов, «Студент», 1894 · sentence 15 of 52

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