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The Student


— Вот вам и зима пришла назад, — сказал студент, подходя к костру.

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“So there you are — winter has come back,” said the student, coming up to the fire.

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— Здравствуйте! “Good evening!”

The words in this sentence

вот
here (is), there
вам
to you (dat pl) — вы
и
and; also, even
зима́
winter
пришла́
came, arrived (past f) — прийти
наза́д
back; ago
сказа́л
he said (past m of сказать, to say) — сказать
студе́нт
student
подходя́
approaching, coming up (gerund) — подходить
к
to, toward (+ dat)
костру́
to the campfire (dat sg) — костёр

А. П. Чехов, «Студент», 1894 · sentence 16 of 52

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