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The Student


— Точно так же в холодную ночь грелся у костра апостол Петр, — сказал студент, протягивая к огню руки.

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“In just this way the Apostle Peter warmed himself at a fire on a cold night,” said the student, stretching out his hands to the flames.

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— Значит, и тогда было холодно. “So it was cold then too.

Ах, какая то была страшная ночь, бабушка! Ah, what a dreadful night that was, granny!

The words in this sentence

то́чно
exactly; as if
так
so, thus
же
emphatic/contrastive particle: but, however, indeed
в
in, into
холо́дную
cold (acc sg f) — холодный
ночь
night (nom/acc sg)
гре́лся
he warmed himself (past m) — греться
у
at, by; belonging to
костра́
of the campfire (gen sg) — костёр
апо́стол
apostle (nom sg)
Пётр
Pyotr, Peter (name, nom sg) — пётр
сказа́л
he said (past m of сказать, to say) — сказать
студе́нт
student
протя́гивая
holding out, stretching (gerund) — протягивать
к
to, toward (+ dat)
огню́
fire (dat sg) — огонь
ру́ки
hands (nom/acc pl); gen sg = руки́ — рука

А. П. Чехов, «Студент», 1894 · sentence 20 of 52

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