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The Student


Ах, какая то была страшная ночь, бабушка!

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Ah, what a dreadful night that was, granny!

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

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

До чрезвычайности унылая, длинная ночь! An exceedingly dismal, long night!”

The words in this sentence

ах
ah! oh! (interjection)
кака́я
what, which (nom sg f) — какой
то
that; then (если... то)
была́
was (past f of быть) — быть
стра́шная
terrible, frightful (nom sg f) — страшный
ночь
night (nom/acc sg)
ба́бушка
grandmother (nom sg)

А. П. Чехов, «Студент», 1894 · sentence 21 of 52

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