— 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
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