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Fat and Thin


Его чемоданы, узлы и картонки съёжились, поморщились…

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His suitcases, bundles, and hatboxes shrivelled and puckered up…

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Тонкий вдруг побледнел, окаменел, но скоро лицо его искривилось во все стороны широчайшей улыбкой; казалось, что от лица и глаз его посыпались искры. The thin one suddenly turned pale and went rigid, but presently his face twisted in every direction into the broadest of smiles; it seemed as though sparks were showering from his face and eyes.

Сам он съёжился, сгорбился, сузился… He himself shrivelled, hunched, grew narrower…

Длинный подбородок жены стал ещё длиннее; Нафанаил вытянулся во фрунт и застегнул все пуговки своего мундира… His wife's long chin grew longer still; Nafanail drew himself up to attention and did up every last button of his uniform…

The words in this sentence

его́
his (poss. pron.) — он
чемода́ны
suitcases (nom/acc pl) — чемодан
узлы́
bundle (n., m.) — узел
и
and; also, even
карто́нки
cardboard box (gen sg or nom/acc pl) — картонка
съёжились
they cringed/shrank (past pl) — съёжиться
помо́рщились
winced, frowned (past pl) — поморщиться

А. П. Чехов, «Толстый и тонкий», 1883 · sentence 24 of 33

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