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Fat and Thin


Нафанаил шаркнул ногой и уронил фуражку.

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Nafanail scraped his foot and dropped his cap.

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Тонкий пожал три пальца, поклонился всем туловищем и захихикал, как китаец: «хи-хи-хи». The thin one pressed three of his fingers, bowed with his whole torso, and tittered like a Chinaman: «hee-hee-hee».

Жена улыбнулась. His wife smiled.

Все трое были приятно ошеломлены. All three were agreeably astounded.

The words in this sentence

Нафанаи́л
Nafanail (name)
ша́ркнул
he shuffled/scraped (past m) — шаркнуть
ного́й
foot, leg (instr sg) — нога
и
and; also, even
урони́л
dropped (past m) — уронить
фура́жку
peaked cap (acc sg) — фуражка

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

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