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Fat and Thin


Такой же красавец, как и был!

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Still as handsome as ever you were!

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Вот сюрприз! What a surprise!

Ну, да погляди же на меня хорошенько! Come now, take a good look at me!

Такой же душонок и щёголь! Still the same dear soul and dandy!

Ах ты, господи! Oh, good Lord!

The words in this sentence

тако́й
such (m nom)
же
emphatic/contrastive particle: but, however, indeed
краса́вец
handsome man
как
how; as, like
и
and; also, even
был
was (past m of быть) — быть

А. П. Чехов, «Толстый и тонкий», 1883 · sentence 9 of 33

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