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Fat and Thin


Тебя дразнили Геростратом за то, что ты казённую книжку папироской прожёг, а меня Эфиальтом за то, что я ябедничать любил.

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They nicknamed you Herostratus for burning a hole in a government library book with a cigarette, and me Ephialtes because I was fond of telling tales.

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— продолжал тонкий. the thin one went on.

— Помнишь, как тебя дразнили? — Do you remember how they used to tease you?

Хо-хо… Ho-ho…

Детьми были! We were children!

The words in this sentence

тебя́
you (gen/acc, informal) — ты
дразни́ли
teased, nicknamed (past pl of дразнить) — дразнить
геростра́том
Herostratus (name, instr) — герострат
за
for, because of (prep.)
то
that; then (если... то)
что
that (conj.)
ты
you (informal)
казённую
state-owned, official (acc f sg of казённый) — казённый
кни́жку
little book (acc sg of книжка) — книжка
папиро́ской
cigarette (instr sg) — папироска
прожёг
burnt through (past m) — прожечь
а
and, but (conjunction)
меня́
me (gen/acc of я) — я
Эфиа́льтом
Ephialtes (instr sg) — the traitor of Thermopylae, a schoolboy’s nickname for a telltale — эфиальт
я
I
я́бедничать
to tattle/inform on (impf)
люби́л
he loved, liked (past m of любить) — любить

А. П. Чехов, «Толстый и тонкий», 1883 · sentence 13 of 33

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