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Fat and Thin


— спросил толстый, восторженно глядя на друга.

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asked the fat one, gazing rapturously at his friend.

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— Ну, как живёшь, друг? — Well, how are you getting on, my friend?

— Служишь где? — In the service somewhere?

Дослужился? Risen high in rank?

The words in this sentence

спроси́л
he asked (past m of спросить) — спросить
то́лстый
fat/stout
восто́рженно
rapturously, with delight
гля́дя
looking (gerund) — глядеть
на
on, onto; at
дру́га
friend (gen/acc sg); друг друга: each other — друг

А. П. Чехов, «Толстый и тонкий», 1883 · sentence 16 of 33

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