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Vanka


Ванька покривил рот, потер своим черным кулаком глаза и всхлипнул.

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Vanka twisted his mouth, rubbed his eyes with his black fist and gave a sob.

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Ва́нька
Vanka (name)
покриви́л
he twisted (his mouth) (past m) — покривить
рот
mouth (nom/acc sg)
потёр
rubbed (past m of потереть) — потереть
свои́м
one's own (instr sg / dat pl) — свой
чёрным
black (instr sg m/n; dat pl) — чёрный
кулако́м
with a fist (instr sg of кулак) — кулак
глаза́
eyes (nom/acc pl) — глаз
и
and; also, even
всхли́пнул
he sobbed once (past m) — всхлипнуть

А. П. Чехов, «Ванька», 1886 · sentence 31 of 68

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