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Vanka


Ванька судорожно вздохнул и опять уставился на окно.

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Vanka sighed convulsively and stared at the window again.

Where it stands

Он вспомнил, что за елкой для господ всегда ходил в лес дед и брал с собою внука. He remembered that it was always grandfather who went to the forest for the gentlefolk's Christmas tree, and that he took his grandson along with him.

Веселое было время! What a merry time that was!

The words in this sentence

Ва́нька
Vanka (name)
су́дорожно
convulsively
вздохну́л
he sighed (past m of вздохнуть) — вздохнуть
и
and; also, even
опя́ть
again
уста́вился
he stared fixedly (past m) — уставиться
на
on, onto; at
окно́
window (nom/acc sg)

А. П. Чехов, «Ванька», 1886 · sentence 43 of 68

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