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Срубленную елку дед тащил в господский дом, а там принимались убирать ее…

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Grandfather would drag the felled fir to the master's house, and there they would set about decorating it…

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Больше всех хлопотала барышня Ольга Игнатьевна, любимица Ваньки. The one who bustled about most of all was the young mistress Olga Ignatyevna, Vanka's favourite.

Когда еще была жива Ванькина мать Пелагея и служила у господ в горничных, Ольга Игнатьевна кормила Ваньку леденцами и от нечего делать выучила его читать, писать, считать до ста и даже танцевать кадриль. While Vanka's mother Pelageya was still alive and served the gentlefolk as a housemaid, Olga Ignatyevna used to feed Vanka sweets and, having nothing better to do, taught him to read, to write, to count up to a hundred, and even to dance the quadrille.

The words in this sentence

сру́бленную
felled, cut down (acc sg f, past pass part) — срубленный
ёлку
fir tree (acc sg) — ёлка
дед
grandfather
тащи́л
he dragged, hauled (past m) — тащить
в
in, into
госпо́дский
the master's, manorial (nom/acc m sg)
дом
house (nom/acc sg)
а
and, but (conjunction)
там
there
принима́лись
set about; were taken (past pl) — приниматься
убира́ть
to tidy up, clear away
ее́
her, hers (gen/acc of она, = её) — она

А. П. Чехов, «Ванька», 1886 · sentence 50 of 68

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