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Остаюсь твой внук Иван Жуков, милый дедушка приезжай».

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I remain your grandson Ivan Zhukov, dear grandfather do come.”

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Пропащая моя жизнь, хуже собаки всякой… My life is a lost one, worse than any dog's…

А еще кланяюсь Алене, кривому Егорке и кучеру, а гармонию мою никому не отдавай. And I send my greetings besides to Alyona, to one-eyed Yegorka and to the coachman, and don't give my concertina to anybody.

The words in this sentence

остаю́сь
I remain — оставаться
твой
your (m nom, informal)
внук
grandson (nom sg)
ива́н
Ivan (name, nom)
Жу́ков
Zhukov (surname)
ми́лый
dear, sweet, nice (nom m sg)
де́душка
grandfather, grandpa (nom sg)
приезжа́й
come, come visit (imper sg) — приезжать

А. П. Чехов, «Ванька», 1886 · sentence 59 of 68

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