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Vanka


Ванька свернул вчетверо исписанный лист и вложил его в конверт, купленный накануне за копейку…

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Vanka folded the covered sheet in four and put it into an envelope bought the day before for a kopeck…

Where it stands

Подумав немного, он умокнул перо и написал адрес: After thinking a little, he dipped his pen and wrote the address:

The words in this sentence

Ва́нька
Vanka (name)
сверну́л
he turned off; rolled up (past m) — свернуть
вче́тверо
fourfold, in four (adv)
испи́санный
covered with writing (m sg)
лист
leaf; sheet of paper
и
and; also, even
вложи́л
he put in, inserted (past m) — вложить
его́
his; him (gen/acc of он/оно) — он
в
in, into
конве́рт
envelope
ку́пленный
bought, purchased (m sg)
накану́не
the day before, on the eve
за
behind, beyond; for (+ acc/instr)
копе́йку
kopeck (acc sg) — копейка

А. П. Чехов, «Ванька», 1886 · sentence 60 of 68

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