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Потом почесался, подумал и прибавил: «Константину Макарычу».

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Then he scratched himself, thought a moment, and added: “To Konstantin Makarych.”

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Довольный тем, что ему не помешали писать, он надел шапку и, не набрасывая на себя шубейки, прямо в рубахе выбежал на улицу… Pleased that nobody had hindered his writing, he put on his cap and, without throwing his little coat over him, ran out into the street in nothing but his shirt…

The words in this sentence

пото́м
then, afterwards
почеса́лся
scratched himself (past m) — почесаться
поду́мал
thought (past m of подумать) — подумать
и
and; also, even
приба́вил
added (past m of прибавить) — прибавить
Константи́ну
Konstantin (name, dat) — константин
Мака́рычу
Makarych (name, dat) — макарыч

А. П. Чехов, «Ванька», 1886 · sentence 62 of 68

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