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Vanka


На печи сидит дед, свесив босые ноги, и читает письмо кухаркам…

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On the stove sits grandfather, his bare feet dangling, reading the letter aloud to the cooks…

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Убаюканный сладкими надеждами, он час спустя крепко спал… Lulled by sweet hopes, an hour later he was sound asleep…

Ему снилась печка. He dreamed of the stove.

Около печи ходит Вьюн и вертит хвостом… Vyun walks about beside the stove, wagging his tail…

The words in this sentence

на
on, onto; at
пе́чи
stove, oven (gen sg / nom pl) — печь
сиди́т
sits (3sg) — сидеть
дед
grandfather
све́сив
having let dangle, hung down (gerund) — свесить
босы́е
barefoot (nom pl) — босой
но́ги
feet, legs (nom/acc pl of нога) — нога
и
and; also, even
чита́ет
reads (3sg) — читать
письмо́
letter
куха́ркам
to the cooks (dat pl) — кухарка

А. П. Чехов, «Ванька», 1886 · sentence 67 of 68

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