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— говорит он, подставляя бабам свою табакерку.

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— he says, holding out his snuffbox to the women.

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— Табачку нешто нам понюхать? — What about a pinch of snuff for us, eh?

The words in this sentence

говори́т
says, speaks (3sg) — говорить
он
he
подставля́я
holding out, putting under (gerund) — подставлять
ба́бам
to the peasant women (dat pl) — баба
свою́
one's own (acc f) — свой
табаке́рку
snuffbox (acc sg) — табакерка

А. П. Чехов, «Ванька», 1886 · sentence 17 of 68

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