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Дед приходит в неописанный восторг, заливается веселым смехом и кричит:

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Grandfather goes into indescribable raptures, breaks into merry laughter and shouts:

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Бабы нюхают и чихают. The women take a sniff and sneeze.

The words in this sentence

дед
grandfather
прихо́дит
comes, arrives (3sg) — приходить
в
in, into
неопи́санный
indescribable (m nom sg, arch.)
восто́рг
delight, rapture (nom/acc sg)
залива́ется
trills, bursts out; is flooded (3sg) — заливаться
весёлым
cheerful (instr m sg / dat pl) — весёлый
сме́хом
with laughter (instr sg) — смех
и
and; also, even
кричи́т
shouts (3sg pres of кричать) — кричать

А. П. Чехов, «Ванька», 1886 · sentence 18 of 68

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