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Vanka


Каштанка чихает, крутит мордой и, обиженная, отходит в сторону.

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Kashtanka sneezes, twists her muzzle and, offended, walks away.

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Дают понюхать табаку и собакам. The dogs are given a sniff of the snuff too.

Вьюн же из почтительности не чихает и вертит хвостом. Vyun, however, out of respectfulness does not sneeze, but wags his tail.

А погода великолепная. And the weather is magnificent.

The words in this sentence

Кашта́нка
Kashtanka (name of a dog)
чиха́ет
sneezes (3sg) — чихать
кру́тит
twists, whirls (3sg) — крутить
мо́рдой
muzzle, snout (instr sg) — морда
и
and; also, even
оби́женная
offended, aggrieved (f nom sg past part.) — обиженный
отхо́дит
steps away, moves off (3sg) — отходить
в
in, into
сто́рону
side, direction (acc sg) — сторона

А. П. Чехов, «Ванька», 1886 · sentence 19 of 68

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