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Вьюн же из почтительности не чихает и вертит хвостом.

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Vyun, however, out of respectfulness does not sneeze, but wags his tail.

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

Каштанка чихает, крутит мордой и, обиженная, отходит в сторону. Kashtanka sneezes, twists her muzzle and, offended, walks away.

А погода великолепная. And the weather is magnificent.

Воздух тих, прозрачен и свеж. The air is still, clear and fresh.

The words in this sentence

Вьюн
Vyun, the dog (name; lit. 'loach')
же
emphatic/contrastive particle: but, however, indeed
из
from, out of (+ gen)
почти́тельности
deference (gen/dat/prep sg) — почтительность
не
not
чиха́ет
sneezes (3sg) — чихать
и
and; also, even
ве́ртит
twirls, turns (3sg of вертеть) — вертеть
хвосто́м
with its tail (instr sg) — хвост

А. П. Чехов, «Ванька», 1886 · sentence 20 of 68

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