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.
Where it stands
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
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