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Vanka


Ванька вздохнул, умокнул перо и продолжал писать:

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Vanka sighed, dipped his pen and went on writing:

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Ва́нька
Vanka (name)
вздохну́л
he sighed (past m of вздохнуть) — вздохнуть
умокну́л
he dipped the pen (past m; colloq./arch. for обмакнул) — умокнуть
перо́
pen; feather (nom/acc sg)
и
and; also, even
продолжа́л
he continued (past m) — продолжать
писа́ть
to write

А. П. Чехов, «Ванька», 1886 · sentence 23 of 68

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