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The Malefactor


— Послушай, братец, не прикидывайся ты мне идиотом, а говори толком.

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— Listen, my good fellow, don’t play the idiot with me, but talk sense.

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Нечего тут про грузила врать! There’s no use lying to me here about sinkers!

The words in this sentence

послу́шай
listen (imper) — послушать
бра́тец
my good fellow (form of address) (n., m.)
не
not
прики́дывайся
pretend, put it on (imper sg) — прикидываться
ты
you (informal)
мне
to me (dat/prep of я) — я
идио́том
idiot (inst sg) — идиот
а
and, but (conjunction)
говори́
speak (imper of говорить) — говорить
то́лком
properly, clearly, sensibly

А. П. Чехов, «Злоумышленник», 1885 · sentence 12 of 73

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