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The Malefactor


— Да нешто, ваше благородие, можно без грузила?

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— But how can a man do without a sinker, your honour?

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— Отродясь не врал, а тут вру… — Never lied in all my born days, and here I am lying…

— бормочет Денис, мигая глазами. — mutters Denis, blinking his eyes.

Ежели ты живца или выполозка на крючок сажаешь, то нешто он пойдёт ко дну без грузила? If you put a live minnow or a crawler on the hook, is it going to go to the bottom without a sinker?

Вру… Lying, am I…

The words in this sentence

да
but, why (particle)
не́што
really? perhaps? (colloq., arch.)
ва́ше
your (n) — ваш
благоро́дие
Your Honour (in ваше благородие) (arch.)
мо́жно
one may, it is possible
без
without
грузи́ла
sinkers, net weights (nom/acc pl) — грузило

А. П. Чехов, «Злоумышленник», 1885 · sentence 14 of 73

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