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The Malefactor


— Так ты говоришь, что ты отвинтил эту гайку для того, чтобы сделать из неё грузило?

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— So you say that you unscrewed this nut in order to make a sinker out of it?

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The words in this sentence

так
so, thus
ты
you (informal)
говори́шь
you say, speak (2sg) — говорить
что
that (conj.)
отвинти́л
he unscrewed (past m) — отвинтить
э́ту
this (fem acc) — этот
га́йку
nut (acc sg) — гайка
для
for, for the sake of (+ gen)
того́
that (gen sg) — тот
что́бы
so that, in order to
сде́лать
to do, make (infinitive)
из
from, out of (+ gen)
неё
it (of a feminine noun) (pron.) — она
грузи́ло
sinker, net weight (nom/acc sg)

А. П. Чехов, «Злоумышленник», 1885 · sentence 23 of 73

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