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The Malefactor


— Но для грузила ты мог взять свинец, пулю… гвоздик какой-нибудь…

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— But for a sinker you could have taken lead, a bullet… some little nail…

The words in this sentence

но
but
для
for, for the sake of (+ gen)
грузи́ла
sinkers, net weights (nom/acc pl) — грузило
ты
you (informal)
мог
he could (past m of мочь) — мочь
взять
to take
свине́ц
lead (the metal; nom/acc sg)
пу́лю
bullet (acc sg) — пуля
гво́здик
little nail, tack (nom/acc sg)
како́й-нибудь
some, any (nom sg m)

А. П. Чехов, «Злоумышленник», 1885 · sentence 24 of 73

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