Language through Literature

The Malefactor


Отвинти две-три гайки, вот тебе и крушение!

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Unscrew two or three nuts, and there’s your wreck!

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— А отчего, по-твоему, происходят крушения поездов? — And what, in your opinion, causes train wrecks?

The words in this sentence

отвинти́
unscrew it! (imper sg) — отвинтить
две-три
two or three (f) — два-три
га́йки
nuts (nom/acc pl) — гайка
вот
here (is), there
тебе́
to you (dat/prep, informal) — ты
и
and; also, even
круше́ние
wreck, crash, collapse

А. П. Чехов, «Злоумышленник», 1885 · sentence 32 of 73

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