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The Malefactor


— Так ли всё это было, как объясняет Акинфов?

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— Is that how it all was, just as Akinfov states?

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так
so, thus
ли
whether; question particle
все
everyone, all (pl) — весь
э́то
this; it is — этот
бы́ло
was (past n of быть) — быть
как
how; as, like
объясня́ет
explains (3sg) — объяснять
Аки́нфов
Akinfov, the railway watchman (surname) (name)

А. П. Чехов, «Злоумышленник», 1885 · sentence 7 of 73

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