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The Malefactor


— Теперь, говорю, понятно, отчего в прошлом году сошёл поезд с рельсов…

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— Now, I say, it's clear why a train ran off the rails last year…

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Я понимаю! I understand!

The words in this sentence

тепе́рь
now
говорю́
I say (1sg of говорить) — говорить
поня́тно
understandable; I see (adv/pred)
отчего́
why, for what reason
в
in, into
про́шлом
last, past (prep m/n sg) — прошлый
году́
year (loc sg of год: в ... году) — год
сошёл
he went down, descended (past m of сойти) — сойти
по́езд
train (nom/acc sg)
с
from, off (prep. + gen.)
ре́льсов
rails (gen pl) — рельс

А. П. Чехов, «Злоумышленник», 1885 · sentence 39 of 73

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