Вы вот и рассудили, как и что, а сторож тот же мужик, без всякого понятия, хватает за шиворот и тащит…
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You, now, you reasoned it out, the how and the what of it, but the watchman is a peasant like the rest of us, with no understanding at all — he grabs you by the scruff of the neck and hauls you off…
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— На то вы и образованные, чтобы понимать, милостивцы наши… — That is just what you are educated for, to understand, our gracious benefactors…
Господь знал, кому понятие давал… The Lord knew to whom He gave understanding…
Ты рассуди, а потом и тащи! First reason it out, and then haul away!
Сказано — мужик, мужицкий и ум… As the saying goes — a peasant, and a peasant's wits…
The words in this sentence
- вы
- you (pl/formal)
- вот
- here (is), there
- и
- and; also, even
- рассуди́ли
- judged, decided (past pl) — рассудить
- как
- how; as, like
- что
- what; that (conjunction)
- а
- and, but (conjunction)
- сто́рож
- watchman, guard (nom)
- тот
- that (m nom)
- же
- emphatic/contrastive particle: but, however, indeed
- мужи́к
- peasant, muzhik (nom sg)
- без
- without
- вся́кого
- every, any (gen/acc m) — всякий
- поня́тия
- understanding, sense (n., n.) — понятие
- хвата́ет
- to grab, seize (v., impf.) — хватать
- за
- by (grasping) (prep.)
- ши́ворот
- «за шиворот» by the scruff of the neck
- та́щит
- drags, hauls (3sg) — тащить
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