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The Malefactor


Запишите также, ваше благородие, что он меня два раза по зубам ударил и в груди.

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Write down too, your honour, that he struck me twice in the teeth and in the chest.

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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

запиши́те
write down! (imper pl) — записать
та́кже
also, as well
ва́ше
your (n) — ваш
благоро́дие
Your Honour (in ваше благородие) (arch.)
что
that (conj.)
он
he
меня́
me (gen/acc of я) — я
два
two
ра́за
times (gen sg, after numerals) — раз
по
along, by, according to (+dat)
зуба́м
to teeth (dat pl of зуб) — зуб
уда́рил
he struck (past m of ударить) — ударить
и
and; also, even
в
in, into
груди́
chest, breast (gen/dat/prep sg) — грудь

А. П. Чехов, «Злоумышленник», 1885 · sentence 43 of 73

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