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The Malefactor


— Когда у тебя делали обыск, то нашли ещё одну гайку…

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— When your place was searched, they found one more nut…

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Эту в каком месте ты отвинтил и когда? Whereabouts did you unscrew that one, and when?

The words in this sentence

когда́
when
у
at, by; belonging to
тебя́
you (gen/acc, informal) — ты
де́лали
they made, did (past pl) — делать
о́быск
search (by police) (acc sg)
то
then (conj.)
нашли́
they found (past pl) — найти
ещё
still, yet, more (= ещё) — еще
одну́
one (acc f of один) — один
га́йку
nut (acc sg) — гайка

А. П. Чехов, «Злоумышленник», 1885 · sentence 44 of 73

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