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The Malefactor


Эту в каком месте ты отвинтил и когда?

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Whereabouts did you unscrew that one, and when?

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— Когда у тебя делали обыск, то нашли ещё одну гайку… — When your place was searched, they found one more nut…

The words in this sentence

э́ту
this (fem acc) — этот
в
in, into
како́м
what, which (prep sg) — какой
ме́сте
place (prep sg of место) — место
ты
you (informal)
отвинти́л
he unscrewed (past m) — отвинтить
и
and; also, even
когда́
when

А. П. Чехов, «Злоумышленник», 1885 · sentence 45 of 73

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