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The Malefactor


— Это вы про ту гайку, что под красным сундучком лежала?

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— Would that be the nut that was lying under the little red trunk?

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The words in this sentence

э́то
this; it is — этот
вы
you (pl/formal)
про
about, concerning (+acc)
ту
that (f acc) — тот
га́йку
nut (acc sg) — гайка
что
that, which (rel. pron.)
под
under (+instr/acc)
кра́сным
red (inst m/n sg; dat pl) — красный
сундучко́м
with a little trunk (instr sg) — сундучок
лежа́ла
lay (past f of лежать, to lie) — лежать

А. П. Чехов, «Злоумышленник», 1885 · sentence 46 of 73

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