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The Malefactor


Ему много этих самых гаек требуется.

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He needs a great many of these very nuts.

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Нешто не слыхали? Surely you've heard of him?

Невода у нас делает и господам продаёт. He makes seine nets hereabouts and sells them to the gentry.

На каждый невод, почитай, штук десять… Reckon ten or so of them for every net…

The words in this sentence

ему́
to him (dat of он/оно) — он
мно́го
much, many, a lot
э́тих
these (gen/prep pl) — этот
са́мых
the very, most (gen/prep pl) — самый
га́ек
nuts (for bolts) (gen pl) — гайка
тре́буется
is required, is needed (3sg) — требоваться

А. П. Чехов, «Злоумышленник», 1885 · sentence 51 of 73

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