Без грузила только уклейку ловят, а на что хуже пескаря, да и тот не пойдёт тебе без грузила.
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Without a sinker there's nothing to be caught but bleak, and what could be poorer than a gudgeon — yet even he won't come to you without a sinker.
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— Зачем врать? — Why should I lie?
Спросите на деревне, коли не верите… Ask in the village, if you don't believe me…
The words in this sentence
- без
- without
- грузи́ла
- sinkers, net weights (nom/acc pl) — грузило
- то́лько
- only, just
- укле́йку
- bleak, a small river fish (acc sg) — уклейка
- ло́вят
- they catch (3pl) — ловить
- а
- and, but (conjunction)
- на
- on, onto; at
- что
- what; that (conjunction)
- ху́же
- worse (comparative)
- пескаря́
- gudgeon (a small fish, gen/acc sg) — пескарь
- да
- and, but (conj.)
- и
- even (particle)
- тот
- that (m nom)
- не
- not
- пойдёт
- will go (3sg of пойти) — пойти
- тебе́
- to you (dat/prep, informal) — ты
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