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The Malefactor


Я должен взять тебя под стражу и отослать в тюрьму.

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I must take you into custody and send you to prison.

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— Нет. — No.

The words in this sentence

я
I
до́лжен
must, obliged; owes (short adj m)
взять
to take
тебя́
you (gen/acc, informal) — ты
под
under (+instr/acc)
стра́жу
custody, guard (acc sg); «под стражу» into custody — стража
и
and; also, even
отосла́ть
to send away, send off
в
in, into
тюрьму́
prison (acc sg) — тюрьма

А. П. Чехов, «Злоумышленник», 1885 · sentence 60 of 73

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