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The Malefactor


Денис перестаёт мигать и, приподняв свои густые брови, вопросительно глядит на чиновника.

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Denis stops blinking and, raising his thick eyebrows, looks questioningly at the official.

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Дени́с
Denis (name)
перестаёт
stops, ceases (3sg) — переставать
мига́ть
to blink, flicker
и
and; also, even
приподня́в
having raised slightly (gerund) — приподнять
свои́
one's own (nom/acc pl) — свой
густы́е
thick, dense (nom/acc pl) — густой
бро́ви
eyebrows (pl); eyebrow (gen sg) — бровь
вопроси́тельно
questioningly, inquiringly (adv)
гляди́т
looks, gazes (3sg of глядеть) — глядеть
на
on, onto; at
чино́вника
official (gen/acc sg) — чиновник

А. П. Чехов, «Злоумышленник», 1885 · sentence 61 of 73

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