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The Malefactor


— То есть, как же в тюрьму?

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— How do you mean, to prison?

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Ваше благородие! Your honour!

Мне некогда, мне надо на ярмарку; с Егора три рубля за сало получить… I've no time for that, I must get to the fair; I'm to collect three roubles from Yegor for the lard…

The words in this sentence

то
that; then (если... то)
есть
is, there is; to eat (inf) — быть
как
how; as, like
же
emphatic/contrastive particle: but, however, indeed
в
in, into
тюрьму́
prison (acc sg) — тюрьма

А. П. Чехов, «Злоумышленник», 1885 · sentence 62 of 73

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