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The Malefactor


И не крал, кажись, и не дрался…

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I've not stolen, seemingly, nor have I been fighting…

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Было б за что, пошёл бы, а то так… здорово живёшь… If there were something to go for, I'd go, but like this… out of a clear sky…

За что? What for?

А ежели вы насчёт недоимки сомневаетесь, ваше благородие, то не верьте старосте… And if it's the arrears you have your doubts about, your honour, then don't believe the village elder…

Вы господина непременного члена спросите… You ask the gentleman, the permanent member of the board…

The words in this sentence

и
and; also, even
не
not
крал
he stole (past m of красть) — красть
кажи́сь
it seems, I daresay (arch./colloq.)
дра́лся
he fought (past m of драться) — драться

А. П. Чехов, «Злоумышленник», 1885 · sentence 65 of 73

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