Креста на нём нет, на старосте-то…
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There's no cross on him, on that elder…
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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
- креста́
- of the cross (gen sg) — крест
- на
- on, onto; at
- нем
- him, it (prep of он: о нём) — он
- нет
- no; there is not
- ста́росте-то
- as for the elder (dat sg + emphatic -то) — староста
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