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The Malefactor


Креста на нём нет, на старосте-то…

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There's no cross on him, on that elder…

Where it stands

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

А. П. Чехов, «Злоумышленник», 1885 · sentence 67 of 73

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