— А что староста набрехал в учёте, это я хоть под присягой…
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— But that the elder lied about the accounts, that I'll swear to on oath…
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— Я и так молчу… — I am silent as it is…
— бормочет Денис. — mutters Denis.
Нас три брата: Кузьма Григорьев, стало быть, Егор Григорьев и я, Денис Григорьев… There are three of us brothers: Kuzma Grigoryev, that is, then Yegor Grigoryev, and myself, Denis Grigoryev…
The words in this sentence
- а
- and, but (conjunction)
- что
- that (conj.)
- ста́роста
- village elder, headman
- набреха́л
- he told lies, fudged (past m, colloq.) — набрехать
- в
- in, into
- учёте
- the accounts, reckoning (prep sg) — учёт
- э́то
- this; it is — этот
- я
- I
- хоть
- even, if need be (particle)
- под
- under (+instr/acc)
- прися́гой
- oath (instr sg; под присягой = under oath) — присяга
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