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The Malefactor


Кузьма не платит, а ты, Денис, отвечай…

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Kuzma doesn't pay, and you, Denis, must answer for it…

Where it stands

— Нас три брата, — бормочет Денис, когда два дюжих солдата берут и ведут его из камеры. — There are three of us brothers, — mutters Denis, as two burly soldiers take hold of him and lead him out of the chamber.

— Брат за брата не ответчик… — A brother is not answerable for a brother…

Судьи! Judges!

Помер покойник барин-генерал, царство небесное, а то показал бы он вам, судьям… The late master, the general, is dead, the kingdom of heaven be his, or he'd have shown you something, you judges…

The words in this sentence

Кузьма́
Kuzma (name)
не
not
пла́тит
pays (3sg) — платить
а
and, but (conjunction)
ты
you (informal)
Дени́с
Denis (name)
отвеча́й
answer! (imper sg) — отвечать

А. П. Чехов, «Злоумышленник», 1885 · sentence 71 of 73

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