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The Malefactor


Помер покойник барин-генерал, царство небесное, а то показал бы он вам, судьям…

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The late master, the general, is dead, the kingdom of heaven be his, or he'd have shown you something, you judges…

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Кузьма не платит, а ты, Денис, отвечай… Kuzma doesn't pay, and you, Denis, must answer for it…

Судьи! Judges!

Надо судить умеючи, не зря… One must judge with understanding, not just anyhow…

Хоть и высеки, но чтоб за дело, по совести… Flog a man, if you must, but let it be for cause, in good conscience…

The words in this sentence

по́мер
died (past m, colloq.) — помереть
поко́йник
the dead man, deceased (nom sg)
ба́рин-генера́л
the master-general, gentleman general (nom sg)
ца́рство
kingdom; «царство небесное» God rest his soul
небе́сное
heavenly (n nom/acc sg; царство небесное = the kingdom of heaven) — небесный
а
and, but (conjunction)
то
that; then (если... то)
показа́л
showed (past m of показать) — показать
бы
would (conditional particle)
он
he
вам
to you (dat pl) — вы
су́дьям
to the judges (dat pl) — судья

А. П. Чехов, «Злоумышленник», 1885 · sentence 72 of 73

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