— Коли б не нужна была, не отвинчивал бы, — хрипит Денис, косясь на потолок.
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— If I hadn’t needed it, I wouldn’t have unscrewed it, — rasps Denis, casting a sidelong glance at the ceiling.
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The words in this sentence
- ко́ли
- if, since (arch./colloq.)
- б
- would (conditional particle, short for бы)
- не
- not
- нужна́
- is needed (short f of нужный) — нужный
- была́
- was (past f of быть) — быть
- отви́нчивал
- he was unscrewing (past m) — отвинчивать
- бы
- would (conditional particle)
- хрипи́т
- wheezes, rasps (3sg) — хрипеть
- Дени́с
- Denis (name)
- кося́сь
- looking askance, squinting (gerund) — коситься
- на
- on, onto; at
- потоло́к
- ceiling
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