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A Daughter of Albion

Vocabulary

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Doch` Al`biona

Kdomu pomeshchika Griabova podkatila prekrasnaia koliaska s kau-chukovy`mi shinami, tolsty`m kucherom i barhatny`m siden`em. Izkoliaski vy`skochil uezdny`i` predvodi tel` dvorianstva Fyodor AndreichOttsov. V perednei` vstretil ego sonny`i` lakei`. Gospoda doma? sprosi l predvodi tel`. Nika k net-s. Bary`nia s detiami v gosti poehali, a barin s mamzel`iu-

guvernantkoi` ry`bu loviat-s. S samogo utra-s.Ottsov postoial, podumal i poshyol k reke iskat` Griabova. Nashyol on

ego versty` za dve ot doma, podoi`dia k reke. Pogliadev vniz s krutogoberega i uvidev Griabova, Ottsov pry`snul... Griabov, bol`shoi`, tolsty`i`chelovek s ochen bol`shoi` golovoi `, sidel na pesochke, podzhav pod sebiapo-ture tski nogi, i udil. Shliapa u nego by`la na zaty lke, galstuk spolz nabok.Vozle nego stoiala vy`sokaia, tonkaia anglichanka s vy`pucly mi rach`imiglazami i bol`shim pti ch`im nosom, pohozhim skorei` na kriuchok, chemna nos. Odeta ona by`la v beloe kisei`noe plat`e, skvoz` kotoroe sil`no

prosvechivali toshchie, zhyolty`e plechi. Na zolotom poiase viseli zoloty`e

A Daughter of Albion

Ane carriage with rubber tyres, a fat coachman, and velvet on the seats,rolled up to the house of a landowner called Gryabov. Fyodor Andre-ich Otsov, the district Marshal of Nobility, jumped out of the carriage. Adrowsy footman met him in the hall.

Are the family at home? asked the Marshal.No, sir. The mistress and the children are gone out paying visits, while

the master and mademoiselle the governess are catching sh. Fishing sincethe morning, sir.

Otsov stood a little, thought a little, and then went to the river to look forGryabov. Going down to the river he found him a mile and a half from thehouse. Looking down from the steep bank and catching sight of Gryabov,Otsov gushed with laughter... Gryabov, a big fat man, with a very big head,was sitting on the sand, angling, with his legs tucked under h im like a Turk.His hat was on the back of his head and his cravat had slipped on one side.Beside him stood a tall thin Englishwoman, with prominent eyes like a

crawsh's, and a big bird-like nose more like a hook than a nose. She wasdressed in a white muslin gown through which her scraggy yellow shoul-

Vocabulary

landowner; landlord; squire; countr y gentleman

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drive up; wheel; roll up

slide tackle

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beautiful; ne; splendid; excellent; lovely; su-perb; brave; elegant; gallant; gorgeous; great

carriage; baby carriage; perambulator; sidecar;caleche; pram

, thick; fat; gross; porky; pudgy

, fatty; fatso; pudge

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grow stout; thicken; plump; fatten; put on weight;chub up; plump up; put on esh

smock; eece

Tolstoyan; Tolstoyist

sitting; bottom; place; space; seat; saddle

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chasiki. Ona tozhe udila. Vokrug oboikh tsarila grobovaia tishina. Obaby`li nepodvi zhny , kak reka, na kotoroi` plavali ikh poplavki.

Ohota smertnaia, da uchast` gor`kaia! zasmeialsia Ottsov. Zdravstvui`,Ivan Kuz`mich! A... e to ty`? sprosil Griabov, ne otry`vaia glaz ot vody`. Priehal? Kak vi dish`... A ty` vsyo eshchyo svoei` erundoi` zanimaesh`sia! Ne

otvy`k eshchyo? Koi` chyort... Ves den` lovliu, s utra... Ploho shto-to segodnia lovitsia.

Nichego ne poi`mal ni ia, ni e`ta kikimora. Sidim, sidim i hot` by` odinchyort! Prosto hot karaul k richi. A ty` napliui`. Poi`dyom vodku pit`! Postoi`... Mozhet by`t`, shto-nibud` da poi`maem. Pod vecher ry`ba

cliuyot luchshe... Sizhu, brat, zdes` s samogo utra! Takaia skuchishcha,shto i vy`razit` tebe ne mogu. Dyornul zhe menia chyort privy`knut` k e`toi`lovle! Znaiu, shto chepuha, a sizhu! Sizhu, kak podlets kakoi`-nibud`, kakkatorzhny`i`, i na vodu gliazhu, kak durak kakoi`-nibud`! Na pokos nado

ders were very distinctly apparent. On her gold belt hung a lit tle gold watch.She too was angling. The stillness of the grave reigned about them both.Both were motionless, as the river upon which their oats were swimming.

A desperate passion, but deadly dull! laughed Otsov. Good-day, IvanKuzmich!

Ah... is that you? asked Gryabov, not taking his eyes off the water. Have

you come?As you see... And you are still taken up with your crazy nonsense! Not

given it up yet?The devil's in it... I begin in the morning and sh all day... The shing is

not up to much today. I've caught nothing and this hobgoblin hasn't either.We sit on and on and not a devil of a sh! I could scream!

Well, chuck it up then. Let's go and have some vodka!Wait a little... Maybe we shall catch something. Towards evening the sh

bite better... I've been sitting here, my brother, ever since the morning! Ican't tell you how fearfully boring it is. It was the devil drove me to take tothis shing! I know that it is rotten idiocy for me to sit here! I sit here like

some scoundrel, like a convict, and I stare at the water like a fool! I ought

hang; dangle; swing; hinge; hover; be suspended;overhang

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dangling; oppy; suspended; impending; pen-dent; pendulous

angle; sh

shing rod

bit; bridle; reins

, reign; prevail; predominate; queen

czar; tsar; tzar

czarina; czaritza; tzarina; tsaritza

czarevitch; tzarevitch

czarevna; tzarevna

empire; kingdom; rule; realm; world; czardom

, cofn; tomb; deadly

casket; cofn

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ehat`, a ia ry`bu lovliu. Vchera v Hapon`eve preosviashchenny`i` sluzhil, aia ne poe hal, zdes` proside l vot s e`toi` sterliad`iu... s chertovkoi` s e`toi`... No... ty` s uma soshyol? sprosil Ottsov, konfuzlivo kosias` na angli-

chanku. Branish`sia pri dame... i eyo zhe... Da chyort s nei`! Vsyo odno, ni bel`mesa po-russki ne smy`slit. Ty` eyo

hot` khvali , hot brani ei` vsyo ravno! Ty na nos posmotri ! Ot odnogonosa v obmorok upadyosh`! Sidim po tsely`m dniam vmeste, i hot` by`odno slovo! Stoit, kak chuchelo, i bel`my` na vodu tarashchit.

Anglichanka zevnula, peremenila cherviachka i zaki nula udochku. Udivliaius , brat, ia nemalo! prodolzhal Gria bov. Zhivyot duri shcha

v Rossii desiat` let, i hot` by` odno slovo po-russki!.. Nash kakoi`-nibud`aristokratishka poedet k nim i zhivo po-ikhnemu brehat` nauchitsia, aoni... chyort ikh znaet! Ty posmotri na nos! Na nos ty` posmotri ! Nu, perestan ... Nelovko... Shto napal na zhenshchinu?

to go to the haymaking, but here I sit catching sh. Yesterday His Holinessheld a service at Haponyevo, but I didn't go. I spent the day here with thissterlet... with this she-devil...

But... have you taken leave of your senses? asked Otsov, glancing inembarrassment at the Englishwoman. Cursing before a lady... and her...

Oh, confound her! It doesn't matter, she doesn't understand a syllable of

Russian. Whether you praise her or blame her, it is all the same to her! Justlook at her nose! Her nose alone is enough to make one faint! We sit here forwhole days together and not a single word! She stands like a stuffed imageand rolls the whites of her eyes at the water.

The Englishwoman gave a yawn, put a new worm on, and dropped thehook into the water.

I wonder at her not a little, Gryabov went on, the great stupid has beenliving in Russia for ten years and not a word of Russian!.. Any little aristo-crat among us goes to them and quickly learns to babble away in their lingo,while they... there's no making them out! Just look at her nose! Do look ather nose!

Come, drop it... It's embarrassing... Why at tack a woman?

serve; work; minister; beg; act; be employed; bein service; do military service; celebrate

service; employment; ofce; work; duty; place;employ; situation; church ofce

altar boy; chaplain services assistant

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ramrod; career-minded

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ofce; ofcial; work-related

wrangle; swear; curse; quar rel; scold; spat; callnames

abuse; quarrel; invective; battle; ght; abusivelanguage; strong language; name-calling

, laud; praise; commend; compliment; eulogize;talk up; chant the praises; speak highly of; glo-

rify; recommend; give credit