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🇷🇺 Russian · Advanced Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 22 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

You Should Have Said

The difficult customer is back with his grandfather's grand: you tuned it and it's worse, worse how, it went out of tune in a week, I warned you the pins are loose, you should have said so straight away, I did say and it's on the receipt, I should have called you, I wasted my money, I'll retune it once free and give you a price for the pins.

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THE STORY

The piano workshop off Chistye Prudy, a morning in March. Andrey Viktorovich, the owner of his grandfather's grand, is back at the door. He and Sam are polite with each other.

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стало хужеSTA-la KHOO-zheit's got worse, word for word it became worse
Вы настроили рояль, а стало хуже.vy na-STRO-i-li ra-YAL, a STA-la KHOO-zhe.You tuned the grand, and it's got worse.
Хуже? Что именно?KHOO-zhe? SHTO EE-min-na?Worse? What exactly?
Он расстроился за неделю.on ras-STRO-il-sya za ni-DYE-lyu.It went out of tune in a week.
Я вас предупреждал: колки слабые.ya vas pri-du-pri-ZHDAL: kal-KEE SLA-by-ye.I warned you: the pins are loose.
надо былоNA-da BY-lait should have been done, word for word it was necessary
Надо было сразу сказать!NA-da BY-la SRA-zu ska-ZAT!You should have said so straight away!
Я и сказал. Это написано в квитанции.ya i ska-ZAL. E-ta na-PEE-sa-na f kvi-TAN-tsi-i.I did say. It's written on the receipt.
Я должен был позвонить вам.ya DOL-zhen BYL pa-zva-NEET vam.I should have called you.
И что теперь? Зря деньги потратил.i SHTO ti-PYER? ZRYA DYEN-gi pa-TRA-til.And now what? I wasted my money.

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