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🇷🇺 Russian · Fluency Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 9 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

In Case Something Comes of It

The Man in a Case at the reading club: this one is longer so give us the man and not the plot, a teacher lived in a case with galoshes and an umbrella and his collar up, his famous words were in case something should come of it, he was afraid of everything and most of all that the town might talk, he fell down the stairs, a girl laughed, he died, and in the coffin he smiled.

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THE STORY

Thursday at the reading club near the Arbat. Lev Borisovich wants the man, not the plot, and Sam gives him Belikov; the two of them say the polite you.

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Этот длиннее. Дайте нам человека, а не сюжет.E-tat dlin-NYE-ye. DAY-tye nam chi-la-VYE-ka, a nye syu-ZHET.This one is longer. Give us the man, not the plot.
Учитель жил в футляре: калоши, зонт, воротник.u-CHEE-tyel ZHIL f fut-LYA-rye: ka-LO-shi, ZONT, va-rat-NEEK.A teacher lived in a case: galoshes, an umbrella, his collar up.
Его знаменитые слова?ye-VO zna-mi-NEE-ty-ye sla-VA?His famous words?
Как бы чего не вышлоkak by chi-VO nye VYSH-lain case something should come of it, the four famous words
«Как бы чего не вышло».kak by chi-VO nye VYSH-la."In case something should come of it."
Чего он боялся?chi-VO on ba-YAL-sya?What was he afraid of?
как бы город не заговорилkak by GO-rat nye za-ga-va-REELthat the town might start talking: the same fear-shape
Всего. Больше всего: как бы город не заговорил.fsi-VO. BOL-she fsi-VO: kak by GO-rat nye za-ga-va-REEL.Everything. Most of all: that the town might talk.
Чем кончилось?CHEM KON-chi-las?How did it end?
Упал с лестницы, девушка засмеялась, и он умер. А в гробу улыбался.u-PAL s LYES-ni-tsy, DYE-vush-ka za-smi-YA-las, i on OO-mir. a v gra-BOO u-ly-BAL-sya.He fell down the stairs, a girl laughed, and he died. And in the coffin he was smiling.