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Re: raffolait d'une de ses juments
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the Zemskis were terrible rakes (razvratniki), one of them loved small girls, and another raffolait d'une de ses juments and had her tied up in a special way... when he dated her in her stall
From Ilf and Petrov's "The 12 chairs" (chapter Five: Velikiy kombinator): "Tell me, dad," said the young man [Ostap Bender], taking a puff, "are there any marriageable young girls in this town? "
The old caretaker [dvornik Tikhon] did not show the least surprise.
"For some a mare'd be a bride," [komu i kobyla nevesta] he answered, readily striking up a conversation.
Alexey Sklyarenko
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From Ilf and Petrov's "The 12 chairs" (chapter Five: Velikiy kombinator): "Tell me, dad," said the young man [Ostap Bender], taking a puff, "are there any marriageable young girls in this town? "
The old caretaker [dvornik Tikhon] did not show the least surprise.
"For some a mare'd be a bride," [komu i kobyla nevesta] he answered, readily striking up a conversation.
Alexey Sklyarenko
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