Russian adjectives
| Example in Russian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Даже мне, доктору, непостижимо, как Пелагею, с ее комплекцией быка, могла свалить такая мелочь, как тифозная вошь. | It is incomprehensible even to me, a doctor, that Pelageya, built as she was, like an ox could be felled by something so small as a typhoid louse. |