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В начале июля, в чрезвычайно жаркое время, под вечер, один молодой человек вышел из своей каморки на улицу и медленно, как бы в нерешимости, отправился к мосту.
F. Dostoevsky, «Crime and Punishment»
English translationAt the beginning of July, in an extremely hot spell, toward evening, a young man went out from his little room onto the street and slowly, as if in indecision, set off toward the bridge.
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У меня нет вре́мени.
"I don't have time." — literally: 'by me there is no of-time'
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