Day 150 of 175

Day 150: The Gray Tiles Were Right

At a housewarming party in a newly renovated apartment in Novosibirsk, the owner takes his friend, a builder, to see the bathroom.

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Dialogue

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  1. A

    Пока все за столом, пойдём, покажу ванную. Ради неё, считай, весь ремонт и затевался.

    While everyone's at the table, come on, I'll show you the bathroom. The whole renovation was pretty much for its sake.

  2. B

    Ого... Ну, признаю: серая плитка смотрится лучше, чем смотрелась бы чёрная.

    Wow... Well, I admit it: the gray tiles look better than black ones would have.

  3. A

    А ты полгода доказывал, что будет как в больнице. Помнишь, как спорили?

    And you spent six months telling me it would look like a hospital. Remember how we argued?

  4. B

    Каюсь, был неправ. И положена аккуратно, шов в шов: неужели сам клал?

    Guilty, I was wrong. And it's laid neatly too, the joints all line up: did you really lay it yourself?

  5. A

    Сам, по видео из интернета. Но больше всего я рад не плитке, а новой проводке.

    Myself, from videos on the internet. But what I'm happiest about isn't the tiles, it's the new wiring.

  6. B

    И правильно: там же была проводка, проложенная ещё при Брежневе. Дорого, но игра стоила свеч.

    Quite right: that was wiring laid back in Brezhnev's time. It cost a lot, but it was worth it.

  7. A

    Ещё бы: раньше чайник со стиралкой включишь, и пробки вылетают. А теперь хоть всё сразу!

    You bet: before, you'd switch on the kettle and the washing machine together and the fuses would blow. Now I can run everything at once!

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