Day 171: Warning a Friend About His Partner
In a car outside a gym in Tyumen, two friends talk about a third friend's new business.
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Dialogue
Audio for this lesson is coming soon. For now, read the dialogue and its translation.
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A
Слышал? Костя открывает автосервис на пару с Лапиным, тем самым, что меня кинул.
Have you heard? Kostya is opening a car repair shop together with Lapin, the very guy who cheated me.
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B
Слышал. Но это их дело, Костя взрослый человек, сам разберётся.
I have. But that's their business, Kostya is a grown man, he'll figure it out.
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A
А если бы меня тогда кто-то предупредил, я бы сейчас кредит не выплачивал.
But if someone had warned me back then, I wouldn't be paying off a loan now.
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B
Понимаю. Хотя за пять лет Лапин, может, и изменился: люди меняются.
I get it. Although Lapin may have changed in five years: people change.
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A
Такие не меняются, он всегда себе на уме. А промолчать ещё хуже: Костя потом спросит, почему не сказали.
His kind don't change, he always has his own agenda. And keeping quiet is even worse: Kostya will ask us later why we didn't tell him.
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B
Тоже верно. Только говорить будем вместе и спокойно, тем более что Лапин его давний знакомый.
That's true too. Only we'll talk to him together and calmly, especially since Lapin is an old acquaintance of his.
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Договорились. Позвоним сегодня же: пусть решает сам, но хотя бы с открытыми глазами.
Agreed. We'll call him today: let him decide for himself, but at least with his eyes open.
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