Day 33: Chalk Marks on the Domino Table
At the domino table in a courtyard in Tver, two pensioners who play every afternoon sit down to carry on yesterday's game.
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Dialogue
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A
Ну вот, половину счёта дождём смыло! Кто вчера записывал?
Well, there you go, the rain's washed away half the score! Who was keeping it yesterday?
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B
Я. Было сорок шесть на тридцать восемь в мою пользу.
Me. It was forty-six to thirty-eight in my favor.
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A
В твою? Ты же последние три партии проиграл!
In your favor? You lost the last three games!
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B
Это позавчера было! Вчера ведь я выигрывал, пока Михалыч не пришёл.
That was the day before yesterday! Yesterday I was winning until Mikhalych showed up.
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A
Ну, память у нас обоих уже не та... Давай так: ничья.
Well, neither of our memories is what it used to be... Let's call it a draw.
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B
Ничья так ничья. Только теперь счёт пишем не на столе, а в тетради.
A draw it is. Only from now on we keep score in a notebook, not on the table.
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