Day 73: Pancake Wednesday at the In-Laws'
During Maslenitsa week in Tver, a young man arrives at his in-laws' apartment and is met at the door by his father-in-law, Nikolai Stepanovich.
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- Read the situation under the title.
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Dialogue
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A
Николай Степанович, здравствуйте! Чем так вкусно пахнет на весь подъезд?
Hello, Nikolai Stepanovich! What smells so good all through the stairwell?
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B
Блинами! Среда же, тёща зятя кормит по полной. Галя напекла сто штук.
Pancakes! It's Wednesday, the day a mother-in-law feeds her son-in-law till he can't move. Galya has made a hundred.
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A
Сто штук? Я в прошлом году двенадцать съел и еле из-за стола встал.
A hundred? Last year I ate twelve and could barely get up from the table.
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B
Слушай опытного человека: не доедай блин до конца, иначе она сразу новый положит.
Listen to a man of experience: never finish a pancake, or she'll put a new one on your plate right away.
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A
А если спросит, почему я не доел? Обидится ведь.
And if she asks why I didn't finish it? She'll be hurt, you know.
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B
Проще простого: хвали блины и спрашивай рецепт. Пока она рассказывает, ты отдыхаешь.
Easy as pie: praise the pancakes and ask for the recipe. While she's explaining, you get a break.
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A
Понял. Значит, сегодня я не столько ем, сколько записываю рецепты.
Got it. So tonight I'm not so much eating as writing down recipes.
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