Day 195: Seventy Candles on the Cake
Before his grandfather's seventieth birthday party in Astrakhan, a boy and his father are putting candles on the cake.
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Dialogue
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A
Пап, свечей только тридцать, а дедушке семьдесят!
Dad, there are only thirty candles, and Grandpa is turning seventy!
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B
Семьдесят свечей? Это будет не торт, а пожар!
Seventy candles? That won't be a cake, it'll be a fire!
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A
И что делать? Магазин уже закрыт.
So what do we do? The shop's already closed.
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B
Спокойно, я купил две свечи-цифры: семь и ноль.
Relax, I bought two number candles: a seven and a zero.
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A
Здорово! Так даже красивее.
Great! That's even nicer.
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