Day 37: Why Did You Stop Calling?
In Moscow, two old school friends meet for the first time since one of them moved to Murmansk five years ago.
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- Read the situation under the title.
- Read the dialogue and its translation. The audio for this lesson is coming soon.
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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
Ну, рассказывай, северянин. Пять лет ни слуху ни духу, я уж думал, тебя медведи съели.
Well, go on, northerner. Five years without a word, I thought the bears had eaten you.
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B
Да ладно тебе, я ж звонил, на день рождения, например.
Oh, come on, I did call, on your birthday, for instance.
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A
Два раза за пять лет, а я тебе раз двадцать набирал.
Twice in five years, and I rang you about twenty times.
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B
Не то чтобы я забыл... Как-то так вышло: первый год там всё не клеилось, хвастаться было нечем.
It's not that I forgot... It just sort of happened: the first year nothing went right up there, I had nothing to brag about.
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A
И ты решил, что мне только твои успехи интересны? Обидно, между прочим.
And you decided I'm only interested in your successes? That hurts, you know.
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B
Знаю, Серёг, дурак был. Чем дольше не звонил, тем стыднее было позвонить.
I know, Seryoga, I was an idiot. The longer I didn't call, the more ashamed I was to call.
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A
Ладно, проехали. Но теперь созваниваемся по воскресеньям, а пропадёшь опять, сам в Мурманск прилечу.
All right, forget it. But from now on we talk on Sundays, and if you vanish again, I'll fly to Murmansk myself.
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