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"english": "For the life of me, I can’t remember.",
"roman": "Xocʹ zabí [mjanjé], nje pómnju.",
"text": "Хоць забі́ [мяне́], не по́мню.",
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"english": "He doesn’t want to concede it, for the life of him, and doesn’t let any of us do it, despite the fact that the final trial about this land is already over, and we lost it.",
"ref": "1919, Янка Купала, Раскіданае гняздо [The Ravaged Nest], Акт пяты, зьява I, page 73:",
"roman": "Xocʹ zabí jahó — sastupícʹ adhétulʹ nje xóča i nam nikómu vóli nje dajé, njahljédzjačy na tóje, što wžo apóšni sud za hétu zjamljú adbýwsja i my na im prajhráli.",
"text": "Хоць забі яго — саступіць адгэтуль ня хоча і нам нікому волі не дае́, ня гледзячы на тое, што ўжо апошні суд за гэту зямлю адбыўся і мы на ім прайгралі.",
"translation": "He doesn’t want to concede it, for the life of him, and doesn’t let any of us do it, despite the fact that the final trial about this land is already over, and we lost it.",
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"english": "He, for the life of him, could not figure out, could not remember, how he ended up here, in this forest, near this river.",
"ref": "1987, Леанід Дайнека, След ваўкалака [Werewolf’s Trail], Раздзел чацвёрты, частка I:",
"roman": "Jon, xocʹ zabi jahó, nje moh dawmjecca, nje moh uspómnicʹ, jak i čamu apynuwsja tut, u hetym ljesje, lja hetaj raki.",
"text": "Ён, хоць забі яго, не мог даўмецца, не мог успомніць, як і чаму апынуўся тут, у гэтым лесе, ля гэтай ракі.",
"translation": "He, for the life of him, could not figure out, could not remember, how he ended up here, in this forest, near this river.",
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"english": "He didn’t want, for the life of him, to go to a there, where there was car stench, human commotion; he wanted to stay here, where there was quitness, fresly washed aid and the sweet smell of spring.",
"ref": "2016, Васіль Гігевіч, “Сон [A Dream]”, in Полымя, number 2 (1036), page 81:",
"roman": "Nje xacjelasja, xocʹ zabi, jexacʹ tudy, dzje šum, smuród mašyn, ljudskaja mitusnja, xacjelasja zastacca tut, dzje cišynja, vymytaje pavjetra i salódki vjasnóvy pax.",
"text": "Не хацелася, хоць забі, ехаць туды, дзе шум, смурод машын, людская мітусня, хацелася застацца тут, дзе цішыня, вымытае паветра і салодкі вясновы пах.",
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"english": "He doesn’t want to concede it, for the life of him, and doesn’t let any of us do it, despite the fact that the final trial about this land is already over, and we lost it.",
"ref": "1919, Янка Купала, Раскіданае гняздо [The Ravaged Nest], Акт пяты, зьява I, page 73:",
"roman": "Xocʹ zabí jahó — sastupícʹ adhétulʹ nje xóča i nam nikómu vóli nje dajé, njahljédzjačy na tóje, što wžo apóšni sud za hétu zjamljú adbýwsja i my na im prajhráli.",
"text": "Хоць забі яго — саступіць адгэтуль ня хоча і нам нікому волі не дае́, ня гледзячы на тое, што ўжо апошні суд за гэту зямлю адбыўся і мы на ім прайгралі.",
"translation": "He doesn’t want to concede it, for the life of him, and doesn’t let any of us do it, despite the fact that the final trial about this land is already over, and we lost it.",
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"ref": "1987, Леанід Дайнека, След ваўкалака [Werewolf’s Trail], Раздзел чацвёрты, частка I:",
"roman": "Jon, xocʹ zabi jahó, nje moh dawmjecca, nje moh uspómnicʹ, jak i čamu apynuwsja tut, u hetym ljesje, lja hetaj raki.",
"text": "Ён, хоць забі яго, не мог даўмецца, не мог успомніць, як і чаму апынуўся тут, у гэтым лесе, ля гэтай ракі.",
"translation": "He, for the life of him, could not figure out, could not remember, how he ended up here, in this forest, near this river.",
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"english": "He didn’t want, for the life of him, to go to a there, where there was car stench, human commotion; he wanted to stay here, where there was quitness, fresly washed aid and the sweet smell of spring.",
"ref": "2016, Васіль Гігевіч, “Сон [A Dream]”, in Полымя, number 2 (1036), page 81:",
"roman": "Nje xacjelasja, xocʹ zabi, jexacʹ tudy, dzje šum, smuród mašyn, ljudskaja mitusnja, xacjelasja zastacca tut, dzje cišynja, vymytaje pavjetra i salódki vjasnóvy pax.",
"text": "Не хацелася, хоць забі, ехаць туды, дзе шум, смурод машын, людская мітусня, хацелася застацца тут, дзе цішыня, вымытае паветра і салодкі вясновы пах.",
"translation": "He didn’t want, for the life of him, to go to a there, where there was car stench, human commotion; he wanted to stay here, where there was quitness, fresly washed aid and the sweet smell of spring.",
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