Мороз
Frost
B2 · Upper Intermediate · fiction · 9 scenes · Premium story
At a charity fair in a provincial town, a rich peasant boasts to the governor about the frosts he has endured and the money he has made. Outside, the poor are freezing for the same winter.
Characters
- Yegor Ivanych (Егор Иваныч) — Village head
- The governor (Губернатор) — Provincial governor
- The governor's wife (Губернаторша) — Hostess
Vocabulary from this story
- мороз — frost
- губернатор — governor
- сказать — say
- голова — head
- рука — hand
- павильон — pavilion
- стать — begin to do sth
- стакан — glass
- околоточный — police-officer
- всякий — every type of
- сердце — heart
- архиерей — bishop