英语词汇“kopeck”造句的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

"I bought a tape of Sgt Pepper's from one of my older friends for 60 kopecks," he remembers. Beatles for sale: The vinyl underground in the USSR 2012-10-05T07:06:49Z

“All this fuss about spies and counterspies is not worth interstate relations. This spy story, as we say here, is not worth 5 kopecks,” Putin told the Financial Times in an interview in the Kremlin. Putin: Skripal attack should not affect UK-Russia relations 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z

“Those who earned even one black kopeck by exploiting the army and the war will sit in prison for life,” she said at a Thursday news conference, adding that Poroshenko “simply laundered defense money.” Ukraine: Tymoshenko promises prison for military embezzlers 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z

“There is no proof that Kirill put so much as a kopeck into his own pocket,” he said. Trial of Russian Director Seen as Test of Artistic Freedom 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z

"That's all an invention by foreign agents who are paid a few kopecks" he told me. Chechen leader tackled on rights abuse 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z

Too bad the fellow is actually no official at all — just a dissolute ne’er-do-well and lowly government clerk without a kopeck to his name, who merrily plays along. Review: Seattle Shakespeare’s ‘Government Inspector’ keeps us laughing 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z

The dogged peasant keeps after the miser; he wants his kopeck back. Opinion | Baba Yaga on the Ganges 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z

Angry, Ms. Gorbunova decided not to repay a kopeck, she said in newspaper and television interviews. As Russians Struggle to Pay Bills, Debt Collectors Mimic the Mob 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z

Shortly before leaving, he wrote on his Facebook page that he did not wish to “pay a single kopeck for Crimea. Stolen goods are stolen goods.” Government in exile 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z

“Not a kopeck,” she said in Russian, one of the five languages she speaks. The Neediest Cases: Husband’s Death Brings Another Trauma 2013-12-08T00:52:41Z

"Compared with the size of the banking system it is of course kopecks," Osadchy said. Russians see no cause for alarm in crackdown on shadowy banking 2013-11-24T12:11:56Z

The naïve and yet not-so-naïve peasant still worries about the kopeck he lent the miser. Opinion | Baba Yaga on the Ganges 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z

But now it’s in private hands and they are paying back kopecks to the state while making millions in profits — a ruble for the state and 10 for themselves. Moscow Journal: Russian Beer Law Draws Support, and Some Pessimism 2013-01-07T00:45:18Z

These companies "are undervalued and we would not like them to be privatized for kopecks and then to be resold right away for serious money," Mr. Putin said. Russian Privatization Plan Questioned 2012-06-20T23:07:35Z

He expends all but nine silver kopecks in rescuing the body, and turns homeward. The Grateful Dead The History of a Folk Story 2012-04-11T02:00:32.697Z

The man who deserted and defied the Black Hundred, who broke his vows, and never paid a kopeck for the privilege; the man who had been appointed for the supreme work and who ran away. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z

The miser borrows a kopeck from a peasant to give to a beggar. Opinion | Baba Yaga on the Ganges 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z

The journey is nearly free, the fare being reduced to a few kopecks per hundreds of miles. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z

The whole of them were certainly profoundly astonished at getting their money; and probably I should not have paid a kopeck, but for a change in my intentions that had begun to affect me. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z

Black eyes, passionate eyes, coral lips, dimples in cheeks, moonlight whispers, soft, modest sighs—for all that, madam, I wouldn't pay a kopeck! Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z

But she had had hardly a kopeck to call her own. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z

A scamp of a footman had stolen it from his master, and sold it to our shoemakers for thirty kopecks. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z

The price of meat per pound amounts to the trifle of five kopecks; while for twenty roubles one may buy a horse, and a good one too. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z

I questioned the girl as to who gave it to her, and where the person was; but getting no satisfactory account, dismissed her with a few kopecks. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z

Four hundred and six roubles and a few kopecks. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z

An official came, just as you have done, bringing an advertisement for the insertion of which he paid two roubles, sixty-three kopecks; and this advertisement simply announced the loss of a black-haired poodle. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z

On seeing me the little girl blushed, and murmured a few words into her mother's ear, who stopped, and took from a basket a kopeck which she gave to the little girl. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z

She, herself, didn’t care a Russian kopeck from what a man came, so that he was present when she wanted him. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z

Thus she earned, by literal sweating in a torrid atmosphere, three roubles, all except a varying number of kopecks, every week. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z

"And Russia pays us zero roubles, zero kopecks and zero dollars for these bases." Belarus leader raps Russia, may snub security summit 2010-04-25T12:05:00Z

I would not give a kopeck for you. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z

As fresh meat cost only three kopecks a pound, those who always had money allowed themselves the luxury of eating it. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z

They go on foot, sleep in étapes or barracks, and the daily allowance for their subsistence amounts only to five kopecks—equal to a halfpenny in English money. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851.

A few lucky speculations on the Bourse, starting from the risking of the few kopecks amassed by tuition, rescued me from the need of pursuing my law-studies. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z

Char Moore was sitting on the side of the bottom bunk, sipping a glass of tea that she'd bought for a few kopecks from the portress. Combat

One rouble, sixty-four kopecks!” said the grey-haired official, throwing their notes back to the housekeepers and porters. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z

The convict is half-consoled if he can ring a few kopecks in his pocket. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z

But it was not to forget that grim event that the boy had jumped off at each little station to spend his few kopecks on vodka. The Harbor

We can spend every kopeck of it, if we want to. Rope

Hank stopped at one of the numerous cold drink stands where for a few kopecks you could get raspberry syrup fizzed up with soda water. Combat

If I have only a kopeck in my pocket, I always go there. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z

They also recommended me a cook, who, for thirty kopecks a month, would arrange the dishes I might desire, if it was my intention to buy provisions and take my meals apart. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z

How could one give away the last kopeck and arrive penniless in a strange land? Ghetto Comedies

These divided into three make ten thousand six hundred and sixty-six roubles sixty-six and one third kopecks. An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story

But in a city like St. Petersburg, where it is at least two or three miles from one place to another, every body with twenty kopecks in his pocket uses the drosky. The Land of Thor

As regards the first half, he had been in the habit, as often as he received a rouble, of placing a kopeck in a money-box. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z

She was called Tchekunda, and had arrived in company with her friend, the "four kopecks," who was beneath all description. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z

It was too dismal to confess he had not collected a kopeck or one recruit. Ghetto Comedies

These few had torn themselves from the noisy, haggling crowd, and listened to other words than those of roubles and kopecks—the sounds of the far past. An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story

I repeated the name of the street in which the consulate was located, and dratzall kopeck. The Land of Thor

He took fifty kopecks in small change out of his pocket and put them on the table for his night's lodging, the candle, and the trouble he had given. The Brothers Karamazov

"It's a long time since we have seen anything of you," says the gallant to her of the four kopecks; "you seem to have grown thinner." The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z

When sufficiently capable he will take a few pupils at a kopeck or so per lesson to help out with the family expenses. Great Pianists on Piano Playing Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression

I never get a single kopeck I have not got a right to. Vera or, The Nihilists

My knowledge of the Russian consisted of three words—the name of the street and dratzall kopeck, the latter being the stipulated fare of twenty kopecks. The Land of Thor

He had forty kopecks, and that was all, all that was left after so many years of prosperity! The Brothers Karamazov

He received five kopecks for a whole night's employment; and what employment it was! The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z

A hundred kopecks go to the rouble; the silver rouble being worth from two and tenpence to three shillings and twopence, the paper rouble about two shillings. Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia

"The ribbons alone cost me a few rubles," said Janina, and she became silent, deciding that she would take the twenty kopecks. The Comedienne

I felt so grateful to the worthy baker, who was a fat old gentleman, and perspired freely after his walk, that I gave him thirty kopecks. The Land of Thor

The Government allows them eight kopecks a day. Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915

He had been working like a negro for many months in order to save up, kopeck by kopeck, a small sum which he was resolved to spend all at once. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z

The men who had carried the flour had received a few kopecks for their trouble, and had gone off as soon as they had laid down their burdens. Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia

May I fall down dead, if that is worth more than twenty kopecks. The Comedienne

For thirty kopecks apiece we procure tickets of admission. The Land of Thor

Besides, most of the Jews here pay the eight kopecks to the overseer to avoid his displeasure. Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915

Long and painful tasks, sometimes of a very complicated kind, brought back a few kopecks. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z

Luka, too, had saved every kopeck he had received from the day when Godfrey told him that he would take him with him when he ran away. Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia

"What shall I do with this?" she whispered helplessly, pressing in her hand the dirty and sticky kopecks. The Comedienne

Nearly every body gave them something to help them on their way—a few kopecks, a loaf of bread, or some cast-off article of clothing. The Land of Thor

They play and sing, and showers of kopecks rain down from the windows. Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915

For twenty kopecks she brought me a basket full of papers left by the defunct, and confessed to me that she had already employed four sheets in lighting her fire. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z

They look like gold and silver, and only cost ten kopecks apiece. Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia

The tobacco of Russia is mild, and of inferior flavor, and brings from 40 to 80 kopecks per pood. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce

I had paid seventy kopecks to come, and I at once found that my new friend and the driver were engaged in wild and fierce dispute whether I should pay twenty or thirty to return. The Gypsies

But he took the kopecks of an old peasant woman. Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915

Four times a week Alexander Petrovitch gave them lessons, at the rate of thirty kopecks silver a lesson. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z

"I don't think there is anything else, except that I should like these twenty roubles changed into kopecks." Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia

The kopeck that you win by guile may swell your roll today, but in the clammy afterwhile it melts that roll away. Rippling Rhymes

None of the editors offered any sort of honorarium, but simply returned his contributions, when, as happened with one of the Odessa journals, he asked three kopecks a line from it. Maxim Gorki

I've been so pampered all my life, that I declare it's going to be absolutely a pleasure to appreciate the value of a kopeck I have earned. The Genius

When he has gained a little money by his trade, he drinks it to the last kopeck; a cruel, malicious animal when he has been drinking. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z

I would not rob you; you will want every kopeck you have. Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia

I repeat to you, as to all the rest, I would not give a kopeck for any man I have ever met. High Noon A New Sequel to 'Three Weeks' by Elinor Glyn

The laws existing for the protection of the serfs were in every way evaded, and every kopeck which could be wrung from them was exacted without mercy. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar

Every kopeck, every rouble, has gone to tighten that embrace. The Genius

For a kopeck this man consented to cede me his place. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z

It was very pleasant to wear fine clothes, to have kopecks to spend at the fruit stalls, and to be pointed at admiringly. The Promised Land

All classes now became desirous of taking advantage of the savings-bank, and brought in silver rubles and kopecks, instead of keeping them hoarded and useless. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 445 Volume 18, New Series, July 10, 1852

The tea is excellent at these places; a tumblerful costs ten kopecks, but a regular tea costs thirty, about fifteen-pence; indeed, the charges are much the same as in England. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar

"I could not pay another kopeck," cried one cadaverous looking wretch. Rabbi and Priest A Story

Every one indeed knew that he had a liaison with a beggar woman, to whom he gave ten kopecks every six months. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z

If any were so dainty as to have second thoughts about the use of the common bath, they could enjoy, for a fee of twenty-five kopecks, a private bathtub in another part of the building. The Promised Land

The legal unit of money is the silver rouble of 100 kopecks of the value of 2s. 1.6d., or about fifty cents of American money. Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers

No one will suspect that you have gone to the house for any other purpose than collecting a few kopecks, or stealing chickens, perhaps; and who will think of searching for her with us?’ Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar

She took me although I was but a poor Talmud scholar without a kopeck that I could call my own. Rabbi and Priest A Story

The Jew examined once more the rags on which he had lent seven kopecks, folded them up, and put them carefully away in his bag. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z

They received a free ticket for the return journey, and a few kopecks a day for expenses. The Promised Land

A Russian official report says that "the churches are now mostly attended by women and children, while the men are spending their last kopeck, or getting deeper into debt, at the village dram shop." Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers

I myself, had only seven kopecks about me. The Shield

But when Witte arrived at the naval station at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to make the famous treaty with Japan, his first declaration was, "Not one kopeck for indemnity." The Audacious War

The first, kept by a Jew, was divided into compartments, for which one paid fifty kopecks. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z

At least, I never heard such talk in the market, when I went to buy a kopeck's worth of sunflower seeds. The Promised Land

A villager, returning from the mart, where he had disposed of his charcoal and visited an inn, offered her a kopeck. The Awakening The Resurrection

He had not a kopeck in the world, except what the people gave him when he played his dulcimer for their dancing. Old Peter's Russian Tales

What do you think I can do, when you land me in a strange country in the middle of the night, without a kopeck in my pocket? The Boy Scouts In Russia

One pair of straps costs sixty kopecks, and each convict is obliged to get himself a pair, for it would be impossible to walk without their assistance. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z

A female teacher was engaged for my mother, at three kopecks a week, to teach her the Hebrew prayers; and my grandmother, herself a better scholar than the teacher, taught her writing in addition. The Promised Land

While in the waiting-room she gave one of the guards twenty kopecks, asking him to buy for her two lunch rolls and some cigarettes. The Awakening The Resurrection

The girls of Novgorod had never danced to so sweet a tune when in the old days Sadko played his dulcimer to earn kopecks and crusts of bread. Old Peter's Russian Tales

The latter had to be purchased with an additional ten kopecks per capita. The Haskalah Movement in Russia

The convicts who wished to make themselves thoroughly clean, could for two kopecks buy another pailful, which the proprietor handed to them through a window pierced in the wall for that purpose. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z

Every kopeck she earned or saved was a scale in her coat of armor. The Promised Land

This boy and another were charged with breaking the lock of a shed and stealing therefrom mats of the value of three rubles and sixty-seven kopecks. The Awakening The Resurrection

It doesn't make a kopeck's worth of difference. Queed

"Five kopecks for the very smallest head of cabbage!" she said, supporting her head on her hand. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876

There were also some very poor ones, such as rolls worth two kopecks a piece, and a couple of brown rolls, covered lightly over with sour cream. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z

The peasants settled at their meeting that they would pay, every man of them, thirty kopecks a year; but that's only a promise, you know! The Bishop and Other Stories

When the coffin was finished Bronze put on his spectacles and wrote in his book: "Marfa Ivanov's coffin, two roubles, forty kopecks." The Chorus Girl and Other Stories

The goldfinches cost five kopecks, the siskins are rather more expensive, while the value of the other birds is quite indeterminate. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories

"I will buy it of you; and here are fifteen kopecks for the apothecary: is it enough?" Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876

These were the offerings of the poor to the poor, on which a last kopeck had often been spent. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z

Why, because there isn't a gentleman or millionaire who isn't ready to lick the hand of a scabby Jew for the sake of making a kopeck. The Bishop and Other Stories

The black's from eighty kopecks and the coloured from two and a half roubles. The Darling and Other Stories

He scratches his head and asks whatever comes into it, a rouble, or three kopecks, according to the purchaser. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories

"I will borrow them of you," whispered Raissa, taking the fifteen kopecks. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876

One of the convicts bought the carcase, paying a rouble and fifty kopecks. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z

With that five kopecks put up a candle for me over there in the monastery. The Bishop and Other Stories

I want six yards of fringe for an overcoat, at forty kopecks the yard. The Darling and Other Stories

He is not to be bought for less than forty kopecks. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories

The money-box, in which the governess put away ten kopeck pieces and old stamps, was open. The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories

Isaiah Fomitch gave three kopecks each time, except the last, when he placed ten kopecks on the plate; and how happy he looked! The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z

The native in the blue trousers beckons a girl with a sieve, buys a kopeck's worth of sunflower seeds from her and begins cracking them. Love

In old days her father would sometimes give her twenty kopecks, but now she had not a farthing. The Party

The old woman, coming back from the Jews with twenty kopecks, exhausted and aching all over, sets to work to wash the children's clothes. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories

"Nine hundred and twenty-five roubles, forty kopecks," said Almer, and shrugged his shoulders. The Schoolmaster

There were some who ate two entire portions; it cost them a good deal, for they were generally sold at five kopecks each. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z

He always received thirty to forty kopecks for his work, and on one occasion an old pair of trousers was sent out to him. The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories

They bought me six kopecks' worth of milk. The Party

On a little table beside the bed lay a silver watch, and silver coins to the value of twenty kopecks. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories

You don't catch Little Willie scattering shekels when he can just as well keep kopecks. The Rules of the Game

There were always patients ready to sell their rations; poverty was general, and those who possessed a few kopecks used to send out to buy cakes and white bread, or other delicacies, at the market. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z

In those days I used to lead an old blind woman about the town for five kopecks a day . . . the frosts were cruel, wicked. The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories

He was fumbling for the local pass with a sinking heart when the soldier whispered, "Twenty kopecks and go ahead." Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875

The carp are two kopecks each, the eels are three, and the minnows are ten kopecks the dozen, plague take them! The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories

The bill comes to four roubles thirty kopecks. Note-Book of Anton Chekhov

It was strange to see certain individuals bent over their labour only with the object of spending in one day all their gains, even to the last kopeck. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z

For forty kopecks they gave him some cold fish and carrots. The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories

A course costs only twenty kopecks—ten cents. As Seen By Me

If Nina or Vanya had been offered forty pounds of sweets or ten thousand kopecks for each kitten, they would have rejected such a barter without the slightest hesitation. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories

Your plunges into Russian psychology are as naïve as the girl who pays her ten kopecks to see the Fat Woman at the Fair! The Secret City

Fool that you are! an onion is worth a kopeck. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z

"I've forgotten to put a kopeck for the burying," he says. The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories

One band of singers came after another, until at daylight all the younger portion of the population had visited our house, and received our kopecks. Tent Life in Siberia

Vanka folded the sheet of writing-paper twice, and put it into an envelope he had bought the day before for a kopeck. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories

See here, batuchka: if I take a ten-kopeck piece a month on each ruble, I ought to receive fifteen kopecks on a ruble and a half, the interest being payable in advance. The Continental Classics, Volume XVIII., Mystery Tales Including Stories by Feodor Mikhailovitch Dostoyevsky, Jörgen Wilhelm Bergsöe and Bernhard Severin Ingemann

On getting near the prison, he gets ready a piece of fifteen or twenty kopecks, and waits at the gate for the corporal on guard. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z

For five kopecks I might," says the young man, scratching his head, "but I was told not to. The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories

I took a drojky to the house, having first bargained with the driver for thirty kopecks; he wanted forty to begin with. The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C. L. Dodgson)

He takes the lamp, and creeps under the table to look for the kopeck. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories

I will sell you everything at cost price, and if you wish, will give you ten kopecks rebate on the ruble.' Armenian Literature

When his stock of vodka is exhausted, he goes and drinks with the other drink-sellers who are waiting for him; he then drinks up his last kopeck. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z

The man timidly asked the clerk for a gallery ticket and paid for it with kopecks. The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories

Four packets of tobacco bought by your orders, eighty kopecks in silver. A Desperate Character and Other Stories

They clutch at nutshells and all sorts of nastiness, knock their heads together, but do not find the kopeck. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories

If I run after the rubles and lose the kopecks thereby, who will give me something to eat?' concluded the poor wretch, as if he scented some evil. Armenian Literature

She was a brisk, lively person, and it was with her that the five kopecks given by the townsman were spent. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z

"You come with me, friend; I will give you five kopecks." The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories

Thanks to your brother's cutting his lesson, I shall be the fifteen kopecks for sledge hire to the good! The Jew and Other Stories

She has fallen asleep by accident, while the others were looking for the kopeck. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories

You know that our capital consists of only a few kopecks. Armenian Literature

I soon found a remedy for it—Akim Akimitch pointed it out to me—a prisoner in the military section who for one kopeck shaved those who paid for it with his own razor. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z

In spring the whole village was buried in white cherry-blossom, and in the summer they sold cherries at three kopecks a pail. The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories

What about that thirteen roubles and thirty kopecks?' he added in a low voice, turning his back on me. The Jew and Other Stories

It appears there is not a single kopeck in the kitchen. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories

The tea that cost two rubles I will give to you for one ruble ninety-five kopecks. Armenian Literature

A man like Petroff will assassinate any one for twenty-five kopecks, simply to get himself a pint of vodka. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z

One could pay three kopecks and pick as one liked. The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories

I asked him what he wanted a pension for, and he said his injury didn't show much, but it prevented his pursuit of kopecks and happiness. Remarks

Near them lie the kopecks, that have lost their power till the next game. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories

Abandon her now, and she has only eighty kopecks; she held out her purse, a tiny old thing! The Possessed (The Devils)

"A silver rouble! no; but I will give you seven kopecks." The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z

"Give me a kopeck!" he said to the doctor, smiling, and shivering with cold. The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories

Voronok used to give both classes pamphlets that cost a kopeck and were intensely strict in their party purity. The Created Legend

In the middle of the table is a white saucer with five kopecks in it. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories

Bring a peasant woman, any old woman, I've eighty kopecks in my purse.... The Possessed (The Devils)

"With three kopecks for interest; that will make ten kopecks you will owe me," said the Jew, at the same time slipping his hand into his pocket to get out the sum agreed upon. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z

And here, meanwhile, are fifteen kopecks for the chemist's.... Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories

It was her custom to bring round the delicacy on a small hand-cart and sell to the children for a few kopecks. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, September 12, 1917

At any other time she would have pointed it out to him, but now when her vanity lies in the saucer with the kopecks, she is triumphant. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories

"We took twenty kopecks, but we gave up a hundred roubles of our own." The Possessed (The Devils)

I gave a few kopecks to Petroff to buy soap and a bunch of the twigs with which one rubs oneself in the bath. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z

"Five kopecks for a cabbage, and a tiny little one, too," she said, propping her chin on her hand. Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories

He will not give you a few kopecks of the millions of rubles that he possesses. The Sowers

"This is revolting!" he thinks, seeing Grisha feel in his pockets in which the kopecks are jingling. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories

On the contrary, he is scattering the money, though twelve days ago he begged fifteen kopecks of me, and it's he treats me to champagne, not I him. The Possessed (The Devils)

Bits of soap were given to the convicts, but they were not larger than pieces of two kopecks. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z

The suspicious characters had disappeared completely and with them the stolen government money had vanished, too, one thousand, nine hundred and seventeen roubles and some kopecks, in paper and gold. Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories

He could not give them money, because the tax-collector had them all under his thumb and would exact the last kopeck. The Sowers

If there had been no kopecks in the saucer, he would have been asleep long ago. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories

Rye flour is seventy kopecks a pood, while on the other side of Tomsk it was twenty-five and twenty-seven kopecks per pood, and wheaten flour thirty kopecks. Letters of Anton Chekhov

A prisoner left our party, took off his cap and received alms—to the extent of five kopecks—then came back hurriedly towards us. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z

He never touched intoxicating liquor and he used to give his men ten kopecks for vodka on the great holidays; they did not dare to drink on other days. Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories

A piece of sausage usually cost ten kopecks, the bread two kopecks. Yama: the pit

To console dear old Saveliitch, I gave him my word, that for the future I would not dispose of single kopeck without his consent. Marie; a story of Russian love

There is a tavern called "Taganrog"; sugar costs twenty-four kopecks a pound, pine kernels six kopecks a pound. Letters of Anton Chekhov

He was clad in a cheap, ready-made suit; for his heart was in his business, and he scraped and saved every kopeck. The Vultures

We must make a stand, not for the kopeck, but for justice. Mother

On account of such a pleasant acquaintanceship, I'll take fifty kopecks apiece. Yama: the pit

In the pocket of the imported Thing were a few coins—denarii—scudi—kopecks—pfennigs—pilasters—whatever the financial nomenclature of his unknown country may have been. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million

For a little white loaf they demanded sixteen kopecks. Letters of Anton Chekhov

And it isn't the kopeck, but since it is mine, no one dares touch it unless I throw it away myself. The Man Who Was Afraid

What is dear to us is not our kopeck, because it's no rounder than any other kopeck; it's only heavier; there's more human blood in it than in the manager's ruble. Mother

"Well, just as we agreed; half the extra charge, two roubles eighty kopecks." Yama: the pit

I have agreed to do the work for forty kopecks a sheet. Poor Folk

In these scurvy little towns even the government officials drink brick tea, and even the best shops don't keep tea at more than one rouble fifty kopecks a pound. Letters of Anton Chekhov

You must deal with a woman very plainly—give her a bottle of vodka, something to eat after it, then a couple of bottles of beer and after everything give her twenty kopecks in cash. The Man Who Was Afraid

On paying for the tea she made the girl very happy by handing her three kopecks. Mother

"Good Lord, a bottle of beer fifty kopecks!" the German waxed indignant. Yama: the pit

I am sending you thirty kopecks in silver, and regret that I cannot send you more. Poor Folk

"I have written sixty kopecks' worth," he would say with a smile. Letters of Anton Chekhov

It is true it might have been worth no more than a kopeck, but a kopeck is to him what a rouble is to me. The Man Who Was Afraid

"I, too, want to ask you to let us keep our kopecks." Mother

In competition they reached such a state, that they lowered their passenger rates for the third class from seventy-five kopecks to five, three, two, and even one kopeck. Yama: the pit

In those days I never had a kopeck to spare. Poor Folk

My soul longs for breadth and altitude, but I am forced to lead a narrow life spent over trashy roubles and kopecks. Letters of Anton Chekhov

We had foreign coins mixed in with our large copper cents,—all kinds, from the Russian "kopeck" to the "half-penny token" of Great Britain. A New England girlhood, outlined from memory (Beverly, MA)

When the shouts became more insistent, Pavel raised his hand and said: "Comrades, I propose that we quit work until he gives up that kopeck!" Mother

During this time he regularly drank down four bottles of beer, and, going away, infallibly gave the girl half a rouble for candy and Simeon twenty kopecks for drink-money. Yama: the pit

At that my heart contracted, "How these people put me to shame!" thought I. But I had only twenty kopecks left, and upon them I had been counting for meeting my most pressing requirements. Poor Folk

The price of two men to dig, twenty-five kopecks. Letters of Anton Chekhov

"You see, it would be work," he added with his brown eyes veiled, "whilst, in addition, you would be paid ten kopecks for your trouble, and allowed to keep the shroud." Through Russia

"Every year I would have to give three rubles and sixty kopecks to the mosquitoes!" Mother

The first time they treated him gently; on the second day, however, for every mistake they began to deduct from him five kopecks per watermelon out of the common share. Yama: the pit

When you sent me those thirty kopecks, and thereafter those two grivenniks, my heart sank within me as I looked at the poor little money. Poor Folk

To fill the ice cellar it costs thirty kopecks a day to the workmen. Letters of Anton Chekhov

Coin or no coin, we shall have to collect ten kopecks from every hut. The Witch and other stories

Pavel moved alongside of him and said in a low voice, pointing to Sizov and Rybin: "We three are authorized by all the comrades to ask you to revoke your order about the kopeck discount." Mother

A quadrille is half a rouble; but ordinary dances are thirty kopecks. Yama: the pit

Cannot I also see that YOU are ruining yourself for me, and hoarding your last kopeck that you may spend it on my behalf? Poor Folk

A gondolier asks a franc for an hour-that is, thirty kopecks. Letters of Anton Chekhov

I am not strong to draw up the net, so I shall hire a man for five kopecks. The Witch and other stories

But, excuse me, I thought, the rye which is now worth one rouble fifteen kopecks may be worth two roubles fifteen kopecks in two months' time! The Wife, and other stories

"Why, I will get it in any beer-shop for twelve kopecks." Yama: the pit

Nevertheless, I send you thirty kopecks— almost the last coins that I have left to me, much as I should have liked to have helped you more when you are so much in need. Poor Folk

Better five kopecks in the present than a rouble in the future. Letters of Anton Chekhov

"Before Easter he paid a rouble, and he has not paid a kopeck since." The Witch and other stories

On the most modest computation, reckoning seven kopecks a soul and five souls a family, one needs three hundred and fifty roubles a day to feed a thousand families. The Wife, and other stories

For every dance ordered by the guests, they received thirty kopecks for an easy dance, and a half rouble for a quadrille. Yama: the pit

She was looking so ill, and I felt so sorry for her, that I gave her twenty kopecks. Poor Folk

At the Moskaya station the air is lovely and fresh, caviare is seventy kopecks a pound. Letters of Anton Chekhov

A week after the Exaltation of the Cross I sold my hay willingly at thirty kopecks a pood.... The Witch and other stories

"The fare to Moscow is eleven roubles forty-two kopecks...." The Wife, and other stories

Those books of yours which I used to admire are not worth one copper kopeck. Uncle Vanya

For my father's sake I tried hard to learn my lessons, for I could see that he was spending his last kopeck upon me, and himself subsisting God knows how. Poor Folk

I stopped in Kulikov's hotel, where I took a room for seventy-five kopecks. Letters of Anton Chekhov

They got the silk from a factory close by, and the whole family working together earned next to nothing, twenty kopecks a week. The Witch and other stories

Just as in the past, the attendants fine me twenty kopecks for my fur coat, though there is nothing reprehensible in wearing a warm coat in winter. The Wife, and other stories

I have six mouths to feed now, and flour is at seventy kopecks. The Sea-Gull

Next day I went out along the Nevsky and spent seventy kopecks on various newspapers. The Schoolmistress, and other stories

They flog in our police stations; a rate has been fixed; from a peasant they take ten kopecks for a beating, from a workman twenty—that's for the rods and the trouble. Letters of Anton Chekhov

He is good, brave as a warrior, but I wouldn't give a kopeck for his police. The Secret of the Night

He received one rouble twenty kopecks for making my suit, and for Pobyedimsky's two roubles, but we provided the cloth, the lining, and the buttons. The Wife, and other stories

See here, batuchka: if I take a ten- kopeck piece a month on each ruble, I ought to receive fifteen kopecks on a ruble and a half, the interest being payable in advance. The Lock and Key Library The Most Interesting Stories of All Nations: North Europe — Russian — Swedish — Danish — Hungarian

You must pay a rouble a van and six roubles and twenty kopecks for stamps. The Schoolmistress, and other stories

I was paid fifty kopecks in advance, and laid out the whole of this money on bread and meat. Creatures That Once Were Men

The girl, frightened, immediately held out her purse to him, with two roubles and fifty kopecks in it. The Secret of the Night

The rye, for the price of which he had so long held out, had been sold for fifty kopecks a measure cheaper than it had been fetching a month ago. Anna Karenina

Glasses of weak tea were sold at 30 kopecks each, without sugar. Russia in 1919

Why, when we set off the price of meat was three roubles ninety kopecks, but when we arrived it had dropped to three roubles twenty-five. The Schoolmistress, and other stories

I succeeded in earning only eighty kopecks a day, and our food cost us sixty kopecks. Creatures That Once Were Men

"I accept the position of her mother, but on the condition that she shall never lose a kopeck of her inheritance." The Secret of the Night

To think of all the patience with which I have gathered my kopecks, of all the toil and trouble which I have endured! Dead Souls

The same people who in the old days scraped kopecks and waited to get a good place near the ceiling now sat where formerly were the people who came here to digest their dinners. Russia in 1919

Twenty kopecks is not a fair price, but he has no thoughts for that. The Schoolmistress, and other stories

After taking his twenty kopecks, Iona gazes for a long while after the revelers, who disappear into a dark entry. The Schoolmistress, and other stories

"And it is beyond measure marvellous that the whole should have started from a single kopeck." Dead Souls

Venerable sir, would that I could pay you not merely forty kopecks, but five hundred roubles. Dead Souls

There was, however, a samovar, and we bought tea at sixty kopecks a glass and lumps of sugar at two roubles fifty each. Russia in 1919

Whether it is a rouble or whether it is five kopecks does not matter to him now so long as he has a fare.... The Schoolmistress, and other stories

It is necessary to begin from the beginning rather than from the middle; from a kopeck rather than from a rouble; from the bottom rather than from the top. Dead Souls

Lastly, and above all else, keep and save your every kopeck. Dead Souls

You know, he is quite a different sort from the Public Prosecutor and our other provincial skinflints—fellows who shiver in their shoes before they will spend a single kopeck. Dead Souls

They will be distributed on the card system, and he had calculated that they could sell them at twelve kopecks a packet. Russia in 1919

After saying his prayers, Yasha hurriedly crosses himself and says: "Five kopecks, please." The Schoolmistress, and other stories

On the contrary, to show you that I am not a usurer, I will decline to ask of you a single kopeck for the serfs. Dead Souls

Were you to give him a knife, and to turn him loose on a turnpike, he would cut your throat for two kopecks. Dead Souls

"Seventy-eight souls at thirty kopecks each will amount to—to—" only for a moment did our hero halt, since he was strong in his arithmetic, "—will amount to twenty-four roubles, ninety-six kopecks." Dead Souls

In other words, the father's injunction, "Guard and save every kopeck," had become a hard and fast rule of the son's. Dead Souls

单词	kopeck
例句	kopeck "I bought a tape of Sgt Pepper's from one of my older friends for 60 kopecks," he remembers. Beatles for sale: The vinyl underground in the USSR 2012-10-05T07:06:49Z “All this fuss about spies and counterspies is not worth interstate relations. This spy story, as we say here, is not worth 5 kopecks,” Putin told the Financial Times in an interview in the Kremlin. Putin: Skripal attack should not affect UK-Russia relations 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z “Those who earned even one black kopeck by exploiting the army and the war will sit in prison for life,” she said at a Thursday news conference, adding that Poroshenko “simply laundered defense money.” Ukraine: Tymoshenko promises prison for military embezzlers 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z “There is no proof that Kirill put so much as a kopeck into his own pocket,” he said. Trial of Russian Director Seen as Test of Artistic Freedom 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z "That's all an invention by foreign agents who are paid a few kopecks" he told me. Chechen leader tackled on rights abuse 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z Too bad the fellow is actually no official at all — just a dissolute ne’er-do-well and lowly government clerk without a kopeck to his name, who merrily plays along. Review: Seattle Shakespeare’s ‘Government Inspector’ keeps us laughing 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z The dogged peasant keeps after the miser; he wants his kopeck back. Opinion \| Baba Yaga on the Ganges 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z Angry, Ms. Gorbunova decided not to repay a kopeck, she said in newspaper and television interviews. As Russians Struggle to Pay Bills, Debt Collectors Mimic the Mob 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Shortly before leaving, he wrote on his Facebook page that he did not wish to “pay a single kopeck for Crimea. Stolen goods are stolen goods.” Government in exile 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z “Not a kopeck,” she said in Russian, one of the five languages she speaks. The Neediest Cases: Husband’s Death Brings Another Trauma 2013-12-08T00:52:41Z "Compared with the size of the banking system it is of course kopecks," Osadchy said. Russians see no cause for alarm in crackdown on shadowy banking 2013-11-24T12:11:56Z The naïve and yet not-so-naïve peasant still worries about the kopeck he lent the miser. Opinion \| Baba Yaga on the Ganges 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z But now it’s in private hands and they are paying back kopecks to the state while making millions in profits — a ruble for the state and 10 for themselves. Moscow Journal: Russian Beer Law Draws Support, and Some Pessimism 2013-01-07T00:45:18Z These companies "are undervalued and we would not like them to be privatized for kopecks and then to be resold right away for serious money," Mr. Putin said. Russian Privatization Plan Questioned 2012-06-20T23:07:35Z He expends all but nine silver kopecks in rescuing the body, and turns homeward. The Grateful Dead The History of a Folk Story 2012-04-11T02:00:32.697Z The man who deserted and defied the Black Hundred, who broke his vows, and never paid a kopeck for the privilege; the man who had been appointed for the supreme work and who ran away. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z The miser borrows a kopeck from a peasant to give to a beggar. Opinion \| Baba Yaga on the Ganges 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z The journey is nearly free, the fare being reduced to a few kopecks per hundreds of miles. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z The whole of them were certainly profoundly astonished at getting their money; and probably I should not have paid a kopeck, but for a change in my intentions that had begun to affect me. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z Black eyes, passionate eyes, coral lips, dimples in cheeks, moonlight whispers, soft, modest sighs—for all that, madam, I wouldn't pay a kopeck! Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z But she had had hardly a kopeck to call her own. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z A scamp of a footman had stolen it from his master, and sold it to our shoemakers for thirty kopecks. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z The price of meat per pound amounts to the trifle of five kopecks; while for twenty roubles one may buy a horse, and a good one too. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z I questioned the girl as to who gave it to her, and where the person was; but getting no satisfactory account, dismissed her with a few kopecks. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z Four hundred and six roubles and a few kopecks. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z An official came, just as you have done, bringing an advertisement for the insertion of which he paid two roubles, sixty-three kopecks; and this advertisement simply announced the loss of a black-haired poodle. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z On seeing me the little girl blushed, and murmured a few words into her mother's ear, who stopped, and took from a basket a kopeck which she gave to the little girl. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z She, herself, didn’t care a Russian kopeck from what a man came, so that he was present when she wanted him. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z Thus she earned, by literal sweating in a torrid atmosphere, three roubles, all except a varying number of kopecks, every week. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z "And Russia pays us zero roubles, zero kopecks and zero dollars for these bases." Belarus leader raps Russia, may snub security summit 2010-04-25T12:05:00Z I would not give a kopeck for you. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z As fresh meat cost only three kopecks a pound, those who always had money allowed themselves the luxury of eating it. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z They go on foot, sleep in étapes or barracks, and the daily allowance for their subsistence amounts only to five kopecks—equal to a halfpenny in English money. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. A few lucky speculations on the Bourse, starting from the risking of the few kopecks amassed by tuition, rescued me from the need of pursuing my law-studies. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z Char Moore was sitting on the side of the bottom bunk, sipping a glass of tea that she'd bought for a few kopecks from the portress. Combat One rouble, sixty-four kopecks!” said the grey-haired official, throwing their notes back to the housekeepers and porters. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z The convict is half-consoled if he can ring a few kopecks in his pocket. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z But it was not to forget that grim event that the boy had jumped off at each little station to spend his few kopecks on vodka. The Harbor We can spend every kopeck of it, if we want to. Rope Hank stopped at one of the numerous cold drink stands where for a few kopecks you could get raspberry syrup fizzed up with soda water. Combat If I have only a kopeck in my pocket, I always go there. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z They also recommended me a cook, who, for thirty kopecks a month, would arrange the dishes I might desire, if it was my intention to buy provisions and take my meals apart. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z How could one give away the last kopeck and arrive penniless in a strange land? Ghetto Comedies These divided into three make ten thousand six hundred and sixty-six roubles sixty-six and one third kopecks. An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story But in a city like St. Petersburg, where it is at least two or three miles from one place to another, every body with twenty kopecks in his pocket uses the drosky. The Land of Thor As regards the first half, he had been in the habit, as often as he received a rouble, of placing a kopeck in a money-box. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z She was called Tchekunda, and had arrived in company with her friend, the "four kopecks," who was beneath all description. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z It was too dismal to confess he had not collected a kopeck or one recruit. Ghetto Comedies These few had torn themselves from the noisy, haggling crowd, and listened to other words than those of roubles and kopecks—the sounds of the far past. An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story I repeated the name of the street in which the consulate was located, and dratzall kopeck. The Land of Thor He took fifty kopecks in small change out of his pocket and put them on the table for his night's lodging, the candle, and the trouble he had given. The Brothers Karamazov "It's a long time since we have seen anything of you," says the gallant to her of the four kopecks; "you seem to have grown thinner." The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z When sufficiently capable he will take a few pupils at a kopeck or so per lesson to help out with the family expenses. Great Pianists on Piano Playing Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression I never get a single kopeck I have not got a right to. Vera or, The Nihilists My knowledge of the Russian consisted of three words—the name of the street and dratzall kopeck, the latter being the stipulated fare of twenty kopecks. The Land of Thor He had forty kopecks, and that was all, all that was left after so many years of prosperity! The Brothers Karamazov He received five kopecks for a whole night's employment; and what employment it was! The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z A hundred kopecks go to the rouble; the silver rouble being worth from two and tenpence to three shillings and twopence, the paper rouble about two shillings. Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia "The ribbons alone cost me a few rubles," said Janina, and she became silent, deciding that she would take the twenty kopecks. The Comedienne I felt so grateful to the worthy baker, who was a fat old gentleman, and perspired freely after his walk, that I gave him thirty kopecks. The Land of Thor The Government allows them eight kopecks a day. Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915 He had been working like a negro for many months in order to save up, kopeck by kopeck, a small sum which he was resolved to spend all at once. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z The men who had carried the flour had received a few kopecks for their trouble, and had gone off as soon as they had laid down their burdens. Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia May I fall down dead, if that is worth more than twenty kopecks. The Comedienne For thirty kopecks apiece we procure tickets of admission. The Land of Thor Besides, most of the Jews here pay the eight kopecks to the overseer to avoid his displeasure. Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915 Long and painful tasks, sometimes of a very complicated kind, brought back a few kopecks. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z Luka, too, had saved every kopeck he had received from the day when Godfrey told him that he would take him with him when he ran away. Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia "What shall I do with this?" she whispered helplessly, pressing in her hand the dirty and sticky kopecks. The Comedienne Nearly every body gave them something to help them on their way—a few kopecks, a loaf of bread, or some cast-off article of clothing. The Land of Thor They play and sing, and showers of kopecks rain down from the windows. Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915 For twenty kopecks she brought me a basket full of papers left by the defunct, and confessed to me that she had already employed four sheets in lighting her fire. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z They look like gold and silver, and only cost ten kopecks apiece. Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia The tobacco of Russia is mild, and of inferior flavor, and brings from 40 to 80 kopecks per pood. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce I had paid seventy kopecks to come, and I at once found that my new friend and the driver were engaged in wild and fierce dispute whether I should pay twenty or thirty to return. The Gypsies But he took the kopecks of an old peasant woman. Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915 Four times a week Alexander Petrovitch gave them lessons, at the rate of thirty kopecks silver a lesson. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z "I don't think there is anything else, except that I should like these twenty roubles changed into kopecks." Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia The kopeck that you win by guile may swell your roll today, but in the clammy afterwhile it melts that roll away. Rippling Rhymes None of the editors offered any sort of honorarium, but simply returned his contributions, when, as happened with one of the Odessa journals, he asked three kopecks a line from it. Maxim Gorki I've been so pampered all my life, that I declare it's going to be absolutely a pleasure to appreciate the value of a kopeck I have earned. The Genius When he has gained a little money by his trade, he drinks it to the last kopeck; a cruel, malicious animal when he has been drinking. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z I would not rob you; you will want every kopeck you have. Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia I repeat to you, as to all the rest, I would not give a kopeck for any man I have ever met. High Noon A New Sequel to 'Three Weeks' by Elinor Glyn The laws existing for the protection of the serfs were in every way evaded, and every kopeck which could be wrung from them was exacted without mercy. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar Every kopeck, every rouble, has gone to tighten that embrace. The Genius For a kopeck this man consented to cede me his place. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z It was very pleasant to wear fine clothes, to have kopecks to spend at the fruit stalls, and to be pointed at admiringly. The Promised Land All classes now became desirous of taking advantage of the savings-bank, and brought in silver rubles and kopecks, instead of keeping them hoarded and useless. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 445 Volume 18, New Series, July 10, 1852 The tea is excellent at these places; a tumblerful costs ten kopecks, but a regular tea costs thirty, about fifteen-pence; indeed, the charges are much the same as in England. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar "I could not pay another kopeck," cried one cadaverous looking wretch. Rabbi and Priest A Story Every one indeed knew that he had a liaison with a beggar woman, to whom he gave ten kopecks every six months. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z If any were so dainty as to have second thoughts about the use of the common bath, they could enjoy, for a fee of twenty-five kopecks, a private bathtub in another part of the building. The Promised Land The legal unit of money is the silver rouble of 100 kopecks of the value of 2s. 1.6d., or about fifty cents of American money. Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers No one will suspect that you have gone to the house for any other purpose than collecting a few kopecks, or stealing chickens, perhaps; and who will think of searching for her with us?’ Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar She took me although I was but a poor Talmud scholar without a kopeck that I could call my own. Rabbi and Priest A Story The Jew examined once more the rags on which he had lent seven kopecks, folded them up, and put them carefully away in his bag. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z They received a free ticket for the return journey, and a few kopecks a day for expenses. The Promised Land A Russian official report says that "the churches are now mostly attended by women and children, while the men are spending their last kopeck, or getting deeper into debt, at the village dram shop." Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers I myself, had only seven kopecks about me. The Shield But when Witte arrived at the naval station at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to make the famous treaty with Japan, his first declaration was, "Not one kopeck for indemnity." The Audacious War The first, kept by a Jew, was divided into compartments, for which one paid fifty kopecks. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z At least, I never heard such talk in the market, when I went to buy a kopeck's worth of sunflower seeds. The Promised Land A villager, returning from the mart, where he had disposed of his charcoal and visited an inn, offered her a kopeck. The Awakening The Resurrection He had not a kopeck in the world, except what the people gave him when he played his dulcimer for their dancing. Old Peter's Russian Tales What do you think I can do, when you land me in a strange country in the middle of the night, without a kopeck in my pocket? The Boy Scouts In Russia One pair of straps costs sixty kopecks, and each convict is obliged to get himself a pair, for it would be impossible to walk without their assistance. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z A female teacher was engaged for my mother, at three kopecks a week, to teach her the Hebrew prayers; and my grandmother, herself a better scholar than the teacher, taught her writing in addition. The Promised Land While in the waiting-room she gave one of the guards twenty kopecks, asking him to buy for her two lunch rolls and some cigarettes. The Awakening The Resurrection The girls of Novgorod had never danced to so sweet a tune when in the old days Sadko played his dulcimer to earn kopecks and crusts of bread. Old Peter's Russian Tales The latter had to be purchased with an additional ten kopecks per capita. The Haskalah Movement in Russia The convicts who wished to make themselves thoroughly clean, could for two kopecks buy another pailful, which the proprietor handed to them through a window pierced in the wall for that purpose. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z Every kopeck she earned or saved was a scale in her coat of armor. The Promised Land This boy and another were charged with breaking the lock of a shed and stealing therefrom mats of the value of three rubles and sixty-seven kopecks. The Awakening The Resurrection It doesn't make a kopeck's worth of difference. Queed "Five kopecks for the very smallest head of cabbage!" she said, supporting her head on her hand. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876 There were also some very poor ones, such as rolls worth two kopecks a piece, and a couple of brown rolls, covered lightly over with sour cream. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z The peasants settled at their meeting that they would pay, every man of them, thirty kopecks a year; but that's only a promise, you know! The Bishop and Other Stories When the coffin was finished Bronze put on his spectacles and wrote in his book: "Marfa Ivanov's coffin, two roubles, forty kopecks." The Chorus Girl and Other Stories The goldfinches cost five kopecks, the siskins are rather more expensive, while the value of the other birds is quite indeterminate. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories "I will buy it of you; and here are fifteen kopecks for the apothecary: is it enough?" Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876 These were the offerings of the poor to the poor, on which a last kopeck had often been spent. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z Why, because there isn't a gentleman or millionaire who isn't ready to lick the hand of a scabby Jew for the sake of making a kopeck. The Bishop and Other Stories The black's from eighty kopecks and the coloured from two and a half roubles. The Darling and Other Stories He scratches his head and asks whatever comes into it, a rouble, or three kopecks, according to the purchaser. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories "I will borrow them of you," whispered Raissa, taking the fifteen kopecks. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876 One of the convicts bought the carcase, paying a rouble and fifty kopecks. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z With that five kopecks put up a candle for me over there in the monastery. The Bishop and Other Stories I want six yards of fringe for an overcoat, at forty kopecks the yard. The Darling and Other Stories He is not to be bought for less than forty kopecks. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories The money-box, in which the governess put away ten kopeck pieces and old stamps, was open. The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories Isaiah Fomitch gave three kopecks each time, except the last, when he placed ten kopecks on the plate; and how happy he looked! The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z The native in the blue trousers beckons a girl with a sieve, buys a kopeck's worth of sunflower seeds from her and begins cracking them. Love In old days her father would sometimes give her twenty kopecks, but now she had not a farthing. The Party The old woman, coming back from the Jews with twenty kopecks, exhausted and aching all over, sets to work to wash the children's clothes. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories "Nine hundred and twenty-five roubles, forty kopecks," said Almer, and shrugged his shoulders. The Schoolmaster There were some who ate two entire portions; it cost them a good deal, for they were generally sold at five kopecks each. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z He always received thirty to forty kopecks for his work, and on one occasion an old pair of trousers was sent out to him. The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories They bought me six kopecks' worth of milk. The Party On a little table beside the bed lay a silver watch, and silver coins to the value of twenty kopecks. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories You don't catch Little Willie scattering shekels when he can just as well keep kopecks. The Rules of the Game There were always patients ready to sell their rations; poverty was general, and those who possessed a few kopecks used to send out to buy cakes and white bread, or other delicacies, at the market. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z In those days I used to lead an old blind woman about the town for five kopecks a day . . . the frosts were cruel, wicked. The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories He was fumbling for the local pass with a sinking heart when the soldier whispered, "Twenty kopecks and go ahead." Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875 The carp are two kopecks each, the eels are three, and the minnows are ten kopecks the dozen, plague take them! The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories The bill comes to four roubles thirty kopecks. Note-Book of Anton Chekhov It was strange to see certain individuals bent over their labour only with the object of spending in one day all their gains, even to the last kopeck. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z For forty kopecks they gave him some cold fish and carrots. The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories A course costs only twenty kopecks—ten cents. As Seen By Me If Nina or Vanya had been offered forty pounds of sweets or ten thousand kopecks for each kitten, they would have rejected such a barter without the slightest hesitation. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories Your plunges into Russian psychology are as naïve as the girl who pays her ten kopecks to see the Fat Woman at the Fair! The Secret City Fool that you are! an onion is worth a kopeck. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z "I've forgotten to put a kopeck for the burying," he says. The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories One band of singers came after another, until at daylight all the younger portion of the population had visited our house, and received our kopecks. Tent Life in Siberia Vanka folded the sheet of writing-paper twice, and put it into an envelope he had bought the day before for a kopeck. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories See here, batuchka: if I take a ten-kopeck piece a month on each ruble, I ought to receive fifteen kopecks on a ruble and a half, the interest being payable in advance. The Continental Classics, Volume XVIII., Mystery Tales Including Stories by Feodor Mikhailovitch Dostoyevsky, Jörgen Wilhelm Bergsöe and Bernhard Severin Ingemann On getting near the prison, he gets ready a piece of fifteen or twenty kopecks, and waits at the gate for the corporal on guard. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z For five kopecks I might," says the young man, scratching his head, "but I was told not to. The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories I took a drojky to the house, having first bargained with the driver for thirty kopecks; he wanted forty to begin with. The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C. L. Dodgson) He takes the lamp, and creeps under the table to look for the kopeck. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories I will sell you everything at cost price, and if you wish, will give you ten kopecks rebate on the ruble.' Armenian Literature When his stock of vodka is exhausted, he goes and drinks with the other drink-sellers who are waiting for him; he then drinks up his last kopeck. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z The man timidly asked the clerk for a gallery ticket and paid for it with kopecks. The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories Four packets of tobacco bought by your orders, eighty kopecks in silver. A Desperate Character and Other Stories They clutch at nutshells and all sorts of nastiness, knock their heads together, but do not find the kopeck. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories If I run after the rubles and lose the kopecks thereby, who will give me something to eat?' concluded the poor wretch, as if he scented some evil. Armenian Literature She was a brisk, lively person, and it was with her that the five kopecks given by the townsman were spent. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z "You come with me, friend; I will give you five kopecks." The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories Thanks to your brother's cutting his lesson, I shall be the fifteen kopecks for sledge hire to the good! The Jew and Other Stories She has fallen asleep by accident, while the others were looking for the kopeck. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories You know that our capital consists of only a few kopecks. Armenian Literature I soon found a remedy for it—Akim Akimitch pointed it out to me—a prisoner in the military section who for one kopeck shaved those who paid for it with his own razor. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z In spring the whole village was buried in white cherry-blossom, and in the summer they sold cherries at three kopecks a pail. The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories What about that thirteen roubles and thirty kopecks?' he added in a low voice, turning his back on me. The Jew and Other Stories It appears there is not a single kopeck in the kitchen. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories The tea that cost two rubles I will give to you for one ruble ninety-five kopecks. Armenian Literature A man like Petroff will assassinate any one for twenty-five kopecks, simply to get himself a pint of vodka. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z One could pay three kopecks and pick as one liked. The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories I asked him what he wanted a pension for, and he said his injury didn't show much, but it prevented his pursuit of kopecks and happiness. Remarks Near them lie the kopecks, that have lost their power till the next game. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories Abandon her now, and she has only eighty kopecks; she held out her purse, a tiny old thing! The Possessed (The Devils) "A silver rouble! no; but I will give you seven kopecks." The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z "Give me a kopeck!" he said to the doctor, smiling, and shivering with cold. The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories Voronok used to give both classes pamphlets that cost a kopeck and were intensely strict in their party purity. The Created Legend In the middle of the table is a white saucer with five kopecks in it. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories Bring a peasant woman, any old woman, I've eighty kopecks in my purse.... The Possessed (The Devils) "With three kopecks for interest; that will make ten kopecks you will owe me," said the Jew, at the same time slipping his hand into his pocket to get out the sum agreed upon. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z And here, meanwhile, are fifteen kopecks for the chemist's.... Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories It was her custom to bring round the delicacy on a small hand-cart and sell to the children for a few kopecks. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, September 12, 1917 At any other time she would have pointed it out to him, but now when her vanity lies in the saucer with the kopecks, she is triumphant. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories "We took twenty kopecks, but we gave up a hundred roubles of our own." The Possessed (The Devils) I gave a few kopecks to Petroff to buy soap and a bunch of the twigs with which one rubs oneself in the bath. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z "Five kopecks for a cabbage, and a tiny little one, too," she said, propping her chin on her hand. Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories He will not give you a few kopecks of the millions of rubles that he possesses. The Sowers "This is revolting!" he thinks, seeing Grisha feel in his pockets in which the kopecks are jingling. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories On the contrary, he is scattering the money, though twelve days ago he begged fifteen kopecks of me, and it's he treats me to champagne, not I him. The Possessed (The Devils) Bits of soap were given to the convicts, but they were not larger than pieces of two kopecks. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z The suspicious characters had disappeared completely and with them the stolen government money had vanished, too, one thousand, nine hundred and seventeen roubles and some kopecks, in paper and gold. Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories He could not give them money, because the tax-collector had them all under his thumb and would exact the last kopeck. The Sowers If there had been no kopecks in the saucer, he would have been asleep long ago. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories Rye flour is seventy kopecks a pood, while on the other side of Tomsk it was twenty-five and twenty-seven kopecks per pood, and wheaten flour thirty kopecks. Letters of Anton Chekhov A prisoner left our party, took off his cap and received alms—to the extent of five kopecks—then came back hurriedly towards us. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z He never touched intoxicating liquor and he used to give his men ten kopecks for vodka on the great holidays; they did not dare to drink on other days. Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories A piece of sausage usually cost ten kopecks, the bread two kopecks. Yama: the pit To console dear old Saveliitch, I gave him my word, that for the future I would not dispose of single kopeck without his consent. Marie; a story of Russian love There is a tavern called "Taganrog"; sugar costs twenty-four kopecks a pound, pine kernels six kopecks a pound. Letters of Anton Chekhov He was clad in a cheap, ready-made suit; for his heart was in his business, and he scraped and saved every kopeck. The Vultures We must make a stand, not for the kopeck, but for justice. Mother On account of such a pleasant acquaintanceship, I'll take fifty kopecks apiece. Yama: the pit In the pocket of the imported Thing were a few coins—denarii—scudi—kopecks—pfennigs—pilasters—whatever the financial nomenclature of his unknown country may have been. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million For a little white loaf they demanded sixteen kopecks. Letters of Anton Chekhov And it isn't the kopeck, but since it is mine, no one dares touch it unless I throw it away myself. The Man Who Was Afraid What is dear to us is not our kopeck, because it's no rounder than any other kopeck; it's only heavier; there's more human blood in it than in the manager's ruble. Mother "Well, just as we agreed; half the extra charge, two roubles eighty kopecks." Yama: the pit I have agreed to do the work for forty kopecks a sheet. Poor Folk In these scurvy little towns even the government officials drink brick tea, and even the best shops don't keep tea at more than one rouble fifty kopecks a pound. Letters of Anton Chekhov You must deal with a woman very plainly—give her a bottle of vodka, something to eat after it, then a couple of bottles of beer and after everything give her twenty kopecks in cash. The Man Who Was Afraid On paying for the tea she made the girl very happy by handing her three kopecks. Mother "Good Lord, a bottle of beer fifty kopecks!" the German waxed indignant. Yama: the pit I am sending you thirty kopecks in silver, and regret that I cannot send you more. Poor Folk "I have written sixty kopecks' worth," he would say with a smile. Letters of Anton Chekhov It is true it might have been worth no more than a kopeck, but a kopeck is to him what a rouble is to me. The Man Who Was Afraid "I, too, want to ask you to let us keep our kopecks." Mother In competition they reached such a state, that they lowered their passenger rates for the third class from seventy-five kopecks to five, three, two, and even one kopeck. Yama: the pit In those days I never had a kopeck to spare. Poor Folk My soul longs for breadth and altitude, but I am forced to lead a narrow life spent over trashy roubles and kopecks. Letters of Anton Chekhov We had foreign coins mixed in with our large copper cents,—all kinds, from the Russian "kopeck" to the "half-penny token" of Great Britain. A New England girlhood, outlined from memory (Beverly, MA) When the shouts became more insistent, Pavel raised his hand and said: "Comrades, I propose that we quit work until he gives up that kopeck!" Mother During this time he regularly drank down four bottles of beer, and, going away, infallibly gave the girl half a rouble for candy and Simeon twenty kopecks for drink-money. Yama: the pit At that my heart contracted, "How these people put me to shame!" thought I. But I had only twenty kopecks left, and upon them I had been counting for meeting my most pressing requirements. Poor Folk The price of two men to dig, twenty-five kopecks. Letters of Anton Chekhov "You see, it would be work," he added with his brown eyes veiled, "whilst, in addition, you would be paid ten kopecks for your trouble, and allowed to keep the shroud." Through Russia "Every year I would have to give three rubles and sixty kopecks to the mosquitoes!" Mother The first time they treated him gently; on the second day, however, for every mistake they began to deduct from him five kopecks per watermelon out of the common share. Yama: the pit When you sent me those thirty kopecks, and thereafter those two grivenniks, my heart sank within me as I looked at the poor little money. Poor Folk To fill the ice cellar it costs thirty kopecks a day to the workmen. Letters of Anton Chekhov Coin or no coin, we shall have to collect ten kopecks from every hut. The Witch and other stories Pavel moved alongside of him and said in a low voice, pointing to Sizov and Rybin: "We three are authorized by all the comrades to ask you to revoke your order about the kopeck discount." Mother A quadrille is half a rouble; but ordinary dances are thirty kopecks. Yama: the pit Cannot I also see that YOU are ruining yourself for me, and hoarding your last kopeck that you may spend it on my behalf? Poor Folk A gondolier asks a franc for an hour-that is, thirty kopecks. Letters of Anton Chekhov I am not strong to draw up the net, so I shall hire a man for five kopecks. The Witch and other stories But, excuse me, I thought, the rye which is now worth one rouble fifteen kopecks may be worth two roubles fifteen kopecks in two months' time! The Wife, and other stories "Why, I will get it in any beer-shop for twelve kopecks." Yama: the pit Nevertheless, I send you thirty kopecks— almost the last coins that I have left to me, much as I should have liked to have helped you more when you are so much in need. Poor Folk Better five kopecks in the present than a rouble in the future. Letters of Anton Chekhov "Before Easter he paid a rouble, and he has not paid a kopeck since." The Witch and other stories On the most modest computation, reckoning seven kopecks a soul and five souls a family, one needs three hundred and fifty roubles a day to feed a thousand families. The Wife, and other stories For every dance ordered by the guests, they received thirty kopecks for an easy dance, and a half rouble for a quadrille. Yama: the pit She was looking so ill, and I felt so sorry for her, that I gave her twenty kopecks. Poor Folk At the Moskaya station the air is lovely and fresh, caviare is seventy kopecks a pound. Letters of Anton Chekhov A week after the Exaltation of the Cross I sold my hay willingly at thirty kopecks a pood.... The Witch and other stories "The fare to Moscow is eleven roubles forty-two kopecks...." The Wife, and other stories Those books of yours which I used to admire are not worth one copper kopeck. Uncle Vanya For my father's sake I tried hard to learn my lessons, for I could see that he was spending his last kopeck upon me, and himself subsisting God knows how. Poor Folk I stopped in Kulikov's hotel, where I took a room for seventy-five kopecks. Letters of Anton Chekhov They got the silk from a factory close by, and the whole family working together earned next to nothing, twenty kopecks a week. The Witch and other stories Just as in the past, the attendants fine me twenty kopecks for my fur coat, though there is nothing reprehensible in wearing a warm coat in winter. The Wife, and other stories I have six mouths to feed now, and flour is at seventy kopecks. The Sea-Gull Next day I went out along the Nevsky and spent seventy kopecks on various newspapers. The Schoolmistress, and other stories They flog in our police stations; a rate has been fixed; from a peasant they take ten kopecks for a beating, from a workman twenty—that's for the rods and the trouble. Letters of Anton Chekhov He is good, brave as a warrior, but I wouldn't give a kopeck for his police. The Secret of the Night He received one rouble twenty kopecks for making my suit, and for Pobyedimsky's two roubles, but we provided the cloth, the lining, and the buttons. The Wife, and other stories See here, batuchka: if I take a ten- kopeck piece a month on each ruble, I ought to receive fifteen kopecks on a ruble and a half, the interest being payable in advance. The Lock and Key Library The Most Interesting Stories of All Nations: North Europe — Russian — Swedish — Danish — Hungarian You must pay a rouble a van and six roubles and twenty kopecks for stamps. The Schoolmistress, and other stories I was paid fifty kopecks in advance, and laid out the whole of this money on bread and meat. Creatures That Once Were Men The girl, frightened, immediately held out her purse to him, with two roubles and fifty kopecks in it. The Secret of the Night The rye, for the price of which he had so long held out, had been sold for fifty kopecks a measure cheaper than it had been fetching a month ago. Anna Karenina Glasses of weak tea were sold at 30 kopecks each, without sugar. Russia in 1919 Why, when we set off the price of meat was three roubles ninety kopecks, but when we arrived it had dropped to three roubles twenty-five. The Schoolmistress, and other stories I succeeded in earning only eighty kopecks a day, and our food cost us sixty kopecks. Creatures That Once Were Men "I accept the position of her mother, but on the condition that she shall never lose a kopeck of her inheritance." The Secret of the Night To think of all the patience with which I have gathered my kopecks, of all the toil and trouble which I have endured! Dead Souls The same people who in the old days scraped kopecks and waited to get a good place near the ceiling now sat where formerly were the people who came here to digest their dinners. Russia in 1919 Twenty kopecks is not a fair price, but he has no thoughts for that. The Schoolmistress, and other stories After taking his twenty kopecks, Iona gazes for a long while after the revelers, who disappear into a dark entry. The Schoolmistress, and other stories "And it is beyond measure marvellous that the whole should have started from a single kopeck." Dead Souls Venerable sir, would that I could pay you not merely forty kopecks, but five hundred roubles. Dead Souls There was, however, a samovar, and we bought tea at sixty kopecks a glass and lumps of sugar at two roubles fifty each. Russia in 1919 Whether it is a rouble or whether it is five kopecks does not matter to him now so long as he has a fare.... The Schoolmistress, and other stories It is necessary to begin from the beginning rather than from the middle; from a kopeck rather than from a rouble; from the bottom rather than from the top. Dead Souls Lastly, and above all else, keep and save your every kopeck. Dead Souls You know, he is quite a different sort from the Public Prosecutor and our other provincial skinflints—fellows who shiver in their shoes before they will spend a single kopeck. Dead Souls They will be distributed on the card system, and he had calculated that they could sell them at twelve kopecks a packet. Russia in 1919 After saying his prayers, Yasha hurriedly crosses himself and says: "Five kopecks, please." The Schoolmistress, and other stories On the contrary, to show you that I am not a usurer, I will decline to ask of you a single kopeck for the serfs. Dead Souls Were you to give him a knife, and to turn him loose on a turnpike, he would cut your throat for two kopecks. Dead Souls "Seventy-eight souls at thirty kopecks each will amount to—to—" only for a moment did our hero halt, since he was strong in his arithmetic, "—will amount to twenty-four roubles, ninety-six kopecks." Dead Souls In other words, the father's injunction, "Guard and save every kopeck," had become a hard and fast rule of the son's. Dead Souls
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