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Беда

In Trouble

B2 · Upper Intermediate · fiction · 11 scenes · Premium story

When the director of the town bank is arrested for fraud, the respectable churchwarden who signed the papers finds himself on trial. His family, his name and his whole life go down with the bank.

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Characters

  • Avdeev (Авдеев) — Former churchwarden
  • Pyotr Semyonych (Пётр Семёныч) — Bank director
  • Avdeev's wife (Жена) — Avdeev's wife

Vocabulary from this story

  • день — day
  • суд — law-court
  • который — which
  • говорить — speak
  • нога — leg
  • взять — take
  • понимать — understand
  • банк — bank
  • деть — put
  • банка — jar
  • время — time
  • лавка — bench