ロシア語日記翻訳【163】

Well, with some prior preparation (hiding things) and acting calm even if they opened the closet, I managed to get through it somehow. But having someone to clean and cook for you is really nice, isn’t it?

Ну, с небольшой подготовкой заранее (спрятать вещи) и спокойным видом, даже когда они открывали шкаф, мне как‑то удалось всё пережить. Но когда кто‑то убирает и готовит за тебя — это же действительно приятно, правда?

解説

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# ⭐ **Sentence 1:**
**Ну, с небольшой подготовкой заранее (спрятать вещи) и спокойным видом, даже когда они открывали шкаф, мне как‑то удалось всё пережить.**

## 🌐 Overall Meaning
“Well, with a bit of preparation beforehand (hiding things) and keeping a calm demeanor even when they opened the closet, I somehow managed to get through it.”

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## 🧩 Grammar Breakdown

### **Ну,**
– Discourse particle meaning **“well,” “so,” “you know.”**
– Sets a conversational, slightly resigned tone.

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### **с небольшой подготовкой заранее**
– **с** — preposition meaning “with.”
– **небольшой подготовкой** — instrumental case (“with a bit of preparation”).
– Instrumental expresses the means or tool used.
– **заранее** — adverb meaning “in advance / beforehand.”

→ “with a bit of preparation beforehand.”

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### **(спрятать вещи)**
Parenthetical clarification.

– **спрятать** — perfective infinitive (“to hide”).
– **вещи** — accusative plural (“things”).
→ “(to hide things).”

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### **и спокойным видом**
– **и** — “and.”
– **спокойным видом** — instrumental case (“with a calm appearance / with a calm demeanor”).
– Instrumental again expresses the manner in which something is done.

→ “and with a calm demeanor.”

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### **даже когда они открывали шкаф**
– **даже когда** — “even when.”
– **они** — subject (“they”).
– **открывали** — past tense, imperfective (“were opening / opened repeatedly”).
– **шкаф** — accusative (“closet / wardrobe”).

→ “even when they opened the closet.”

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### **мне как‑то удалось всё пережить**
– **мне** — dative (“to me”).
– Used with verbs expressing success or failure: *удалось* = “it succeeded for me.”
– **как‑то** — adverb meaning “somehow.”
– **удалось** — past tense, neuter, perfective of *удаться* (“to manage / to succeed”).
– Impersonal construction: literally “it succeeded for me.”
– **всё пережить**
– **всё** — “everything.”
– **пережить** — perfective infinitive (“to get through / to endure / to survive”).

→ “I somehow managed to get through all of it.”