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Russian
Pronunciation
Adverb
вта́йне • (vtájne)
- secretly (in secret)
1837, Александр Пушкин, “Глава I”, in Египетские ночи; English translation from Thomas Keane, transl., The Egyptian Nights, 1916:Он прикидывался то страстным охотником до лошадей, то отчаянным игроком, то самым тонким гастрономом; хотя никак не мог различить горской породы от арабской, никогда не помнил козырей и втайне предпочитал печеный картофель всевозможным изобретениям французской кухни.- On prikidyvalsja to strastnym oxotnikom do lošadej, to otčajannym igrokom, to samym tonkim gastronomom; xotja nikak ne mog različitʹ gorskoj porody ot arabskoj, nikogda ne pomnil kozyrej i vtajne predpočital pečenyj kartofelʹ vsevozmožnym izobretenijam francuzskoj kuxni.
- At one time he pretended to be a passionate lover of horses, at another a desperate gambler, and at another a refined gourmet, although he was never able to distinguish the mountain breed from the Arab, could never remember the trump cards, and in secret preferred a baked potato to all the inventions of the French cuisine.