“апартамент с двор.” Apartment with a yard.
“That is the best thing in life. An apartment with a yard.”
“Make sure you write that down, my little american spy.”
“Apartment with a yard!”
“And what was the other thing your Uncle Sasho told you to write down?”
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“Meze vinigi tryabva da bude presno naryazeno i tunko naryazeno.”
I recite for him slowly, the same way he dictated it to me.
The sausage always must be sliced fresh and sliced thin.
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“A taka”
he shakes his head in pride.