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дорожить, лелеять
to feel warm affection for; to hold something dear.
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Why White Nights is a great book to read in English
Four nights on the Petersburg embankments: a lonely dreamer meets Nastenka, who is waiting for another man, and lets himself hope anyway. Dostoevsky's tender early novella (1848) is short, lyrical, and perfect as a first Russian classic to read in English with the original alongside.
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