Vulgar words in The Man Who Was Afraid (Page 1)

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ass x 2
blockhead x 6
buffoon x 2
            

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An impersonal, deformed and nasty creature, he played the part of a buffoon: they smeared his bald head with mustard, made him go upon all-fours, drink mixtures of different brandies and dance comical dances; he did all this in silence, an idiotic smile on his wrinkled face, and having done what he was told to do, he invariably said, outstretching his hand with his palm upward: "Give me a rouble."

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It isn't worth while to be friends with you, blockhead!"

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Mayakin smacked his lips and sang out in a mournful voice: "What a blockhead you are!

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So it comes out that an oak is simply a blockhead."

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The old blockhead should have thought--'what is the machine made of?'

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"Now Balaam's she-ass has also started to talk!" said the old man, laughing.

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It is your license for the name of savage and ass."

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In order to study, and not die of starvation, I have for six years in succession taught blockheads how to read and write, and had to bear a mass of abominations at the hands of various papas and mammas, who humiliated me without any constraint.

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And Yozhov, standing beside Foma, spoke excitedly: "You hard-hearted blockhead!

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"Why do you always play the buffoon?" said Foma, with displeasure, "as though you were indeed merry."

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