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  • Ivan Demianitch laughed again the same strange guffaw, again dealt himself a sounding smack on the leg, and pulling a check handkerchief out of his pocket, blew his nose noisily, ferociously rolling his eyes, spat into the handkerchief, and ejaculated with the whole force of his lungs: ‘Tfoo-o-o!’

    The Jew and other stories 2006

  • Tfoo! the devil take you!” cries the hunchback indignantly.

    The Schoolmistress and other stories 2004

  • Tfoo!” said Raissa, surprised, shrugging her shoulders and crossing herself.

    The Witch, and other stories 2004

  • Tfoo! curse it!’ he muttered, spitting into the water; ‘here’s a go.

    A Sportsman's Sketches 2003

  • "Tfoo!" said Raissa, surprised, shrugging her shoulders and crossing herself.

    The Witch and other stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882

  • Ivan Demianitch laughed again the same strange guffaw, again dealt himself a sounding smack on the leg, and pulling a check handkerchief out of his pocket, blew his nose noisily, ferociously rolling his eyes, spat into the handkerchief, and ejaculated with the whole force of his lungs: 'Tfoo-o-o!'

    The Jew and Other Stories Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev 1850

  • 'Tfoo! curse it!' he muttered, spitting into the water; 'here's a go.

    A Sportsman's Sketches Works of Ivan Turgenev, Volume I Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev 1850

  • Tfoo, what a business,” he went on as though to himself.

    The Inn 2006

  • I mustn’t talk too freely; if I fall into his arms all at once, he may think — Tfoo! how horrible if he should think —

    The Brothers Karamazov 2003

  • I mustn’t talk too freely; if I fall into his arms all at once, he may think — Tfoo! how horrible if he should think —!”

    The Brothers Karamazov Fyodor Dostoyevsky 1851

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