Confronting Past Academic Struggles
Kalougina:
Were you bad at school? I knew that you're a former dunce!
Novoseltsev:
Let's leave my shadowy past alone.
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Contemporary Man or Insult? A Tense Exchange
Kalougina:
You are a real contemporary man!
Novoseltsev:
How dare you insult me like this?!
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A Playful Exchange on Vulnerability
Novoseltsev:
Don't hit me on my head, it's my vulnerable spot!
Kalougina:
It's your hollow spot!
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Fundraising for a Wreath Amidst Lunch Woes
Shoura:
Boublikov died! Donate 50 copecks for a wreath!
Novoseltsev:
If someone else is born or dead today I will be left without a lunch...
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Flattery in the Workplace
Verochka:
Breast forward!
Kalougina:
Breast? Vera, you're flattering me!
Verochka:
Everyone is flattering you.
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A Conversation on Age and Self-Perception
Kalougina:
I made a ruin of myself... And I am only thirty-six...
Kalougina:
Yes, I am younger than you. How old do I look?
Novoseltsev:
You look... thirty... five!
Kalougina:
You are lying again!
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Work Priorities Over Personal Aspirations
Verochka:
You want us to have a baby? But I can't now.. There are two hours left till the end of the workday, and Kalougina is here... I can't go off...
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Unnoticed Feelings in Office Relationships
Novoseltsev:
We love you... In the bottom of our souls... Somewhere very deep...
Kalougina:
So deep that I don't even notice it!
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Unexpected Musical Ambitions in the Office
Kalougina:
I hope you're not going to play music now.
Novoseltsev:
Yeah... I want to... sing!
Kalougina:
What a misfortune!
Novoseltsev:
Why? My friends say that I have a beautiful baritonal... descant!
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A Moment of Clarity Amidst Humor
Kalougina:
Wait, it dawned upon me... Are you drunk?
Novoseltsev:
No, when I am drunk I am violent. (gives a neighing laugh) But right now I am quiet.
Kalougina:
I am lucky!
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Childhood Mischief and Consequences in Dialogue
Novoseltsev:
Now let's sort it out with you. When will you stop being making mischief? Why is everyone always complaining about you?
Novoseltsev:
Why don't they complain about the other children, eh? And why have you been eating plasticine?
Vova:
But I ate it with sugar!
Novoseltsev:
You're a big boy, you know perfectly well that we don't eat play dough. And what did you guys lock Masha in a closet for?
Vova:
You see, I locked her in, but the key got lost...
Novoseltsev:
March! And don't even think of smearing glue on the teacher's chair, you hear!
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Contrasting Views on Toughness and Tenderness
Kalougina:
You have stated that I am tough...
Novoseltsev:
Why, you are tender...
Kalougina:
inhuman...
Novoseltsev:
Human!
Kalougina:
heartless...
Novoseltsev:
Hearty!
Kalougina:
dry...
Novoseltsev:
Wet!
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Perceptions of Reputation and Intelligence in Women
Ryzhova:
When a woman is told that she is a good girl, does it mean that she's an utter fool?
Kalougina:
I have such an unstained reputation, it's high time to compromise me.
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The Importance of Mystery in Women
Verochka (secretary):
In a woman, there should be mystery.
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Observation of a Colleague's Appearance
Verochka (secretary):
Ryzhova, the bottle blond that always walks with string bags. Look, here she sits, all in terrible roses.
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The Power of Intellect and Possibility
Verochka (secretary):
As a matter of fact, one could even teach a hare to smoke. There's nothing impossible for a person with intellect.
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Questioning Vulgarity and Behavior in the Office
Verochka (secretary):
Lyudmila Prokofyevna, where did you pick up this vulgarity? You wag your hips like a loose woman!
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The Elegance of a Businesswoman's Walk
Verochka (secretary): [[w:Gait|A gait]
What distinguishes a businesswoman from a Woman? ]! Just look how you walk! ....Huddle yourself up, tie yourself in a knot, shrivel like an old torn boot and here you are dashing to work as if hammering in polings! But look how we do. My head is up... eyes are down a little... everything is relaxed here... shoulders pulled back... I move freely from my hip... a spring-relaxed style of a panther ready for leap.
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The Importance of Footwear for Women
Verochka (secretary):
Footwear is what makes woman.
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Personal Records and Unwanted Attention
Verochka (secretary):
That's all for you, Novoseltsev... Wash-out! My old woman is interested in you. Exploring your personal records!
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Hazards of a Secretary's Job
Verochka (secretary):
I won't live that long, I have a hazardous job!
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A Frustrated Demand for Distance
Novoseltsev:
(to Shoura, angrily): Go to... the accounting department!!! And even farther!
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Novoseltsev's Reflection on His Children
Novoseltsev:
I have children - a boy and... a boy. Two boys.
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Challenges of a Dedicated Colleague
Novoseltsev:
This is Shoura - nice but, unfortunately, active. At some point she was promoted to public work and there's been no way to discharge her from it ever since.
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The Value of Work and Personal Fulfillment
Novoseltsev:
As everyone knows, labor ennobles man, and that's why people go to work with pleasure.
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