свежо предание, да верится с трудом
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Transcription (the accent is shown in capital letters):
[svee-ZHO pree-DA-nee-ye, da VYE-ree-tsa s tru-DOM]
Translation / meaning:
lit: the legend is fresh but hard to believe
used to say exactly that: the story is new, but it is very hard to believe it
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