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Meanings of post station in English

Russian
почтовая станция
Catalan
casa de postes
Spanish
casa de postas

A post house, posthouse, or posting house was a house or inn where horses were kept and could be rented or changed out.

почтовая станция
Usage of post station in English
1
I alighted before the post station, and entered the house and was welcomed by the station master.
The Land of the Long Night
2
Nekhludoff sent the young labourer to the post station to order horses and began packing up hurriedly.
Resurrection
3
At the Torzhók post station, either there were no horses or the postmaster would not supply them.
War and Peace
4
We rushed her to Odawara post station.
The Dragon King’s Palace
5
At each post station he was arrested.
Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris
6
I felt sorry for the poor horse, and reproached myself for not having tarried at the last post station.
The Land of the Long Night
7
So they stopped at a small post station, woke up the attendant, and were shown into the only bedroom.
The death of ivan ilyich: and, master and man
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I came late to a post station where I intended to spend the night, for I was very tired.
The Land of the Long Night
9
I only stopped the night in Karasjok, and after getting new reindeer at the post station and a new guide, started north.
The Land of the Long Night
10
From Stockholm I drove to Upsala by road-forI did not care for railway travelling-changinghorse and vehicle at every post station.
The Land of the Long Night
11
There was a small post station that was also a livery and a farrier, and a small church that was also a brewery.
The Wise Man’s Fear
12
Very injudiciously he quarreled with the drivers at a post station about the payment of ten copecks, which he alleged was an overcharge.
Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar...
13
A little further on we came to the post station-andhow glad I was to spend the night there-toget into a feather bed.
The Land of the Long Night
14
At one of the post stations he overtook a convoy of Russian wounded.
War and Peace
15
These are post stations where you can remain until the weather is good.
The Land of the Long Night
16
Tzara.- Adocument ,givingthe right to receive horses and oulatchens at the post stations.
Beasts, Men and Gods
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