"I tried to get him to confess everything to me himself, although otherwise I admitted that certain things might be difficult to confess. He also saw into my kidney, that is, he was fully aware that I was looking into his kidney and even angry at him, so he was also angry at me for being angry at him and seeing into his kidney.
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Fyodor DostoevskyAll Translations
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I tried to get him to confess everything to me himself, although otherwise I admitted that certain things might be difficult to confess. He also saw into my kidney, that is, he was fully aware that I was looking into his kidney and even angry at him, so he was also angry at me for being angry at him and seeing into his kidney.
""Arra törekedtem, hogy ő maga valljon be nekem mindent, bár különben elismertem, hogy bizonyos dolgokat talán csakugyan nehéz bevallani. Ő is a vesémbe látott, vagyis teljesen tisztában volt azzal, hogy a veséjébe látok, sőt haragszom rá, így hát ő is haragudott rám, amiért haragszom rá, és a veséjébe látok."