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Название: Лучшие рассказы О. Генри = The Best of O. Henry

Автор: О. Генри

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Жанр: Рассказы

Серия: Иностранный язык: учимся у классиков

isbn: 978-5-699-68433-5

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      physiognomy – the study of psychological characters by the features of the face and body structure

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      the Queen of Sheba (10th century BC) – in the Old Testament, a ruler of the Kingdom of Saba in Arabia who visited the legendary King Solomon of Israel to test his wisdom, and brought a caravan of gold, jewels and spices with her

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      a mammoth task = a tremendous task

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      cosmopolite – a person with wide experience of the world, free from national prejudices

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      garçons = waiters (French)

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      mélange = mixture (French)

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      Würzburger – a sort of beer

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      Mauch Chunk – a town in the state of Pennsylvania

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      table d’hôte – here: a set meal with a fixed price

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      Hyderabad – a city in south-central India

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      Kanakas – the Kanaka people, the South Pacific islanders

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      Presto! = Quickly!

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      ‘Dixie’ – a popular song written by Daniel Emmett (1815–1904) in 1859; during the American Civil War (1861–1865) it used to be the anthem of the Confederacy of the South.

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      hie = hurry (archaic)

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      Mosby – John Singleton Mosby (1833–1916), a Confederacy guerrilla band leader during the American Civil War

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      Upernavik – a town in Greenland

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      Cincinnati – a town in Ohio

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      Battle Creek – a town in the state of Michigan

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      Yokohama – a city and port southwest of Tokyo in Japan

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      Zulus – the largest ethnic group in South Africa, a branch of the Bantu people

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      Patagonians – residents of Patagonia, a region in southern Argentina

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      the Kaw River – a river in Vietnam

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      Titans – in Greek mythology, giants, the children of Heaven and Earth

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      Maine – the US state in the north-east of the country

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      answers to Lawson – here: court decisions

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      Bohemians – representatives of Bohemia, usually an artistic circle

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      faux pas = a false step, a mistake (French)

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      pounds – pound is a unit of weight equal to 0.4535 kg

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      Palm Beach – a famous resort on the Atlantic coast in Florida

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      cicerone – a guide who describes to sightseers the places of interest

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      Tuskageenial – the word invented by the author from Tuskagee, a city in central Alabama, and genial (kindly, sociable)

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      lambrequins – the Baroque style ornaments; originally the mantling on a helmet to shield the wearer from the sun’s rays.

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      tocsin = poisonous

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      goblin – in Western folklore, a mischievous and malicious spirit attached to a household

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      Stygian – here: terrible; from Styx, in Greek mythology, a river in the underworld.

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      epicedian tears – here: mournful tears

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      Falstaff – a fictional character in Shakespeare’s ‘Henry IV’

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      Momus – in Greek mythology, the god of mockery

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      Avaunt! = Go away! Off with you!

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      Helen – Helen of Troy, a beauty, the cause of the Trojan War

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