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СКАЧАТЬ – acre is a unit of land measurement equal to 4.047 square metres

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      East Egg – an area of Long Island

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      Lake Forest – a city in Lake county in northeastern Illinois, first settled in 1835

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      Georgian Colonial (style) – various styles in architecture and decorative arts in 1714–1830, between George I and the death of George IV, kings of Great Britain

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      mile – unit of distance equal to 1.609 km

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      claret – red Bordeaux wine from the region of the city of Bordeaux, known since Roman times

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      Nordics, the Nordic race – Northern European peoples of Scandinavia, Finland and Iceland; a Northern physical type is blond, tall, bony.

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      the Cunard or White Star Line – the Cunard White Star Line Ltd., the first regular Atlantic steamship line between England and North America, founded by Sir Samuel Cunard (1787–1865)

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      feet – pl. from foot – unit of length equal to 30.48 cm

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      the Saturday Evening Post – American weekly journal published in Philadelphia from 1821 till 1969

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      rotogravure – a kind of gravure printed by means of transferring liquid ink from depressions in the printing plate to the paper

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      Asheville – a city in the Blue Ridge Mountains in west-central Carolina, first settled in 1794

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      Hot Springs – a city and spa resort in central Arkansas

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      Palm Beach – a resort town in southeastern Florida

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      Louisville – the largest city of Kentucky, first settled in 1773

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      Doctor T. J. Eckleburg – the billboard with the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg, an optometrist, erected to promote his business; in the novel, the empty eyes on the billboard became the symbol of the post-war America.

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      the Fourth of July – Independence Day, the United States national holiday

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      muslin – cotton fabric, first made in the city of Mosul in what is now Iraq

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      Town Tattle – the name of a newspaper

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      John D. Rockefeller (1839—1937) – a prominent American industrialist and philanthropist

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      the West Hundreds – the hundredth streets in the west of New York City

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      Versailles – Palace of Versailles, the former French royal residence, built in 1631–1634 in the city of Versailles in northern France, 16 km west-southwest of Paris

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      Simon Called Peter – the name of the popular novel by Robert Keable (1887–1927) of the early 1920s; the title is an allusion to Saint Peter the Apostle whose original name was Simon.

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      Kaiser Wilhelm – Wilhelm II (1859–1941), German emperor and King of Prussia till the end of World War I (1918)

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      Monte Carlo – a resort on the French Riviera in Monaco, known for its casino opened in 1861

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      Marseilles – a city in southern France and one of the major ports on the Mediterranean Sea

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      Brook’n Bridge – Brooklyn Bridge that connects Brooklyn, a borough of New York City, to Manhattan

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      Tribune – here: the ‘New York Herald Tribune,’ an American daily newspaper

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      Castile – a historic region in central Spain

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      the Follies – a popular variety show

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      Gothic – a style in architecture, painting and sculpture in Western and Central Europe from the 12th century to the end of the 16th century

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      Stoddard Lectures – popular illustrated lectures about various countries by John L. Stoddard (1850–1931)

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      Belasco – David Belasco (1853–1931), American playwright, theatrical producer and innovator

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      banjoes – banjo is a stringed musical instrument of African origin

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