О. Шаповалова - Лучшие расследования Шерлока Холмса / The Best of Sherlock Holmes

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Will-o’-the-wispis a mysterious flickering light seen over bogs, marshes and swamps at night. It is believed to stay always out of reach advancing as approached.

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The Daily Telegraphis a daily newspaper published in London since 1855.

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causes célèbres — famous cases ( French )

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Nova Scotia is one of Canada’s provinces on the Atlantic coast. In the third quarter of the 19th century it was a part of the British Empire’s dominion in Canada. Halifax is the capital of Nova Scotia.

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Winchesteris the county city of the county of Hempshire, South England.

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Bradshaw= Bradshaw’s Monthly Railway Guide, a book of railway’s timetables printed in the UK from 1839 to 1961. The first publisher was George Bradshaw, a famous English cartographer. By the third quarter of the 19th century there were about 150 railway companies in the UK that operated with no coordination with each other, so Bradshaw’s Guides were really useful for the passengers.

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locus standi – point of view ( Latin ). Holmes means that he and Dr. Watson had no legal reason to stay in the Copper Beeches.

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Dartmooris a granite plateau covered with moors in south Devon (Devonshire), a county of South West England. It’s a wild and gloomy place. There are several racetracks and stables in Devon that could be the reason for using Dartmoor as the scene of action of the story.

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Exeteris the county town of Devon.

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Readingis a town situated at approximately 40 miles west of London

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Telegraph and the Chronicle – The Daily Telegraph is a daily newspaper published in London since 1855. The Daily Chronicle is a daily newspaper that was published from 1872 to 1930 (since 1876 by Edward Lloyd a famous British publisher).

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Isonomy stockmeans descendant of Isonomy, a famous racehourse who sired several racewinners.

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rode in Colonel Ross’s colours – each stable had its own colours worn by the jockeys who rode for it

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touts – here: persons who buy and sell secret information about a racehorse

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Penang lawyeris a kind of walking stick made of areca, a palm from eastern Asia. The name was given by colonials. It is either a distorted Malay phrase ‘wild areca’ or a reference to the use of these canes as deadly crushing weapons. Penang, formerly a British colony, is today known as Negeri Pulau Pinang and is a state of Malaya.

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A.D.P. brier-root pipe – brier-root pipes are made of a very hard and heat-resistant wood of the tree heath (Erica arborea) and not from briars. A.D.P. was a common brand of Conan Doyle’s time.

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Weiss & Co. – John Weiss & Son was a London surgical instruments manufacturer

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A long shotmeans something that has only a slight chance of success, but provides a great prise if successful.

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(park) dragwas a private covered coach; it was small and elegant.

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off-foreleg= right foreleg

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Pullman cars – in Great Britain these were luxury lounge cars where passengers could order food and drinks

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pulling jockey – a jockey who intentionally prevents his horse from winning

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Clapham Junctionis a railway station in central London.

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Victoria Station(aka Victoria) is a railway terminus in central London on the same line as the Clapham Junction.

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the Parkhere refers to the Regent’s Park, one of the Royal Parks of London. Regent’s Park is the nearest to Baker Street.

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The Crystal Palacewas a giant iron-and-glass hall built in Hyde Park to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. After the Exhibition the Crystal Palace was relocated and rebuilt in a South London suburb where it hosted art galleries, exhibits, concerts and so on.

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St. Vitus’s dance(aka Sydenham chorea, aka chorea minor, aka infectious chorea or rheumatic chorea) is a neurological disease characterized by involuntary and incontrollable jerks of different muscles.

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cockneysrefers to the working class population of the East London

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Day’s Music Hall – Day’s Crystal Palace Concert Hall was a Birmingham concert hall named after its owner James Day and opened to public in 1862

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By Jove – a mild oath that expresses surprise, probably of the Roman origin. “Jove” could originate from the Latin “Jovis” (Jupiter), the Roman King of Gods.

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the City Police – the financial and business core of London, the City, has its own law enforcement body – the City of London Police (aka the City Police)

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Justice of the Peace (J.P.)is a local judge entitled to deal with minor civil and criminal cases

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Dungareeis a kind of sturdy cotton fabric used for working clothes. The term originates from a Hindi word.

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eight-knot tramp – eight knot is a type of knots used in sailing. Hudson means that he has been tramping here and there in difficult circumstances for two years.

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N. Lat. 15 degrees 20’, W. Long. 25 degrees 14’ – “N. Lat.” stands for “North latitude,” “W. Long.” stands for “West Longitude.”

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dibbshere refers to money

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We’ll make the coats of some of these soldiers redder – from the late 17th till the early 20th century British soldiers wore red uniform coats.

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the Bay here refers to the Bay of Biscay

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brown sherry – aged strong sweet sherry wine of dark color (dark brown or black)

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a witness-boxis a part of a courtroom reserved for witnesses.

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starboard quarter – the right part of the stern. “Starboard” is a nautical term indicating the right side of a ship when an observer faces the front.

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V. R.stands for “Victoria Regina,” Latin for “Queen Victoria.”

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recherché – out of the ordinary ( French )

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branch was a cadet one – the cadet branch is a line of descendents of a younger son of a patriarch

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mullioned windows – windows (commonly arch windows) divided vertically in two by a special architectural element called mullion

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I am member for my district – Musgrave means that he represents West Sussex in the Parliament

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café noir – black coffee ( French )

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blazonings and charges – blazoning refers to a coat of arms ( archaic ); charges are marks and devices placed on a shield of a coat of arms

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The Norman Conquestis the occupation of the British Isles by the army of William II the duke of Normandy (France) aka William the Conqueror. The way to the Conquest was opened at the Battle of Hastings (14 October 1066) when Saxons were defeated and Harold the King of England was killed.

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personal equation – the scientific term here refers to difference between the intelligence of Holmes and Brunton. Holmes means that the butler is as smart as the detective himself.