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

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Chief of the staff – here: prime military helper to a high-ranked officer, f. i. an adjutant to a general

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Dewlapis hanging neck-skin of an animal or human.

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Phosphorusis poisonous and caustic. It could had burned the dog’s flesh through if used as described.

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Tuftis a set of gasses growing together.

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Quagmireis miry ground that gives up and sinks at stepping on it.

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Bog-girtmeans rounded by bog or providing an illusion of being supported by it.

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

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purloined – to purloin means to obtain by betrayal of trust

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consumptiveis sick with lung tuberculosis

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R oss and Mangles – probably the name of the company came to author’s mind from one of the two notable names of his days, Ross Lowis Mangles, a civilian hero of war in Bengal, or Ross Donnelly Mangles, the Chairman of the East India Company.

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North Devon lineis a still-existing railroad line, originally connecting Devon and Exeter until being connected with London and South Western Railway in the mid-XIX century and largely reconstructed. Now all these lines are parts of Southern Railway.

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outré– bizarre, outlandish ( French )

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outhouse – primarily, the structure over the pit toilet, but can also be a small shed in the yard of a house

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box – here: enclosed lodge with seats in a theatre, quite secluded and expensive

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Les Huguenots(The Huguenots) is a French opera by Giacomo Meyerbeer, being among the most popular and spectacular by size of act, orchestra and decorations.

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De Reszke – a family of Polish opera singers, performing as well in “Les Huguenots”: Josephine de Reszke, the elder sister, the soprano, Jean de Reszke, the middle brother, the tenor, and Édouard de Reszke, the junior brother, the bass.