Томас Майн Рид: Лучшие романы Томаса Майна Рида / The Best of Thomas Mayne Reid

ricos– rich men ( Spanish )

ganadería– pastures ( Spanish )

corrales– corals ( Spanish )

sobrina – niace ( Spanish )

douce– sweet, pretty ( French )

bravourie– courage ( French )

vicuñaor lama – a sort of wool; South American animal of the camel group covered with long, soft, fine wool

ladron– robber ( Spanish )

mayor-domo– house-manager ( Spanish )

Gracias a Dios!– Thank God! ( Spanish )

Vamos!– Let’s go! ( Spanish )

Entiende?– Do you understand? ( Spanish )

Yo entendo– I understand ( Spanish )

beau-ideal – a perfect example

enagua– petticoat ( Spanish )

Symon Stylites – Saint Simeon Stylites (390–459), a Christian monk who lived on top of a column in Syria in 423

posada– inn, hotel ( Spanish )

la lengua Americana– the American language ( Spanish )

congeries– a lot of, plenty

paroxysm – a sudden outburst of some feeling or pain

chiaro( Italian ) – claro( Spanish ) – clear

oscuro – here: black darkness ( Spanish )

cosmorama – a theatre of shadows

nopal – a species of cactus

patois– a local dialect; here: accent ( French )

Stentor – a kind of genus found in fresh water and remarkable for its regenerative power

el güero– here: this nice man ( Spanish )

maîtresse– beloved, dear ( French )

the cloisters of the Sacré Coeur – the cloisters of the Sacred Heart

querido – beloved ( Spanish )

Ephesian goddess – Artemis, in Greek mythology, the goddess of animals, hunt, chastity and childbirth; Ephesos – a very important city in Asia Minor, famous for its Temple of Artemis

Athenaia – Athena, in Greek religion, the daughter of Zeus, the goddess of war and handicraft

after the award of the apple – in Greek mythology, Paris awarded the apple to one of the three most beautiful goddesses, and the apple became the apple of discord

caballada– cavalcade ( Spanish )

Los Tejanos– the Texans ( Spanish )

vestido de caballo– a riding costume ( Spanish )

alhuehuete– cypress ( Spanish )

niña– a girl or an unmarried woman ( Spanish )

catré – here: bed ( French )

Michael, Gabriel, Azrael – in the Bible, the God’s archangels

Dido – in Greek mythology, the founder of Carthage; Dido fell in love with Aeneas, to escape an unwanted marriage with Iarbas, she committed suicide

iodons – the yodel singers; yodel is a specific manner of singing with rapid changing of voice register

cotillon – a French dance of the 18 thcentury; music for this dance

Judge Lynch – Charles Lynch (1736–1796), the American planter who headed the revolutionary court to punish those loyal to Great Britain; lynching is mob violence, punishment without a legal trial

harangue – a long, loud (often insulting) speech

viva voice – orally

filibusterv – to plunder, to maraud

filibustern – a pirate, a robber

commissariat – department that supplies food to troops

sophism – false arguments that mislead and deceive

mad as a March hare – mad, acting silly (idiom)

cache– hide-out, place of concealment ( French )

laryette – here: lasso

triste– sad, depressed ( French )

lay figure – a wooden figure of a human body used by artists for arranging the drapery they are going to paint

au fait – here: used to ( French )

personnel – here: appearance ( French )

outre-monde– supernatural ( French )

Yäger (correct spelling is jäger) rifle – a hunting rifle

hieroglyphic – written in hieroglyphics, the system of writing in which pictures of objects represent words, syllables or sounds

the Eturnal – here: God

Bayard – Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard (1473–1524), French soldier known as ‘the knight without fear and reproach’

Dan’l Boone – Daniel Boone (1735–1820), American traveler and explorer

arroyo– stream ( Spanish )

frison – a horse of the Friesian breed ( French )

chevaux-de-frise– cheval de frise, (military) a protective wall with nails and pins ( French )