Array Коллектив авторов - 75 лучших рассказов / 75 Best Short Stories

La Petite– baby ( French )

Seigneur– Lord, God ( French )

Tan’tante– from tante = aunt ( French )

palmetto– a sort of small palm trees

Il ne faut pas faire mal à Pauline. – Don’t do harm to Pauline. ( French )

la guerre= war ( French )

Sumter– a county in South Caroline, US

Louisiana– the US state (123,366 sq. km) admitted to the union in 1812 as the 18th member; it borders Arkansas, Mississippi and Texas.

Adieu! – Goodbye!

Venus– the second planet from the Sun; when it is visible, it is the brightest in the sky.

pied à terre– a place of refuge where a person lives from time to time ( French )

Texans– residents of Texas, the US state in the south

corbeille– a basket; here: a set of clothes (French)

muslin– a thin cotton fabric, first made in Mosul, Iraq

cochon de lait– a sucking pig; here: a small baby (French)

Mais si!= Oh, yes, yes! (French)

peignoir– a loose dressing gown

bayou– a river armlet with slow movement

layette– a dowry of a new-born baby (French)

espousal– marriage, engagement ( archaic )

Liverpool– a city and port on the Irish Sea in northeastern England

the Palais Royal– an area and a famous theatre in Paris

Frascati’s– a casino in Paris

sou– a French coin of low value (no longer in use)

Rouge et Noir– ‘Red and Black’ (French) , a French card game played in casinos of France, Italy and Monte Carlo

the Theory of Chances– a theory used in gambling to predict the outcome of a game, the result of which may be determined by chance, or accident, or miscalculation

napoleon– an old French gold coin equal to 20 francs

Sacre mille bombes! – an exclamation of anxiety (French)

Mille tonnerres! – an exclamation of encouragement (French)

croupier– a person who gathers money and pays out winnings in a gambling house

Sacre petit polisson de Napoleon! – Oh, little prankster of Napoleon! (French)

Austerlitz– the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805, one of the greatest victories of Napoleon over joined Russian-Austrian forces

Nom d’une pipe! – an exclamation ‘listen’, ‘oh’, ‘there’ (French)

Vive le vine!= Long live the wine! (French)

grenadier– a soldier trained to hurl grenades, small explosive bombs

cabriolet– a two-wheeled, one-horse open carriage, first used in France in the 18th century

Le Maistre– Antoine Le Maistre (1608–1658), a French religious figure and theologian

‘Voyage autour de ma Chambre’– ‘A Trip Around My Room’ (French)

Guido Fawkes– Guy Fawkes (1570–1606), an active participant of the famous Gunpowder Plot against James I of England in 1605

desperado– a bandit, a ruffian

‘Childe Harold’– ‘Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage’, a poem by George Gordon Byron (1788–1824), a famous British Romantic poet

the Inquisition– an institution of the Roman Catholic Church established in the 13th century to combat heresy

the Harz Mountains– a northern mountain range in Germany

Westphalia– a historic region in northwestern Germany

canopy– a hood or cover over a door, bed, fireplace, etc.

cravat– a piece of linen or lace worn as a tie

posse comitatus– a group of armed men who help to maintain order, catch criminals, etc.

le Sous-préfet= sub-prefect (French)

le GarÇon= waiter, servant (French)

proces verbal– transcript of interrogation

au revoir= goodbye (French)

myrmidons– here: accomplices

compagnons de voyage= voyage companions (French)

olla podrida= ragout made of red beans, pork and sausage ( Spanish )

ulster– a long, loose overcoat with a belt

quartermaster– an officer responsible for the quartering and movement of troops; on a ship, an officer in charge of steering and signals.

mal de mer= seasickness (French)

the New York Herald– an American daily newspaper published from 1835 till 1924

R. N. – Royal Navy

Kent– a county in England facing the European continent across the Strait of Dover

Sussex– a historic county in southeastern England along the English Channel coast

Salisbury Plain– a treeless area, a chalk plateau, in the county of Wiltshire, famous for its prehistoric monuments, the best known of which is Stonehenge

Rheims– a city in northeastern France; most French kings were crowned there since 1429.