Н. Самуэльян - Лучшие романы Томаса Майна Рида / The Best of Thomas Mayne Reid

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

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

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

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

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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

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harangue – a long, loud (often insulting) speech

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viva voice – orally

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filibuster v – to plunder, to maraud

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filibuster n – a pirate, a robber

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commissariat – department that supplies food to troops

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sophism – false arguments that mislead and deceive

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

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

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laryette – here: lasso

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triste– sad, depressed ( French )

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

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au fait – here: used to ( French )

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personnel – here: appearance ( French )

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outre-monde– supernatural ( French )

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

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

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the Eturnal – here: God

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

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

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arroyo– stream ( Spanish )

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frison – a horse of the Friesian breed ( French )

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

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pari passu – here: at an even pace ( Latin )

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Collosus – an immense person; a statue that is much larger than life-size

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mastodon – a large elephant-looking animal, now extinct

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the Scripter– the (Holy) Scripture – 1. the Bible; 2. a sacred book of any other religion

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Dublin – the capital of Ireland, founded in the 9th–10th centuries by the Vikings, the country’s main port, cultural, financial and commercial centre

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Boniface – Saint Boniface (675–754), often called the apostle of Germany; in the text the name means a German

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lunacy – madness

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quidnunc(s) – a gossip, a tale-bearer

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pettifogger – a person who worries about small and unimportant details

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the Mexican Gulf – the Gulf of Mexico is located in the southeast of the North American continent; it is connected to the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea

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zephyr(s) – wind(s) from the West; in poetical texts, the word means gentle breeze

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trafficker(s) – illicit trader(s)

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homonym – a word, the same in form and sound as the other, but with a different meaning

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guerillas – men, fighting in small groups, not in the regular army

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Havannah cigars – Havana is the capital of Cuba; the country’s world-famous Havana cigars are made from local tobacco leaves

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lucifer matches – popular matches of the 19th century with white phosphorus on the tip; the Greek name for Lucifer (the Venus, the morning star) is Phosphorus

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dragoon – a cavalryman

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jaqueta– a jacket ( Spanish )

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picaresque– amusing; adventurous ( French )

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onza(s)– an ounce, a monetary unit ( Spanish )

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alguazil(s)– bailiff ( Spanish )

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travestie– travesty – parody; an imitation on purpose

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juste mileu – here: temperance ( French )

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calèche– a carriage ( French )

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Kirschenwasser– cherry liqueur ( German )

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bonne fortune– good, happy fortune; luck ( French )

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coup de théâtre – an unexpected turn of the plot (in a play) ( French )

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nemine dissentiente – no one dissenting ( Latin )

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Cis-Atlantic attorney – the attorney from Europe

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looking daggers – the idiom to look daggers means to look with a piercing and disapproving glance

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débandade– in disorder, in confusion ( French )

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claque(rs) – people hired for a certain purpose (to applaud, to whistle, etc.)

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Gauchos – in Latin America, cowboys of mixed (European and Indian) origin

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the Pampas – in Latin America, a flat plain without trees, and covered with grass

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Si non vero e ben trovato – Even if it is not true, it is a good story. ( Latin )

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the Sierra Madre – a large mountain system in Mexico and the United States

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the battle of Buena Vista – one of the battles in the Mexican-American War of 1846–1848

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steeds of Arabia – Arabian horses were developed in the 7th century in Arabia; for their qualities they are still considered one of the best breeds

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Tamaulipas – the state in the northwest of Mexico on the border with Texas

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gage d’amour– a token of love ( French )

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ricochet – a movement of the bullet after hitting some solid surface

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a Benedict – a married man

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scion – a young member of the family

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souvenir(s)– reminiscence(s) ( French )

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Montego Bay – a city in northwestern Jamaica

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the West Indies – a group of islands separating the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico from the Atlantic Ocean

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Jamaica – a country of the West Indies and one of the largest islands in the Caribbean Sea

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escalier– staircase ( French )

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