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

cheffonier– chiffonier – a small cupboard or a chest of drawers

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fauteuil(s)– armchair(s) ( French )

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ottoman(s) – a long bench with cushions and without back, often used as a chest

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Quasimeans something that is not wholly genuine

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the Caribbean Sea – a part of the Atlantic Ocean in Central America

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the Blue Mountains – a mountain range covered with trees in eastern Jamaica; the highest peak is 2,256 metres

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Cofre di Peroté – a mountain peak in Mexico

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Franciscan – related to the Franciscans, a Christian religious order founded by St. Francis of Assisi in the 13th century

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terra incognita– an unknown land ( Latin )

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Chimborazo – the highest mountain peak (6,310 metres) in Ecuador

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the Montezumas – the Aztec emperors, Montezuma I and Montezuma II (1466–1520); the latter was famous for his struggle against the Spanish conquistadors

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myal-man– a sorcerer, shaman or wizard

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the Emancipation – the Abolition of Slavery

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Obeah, Obi – African traditional cults brought to America by the slaves

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caladium – a group of tropical plants in Central and South America

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piuche – a sorcerer, shaman or wizard

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the Cape – the Cape of Good Hope, a rocky southern end of the African continent and the province in South Africa

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fetish – an object worshiped for its supernatural powers

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Guinea – a country in western Africa on the Atlantic coast

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Coromantee – the name of an African tribe

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custos rotulorum – here: chairman of the court ( Latin )

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Prometheus – in Greek mythology, a Titan who stole gods’ fire to share it with the mortals; for that crime he was punished by Zeus who chained him to the mountain and sent an eagle to eat his liver

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déjeuner– lunch or dinner (usually official) (French)

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entrées– entries; here: meals ( French )

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Quamoclit – a tropical American plant with pink or white blooms

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sang-mêlée– a metis, a half-breed ( French )

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Hindoo – Hindu, a people which lives in India

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quadroon – in America, a person who has an African ancestor in the third generation

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damask – bright pink, the colour of a damask rose originally brought from Damascus

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Madras – a city in India

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à la toque– as a brimless hat

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dandyism – a way of life; from dandy – a man who pays too much attention to his appearance and clothes

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canaille– common people ( French )

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slaver– a ship that carries slaves

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cannibal – a person who eats human flesh; in early human history, cannibalism was a widespread custom on most continents

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Mandingo, Jolof, Pawpaw, Ebo, Moco, Lucumi – the names of different African ethnic groups and tribes

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Koomi – a legendary land of giants and cannibals

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Anthropophagi– cannibalism

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cra-cra – the word used by the slaves for a whip

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en profil– in profile ( French )

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Israelite of Germanic breed – a Jew from Germany

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Florentine – related to Florence , a city in central Italy, an important cultural and artistic centre

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burnous(cloth) – a striped cloth worn by the Arabs around the body; later a similar mantel was called a burnous

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Kordofan – a region in central Sudan between Dafur and the White Nile River

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East Indiens – the peoples of India, a large country in Asia

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Lascars – an ethnic group in India

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Foolahs – an ethnic group of nomadic herders in western Africa

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Darfur – a historical region in Africa, on the west of the present-day Sudan

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Sockatoo, Timbuctoo – ancient cities in western Africa, on the southern edge of Sahara

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the false prophet – Muhammad, the prophet of Islam; the Christian period of history ended in Darfur in 1200 with the advance of Islam

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Laing – Alexander Gordon Laing (1793–1826), a Scottish explorer of western Africa and the first European who reached Timbuctu

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Mungo Park(1771–1806) – a Scottish explorer of Africa, famous for exploration of the Niger River, the Gambia River and the Senegal River basin

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the Quorra – the name of the lower part of the Niger River

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parapluie– an umbrella ( French )

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Hebraic – Jewish, Hebrew

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Judah – one of the twelve tribes of Israel

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rabbi – a title of a spiritual teacher in a Jewish community

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Aesculapius – the Greco-Roman god of medicine, the son of Apollo; a medical man

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sardonism – a scornful attitude

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kerseymere – cashmere, a fine soft wool

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savoir faire– dexterity, skill ( French )

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distingué– distinguished ( French )

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impedimenta– burden

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sui generis– unique, rare ( Latin )

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vertu– virtue ( French )

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buckra – buck, male (often contemptuously)

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Maroon – a descendant of a runaway slave of African origin; former slaves, the Maroons formed communities and had a language of their own – a combination of English and African languages strongly influenced by Portuguese

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Endymion – in Greek mythology, a beautiful mortal loved by moon goddess Celene

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cockney – a native of the East End of London

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dégout– repulsion ( French )

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Apicius – a rich Roman merchant famous for his feasts and banquets

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Wilberforce – William Wilberforce (1759–1833), British politician known for his struggle against slave trade and slavery in the British colonies

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Pomona – the Roman goddess of fruit that grow on trees

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parterres– flower beds ( French )

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Clarkson – Thomas Clarkson (1760–1846), one of the representatives of the English movement against slave trade and slavery

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Proteus – in Greek mythology, the prophet of the sea who knew past, present and future, but disliked to share what he knew with people