Array Коллектив авторов - 33 лучших юмористических рассказа на английском / 33 Best Humorous Short Stories

the Big Missouri –a large steam ship

David and Goliath– David (c. 1000 BC – c. 962 BC) was an ancient King of Israel and Judah; he killed a ferocious Philistine giant Goliath .

Adió s– Good-bye ( Spanish )

plantain-patch– a piece of land where they grow plantains (fruit that resemble banana)

A Tramp Abroad(1880) – a book by Mark Twain loosely based on his travel experience

Siam– that’s how Thailand was called till 1939

ordinary octavo; the great quarto– the sizes of books that are: 1) about 8 to 10 inches tall (almost A5 paper size); 2) 12×10 inches (developed from folding a paper sheet)

Doré Bibles– expensive editions of the Bible illustrated by French artist Gustave Doré (1832–1883)

Barnum– P.T. Barnum (1810–1891), an American showman, founder and owner of a circus

to strike my colors= to surrender. At sea the ‘colors’ is the flag under which the ship is fighting. To ‘strike’ in this context means to pull down.

Moses in the bulrushers– bulrushes are water reeds. The infant Moses was found on the riverbank.

Deuteronorny– Deuteronomy, the fifth book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture

Wahrend eines Gewitters entferne man Metalle wie z. B., Ringe, Uhren, Schlussel, etc. von sich und halte sich auch nicht an solchen Stellen auf, wo viele Metalle bei einander liegen, oder mit andern Korpern verbunden sind, wie an Herden, Oefen, Eisengittern und dgl.– During a thunderstorm take off all the metal items, such as rings, watches, remove the keys, etc. Stay away from conveniences that contain metals: furnaces, iron bars and such like. ( German )

‘Das Gewitterlauten ist sehr gefahrlich, weil die Glocke selbst, sowie der durch das Lauten veranlasste Luftzug und die Hohe des Thurmes den Blitz anziehen konnten– The bell strike in a storm is dangerous, too, because as well as the bell itself, the height of the tower can attract lightning. ( German )