20 лучших повестей на английском / 20 Best Short Novels

the Adriatic Sea  – a part of the Mediterranean Sea between the Italian and the Balkan peninsulars

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piccolo  – a small flute with a tender sound

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Virginian  – from Virginia, a state on the US Atlantic coast, south of Washington; the state was named for Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen (1533–1603)

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George Washington (1732–1799) – commander in chief in the American Revolutionary War in 1775–1783 and the first president of the United States in 1789–1797

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Lord Baltimore  – George Calvert who controlled the first British colony in Maryland to the north of Virginia; his son, Leonard Calvert (1606–1647), was the first governor of Maryland colony

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the Civil War  – a four-year war (1861–1865) between the US federal government and the Southern states that wanted to secede from the Union

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St. Paul  – a city on the Mississippi River in Minnesota

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the Catskills  – the Catskill Mountains, a part of the Appalachian Mountains in the southwest of New York state

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Jersey  – New Jersey, one of the thirteen original states on the Atlantic coast, south and southwest of New York

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Long Island  – an island in the Atlantic Ocean, the southwestern part of New York state

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proclamation  – an official or public statement

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aliases  – an alias is a name, different from one’s own, which a person uses on some occasions or for some reasons

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the Babylonian Empire  – an ancient empire in Babylonia, a cultural region in Mesopotamia, the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers

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bric-à-brac  – bits of old and curious things of no great value

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nymph  – in Greek and Roman mythology, a goddess living in rivers, trees, etc.; a beautiful young woman

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Newport  – a city in southwestern Rhode Island, US, founded in 1633

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amnesia  – loss of memory

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wop ( Am. slang ) = an Italian

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Pro deo et patria et St. Midas ( Latin ) = For God, and fatherland, and St. Midas

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the Balkans  – the Balkan Peninsular, a cultural and historical region in Eastern Europe

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Serbian  – related to Serbia, a country in the west-central Balkans

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Empress Eugénie  – the wife of Napoleon III (1808–1873), president of the Second Republic of France and then the emperor of France

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West Virginia  – a small US mountain state east of the Mississippi River, admitted to the Union in 1863

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Omaha  – a city in eastern Nebraska, on the west bank of the Mississippi River

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Sioux City  – a city in northwestern Iowa, on the Missouri River, founded in 1886

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portico  – entrance of a building with a roof supported by columns

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Nemesis  – 1. in Greek and Roman religion, the goddess of vengeance, that signified the disapproval of the gods at human deeds; 2. deserved and just punishment.

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Divinity  – a divine person or other being

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By golly!  – an exclamation of surprise

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rhinestones  – rock-crystal; gems imitating diamonds

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to cut me off with a hot coal  – idiom to disinherit, to leave little or no money

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a Pomeranian  – a popular dog breed

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the Alderney cows  – a breed of milky cows from Alderney, an island in the English Channel

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‘Orfeo’  – an opera ‘Orfeo ed Euridice’ by Christoph Williband Gluck (1714–1787), written in 1762

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Covent Garden  – the Royal Opera House in London

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Meyerbeer  – Giacomo (Jakob) Meyerbeer (1791–1864), a German Romantic opera composer

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the Golden Age  – in Britain, the 18th century with its classical art

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the Ravogli  – Julia and Sophia Ravogli, popular Italian singers

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Orpheus  – the main character of ‘Orfeo ed Euridice’; an ancient Greek legendary figure with outstanding gift for music

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Brighton  – a town on the English Channel, in Sussex, a seaside resort 82 km south of London

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Chelsea  – an area of London known for its fashionable shops and expensive houses; it is also known as an artists’ quarter

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Magdalenes  – Mary Magdalene (1st century AD), a fallen woman cleansed by Jesus of seven demons; He freed her of her sins, and she became His devoted disciple. ‘Magdalene’ is a euphemism for a reformed prostitute.

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French window  – a large window that serves as a door to the balcony or to the garden

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the Grand Stand at Epsom  – a famous racecourse near Epsom, where the Derby is run annually

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landau  – a four-wheeled carriage with a folding roof

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Venus  – in Roman mythology and religion, the goddess of love

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Steinberg Cabinet, Johannisberg  – the best brands of the white Rhine wine

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Raphael (1483–1520) – a famous Italian painter and architect of the Renaissance period, known for his Madonnas

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Wagner  – Richard Wagner (1813–1883), a German dramatic composer

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