75 лучших рассказов / 75 Best Short Stories

desperado – a bandit, a ruffian

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

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

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the Harz Mountains – a northern mountain range in Germany

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Westphalia – a historic region in northwestern Germany

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

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

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

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le Sous-préfet = sub-prefect (French)

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le GarÇon = waiter, servant (French)

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proces verbal – transcript of interrogation

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au revoir = goodbye (French)

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myrmidons – here: accomplices

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compagnons de voyage = voyage companions (French)

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

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ulster – a long, loose overcoat with a belt

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

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mal de mer = seasickness (French)

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

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R. N.  – Royal Navy

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

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

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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

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

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the Pau-Biarritz district – a district along the Bay of Biscay in southwestern France, near the Spanish border

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the Homburg-Wiesbaden district – a district in the south and southwest of Germany

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Bayonne – a town in southwestern France

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Leicestershire – a county in England, in the East Midlands region

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Venetian blind – a wind screen made of horizontal stripes of wood or plastic

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barograph – a barometer that records changes of barometric pressure

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tourbillon – whirlwind, turbulence (French)

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Mannheim – a city in southwestern Germany on the Rhine River, famous for the manufacture of instruments and equipment

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aerolite – a stony meteorite

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the Bristol Channel – an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean separating England from Wales

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crepuscular – seen during twilight

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Northman – 1) hist. a Viking, a Scandinavian seafaring warrior; 2) a Danish, Norwegian or Swede.

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India ink – special black-colour pigment mixed with gum or glue, used for drawing or writing

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after-deck – a deck at the stern

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chart-room – navigator’s room

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chronometer – a timekeeping device used for determining longitude at sea

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Rotterdam – a city in the Netherlands and one of the major European ports, first mentioned in 1283

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pullman – a sleeping car used on railroads, invented by George Pullman (1831–1897), an American industrialist and inventor

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San Antonio – a city in south-central Texas, founded in 1718 by Spanish explorers and named for St. Anthony of Padua

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cashmere – a fine woolen fabric first made in Kashmir, India

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the Rio Grande – a river in Texas, US, and Mexico, one of the longest rivers in North America; it flows to the Gulf of Mexico.

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mesquite – a deep rooted shrub or small tree in South America and in the southwest of the USA

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maroon-colored – brownish-red

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Apache – North American Indians who used to live in what is now southeastern Arizona and Colorado, southwestern New Mexico and western Texas

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scalp-music – war music

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Atchison, Topeka and Santana Fé Railroad – one of the largest railway companies in the United States, founded in 1859

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Prometheus – in Greek religion, the god of fire and one of the Titans; the legend said that Zeus nailed him to the rock and sent an eagle to eat his liver as punishment for stealing fire and giving it to people.

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Prometheus – in Greek religion, the god of fire and one of the Titans; the legend said that Zeus nailed him to the rock and sent an eagle to eat his liver as punishment for stealing fire and giving it to people.

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Ixion – in Greek mythology, Zeus, to punish Ixion for murdering his father-in-law, bound him on a wheel which rolled without stopping

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