75 лучших рассказов / 75 Best Short Stories

quakers – Society of Friends, a religious Christian group that first appeared in the 17th century England with the idea of direct apprehension of God

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Anabaptists – a radical movement of the Protestant Reformation, the spiritual ancestor of Baptists and Quakers

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the Salem witches – in 1692, nineteen women were accused of witchcraft and hanged in the town of Salem in Massachusetts

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Eldorado – a mythical country of gold and other riches

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Zionward – in the Old Testament, Zion is a hill in ancient Jerusalem where God dwells; in Christian literature and hymns it is a heavenly city or the earthly city of true Christian faith.

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phaeton – in the 18th–19th centuries, an open four-wheeled carriage without doors

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Southampton – a city and port on the English Channel in southern England

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congé = permission to depart ( French )

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n’est-ce pas? = isn’t it? ( French )

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terra firma = solid ground ( Latin )

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detour = roundabout way

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Allons – come on ( French )

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Allez – come on ( French )

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empressé = impressed ( French )

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C’est comme ça. = (it’s) like this. ( French )

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La bonne idée! = A good idea! ( French )

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là-bas = here, there ( French )

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sabots – a kind of shoes

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Mon Dieu! = My God! ( French )

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ma foi! = my! ( French )

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Valparaiso – a city and port on the Pacific coast of Chile

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Ventrebleu! = by gosh! ( French )

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Parbleu! = by jingo! ( French )

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sergent de ville = policeman ( French )

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fournisseur = supplier, provider ( French )

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que si – here: if only ( French )

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ces messieurs = these gentlemen ( French )

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Eh bien!  – here: Oh, well! ( French )

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Eh bien!  – here: Oh, well! ( French )

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Sapristi!  – an exclamation of annoyance ( French )

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Nom de Dieu! = Good God! ( French )

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Mais oui = Oh, yes, certainly ( French )

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Il faut fixer la somme. = It is necessary to fix the sum. ( French )

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James’s footnote: I am told that there was no resisting her smile; and that she had at her command, in moments of grief, a certain look of despair which filled even the roughest hearts with sympathy, and won over the kindest to the cruel cause.

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savoir faire = self-control, quick wit, endurance ( French )

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La-De-Das – pretentious people

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Kensington Gardens – a park in central London to the west of Hyde Park

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Capetown – a city and seaport in South Africa

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as dead as a door-nail – idiom absolutely dead

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ayah – in India and other former British colonies, a maidservant, a housemaid

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fakir – in Islam and Hinduism, a holy man with miraculous powers

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salaaming – here: to saying greetings

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Mohammedan = Muslim

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khitmutgar = servant ( Persian )

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Sahib – master or government officer in British India

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the Ascot – a horse race in Ascot, a most fashionable event that takes place annually in June

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the Lincoln – an annual horse race in Lincolnshire

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Hampshire – a historic county in south-central England, on the English Channel

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Richmond Park – a park on the River Thames in central London

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the Leger – Saint Leger, one of the three English Crown horse races; it is held annually in September in Doncaster, Yorkshire, since 1776.

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vicar – in the Church of England, the priest in charge of a parish

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President Wilson – Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924), president of the United States in 1913–1921, the creator of the League of Nations after World War I

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Mr. Bryan – William Jennings Bryan (1860–1925), an American politician and orator, the leader of the Democratic Party

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Abraham Lincoln (1803–1865) – the United States president at the time of the American Civil War of 1861–1865

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Goethe – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832), the greatest German poet, writer, scientist, critic and philosopher

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Balzac – Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850), a French writer, one of the greatest novelists of all time

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tour de force = amazing feat ( French )

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qui vive – alert, lookout, here: attention ( French )

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brio = brilliance ( French )

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poise = graceful bearing, composure ( French )

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je ne sais quoi – I don’t know what ( French )

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MS = manuscript

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Milton – John Milton (1608–1674), an English poet and historian, the author of the famous ‘Paradise Lost’

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Toronto – a city in southeastern Canada on the northern shore of Lake Ontario

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Tuscapulco – a town in Mexico

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Mexico City – the capital of Mexico, founded by the Spanish in 1521

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