20 лучших повестей на английском / 20 Best Short Novels
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simulacra– pl. from simulacrum – shadowy likeness that is deceiving
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phantasm– a phantom
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phantom– a ghost, or smth. seen in a vision
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larvae– insects in the first stage of their life cycle
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Liverpool– a city and port in the historic county of Lancashire in northwestern England
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Melbourne– an important city and port on the southeastern coast of Australia
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Walworth– a historic village in Southwark, an inner borough of London; a borough is an incorporated town or district with special privileges.
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mesmeric– hypnotic
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rapport = relationship
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en rapport = in close relationship
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Paracelsus (1493–15410) – a Swiss doctor and alchemist who was the first to widely use the achievements of chemistry for treating patients
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eidolon – a ghost or phantom (Greek)
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Bacon– Francis Bacon (1561–1626), a famous English philosopher, statesman, essayist and speaker
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Plato (428 BC–348 BC) – an ancient Greek philosopher, founder of the Academy; he was the pupil of Socrates and the teacher of Aristotle.
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the Almighty = God
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crotchet– a strange and unreasonable idea
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hobgoblins– in English and Scottish folklore, small malicious fairies which inhabit houses, mislead travelers, frighten people, spoil things, etc.
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pentacle– a magic geometrical figure
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vellum– parchment
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anathema– a formal declaration of the Church condemning smb. or smth.; a curse
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Somersetshire – a historic county in the southwest of England
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Methodist– a member of the Methodist Church which separated from the Church of England in the 18th century and later developed into an autonomous church
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chaise– a low carriage with two or four wheels
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Cambridgeshire– a historic county in eastern England
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brogue– a local way of speaking English; a dialect
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was dead against smth. = was strongly against smth.
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Providence– God or some power that intervenes in human lives and affairs of the world
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the Eesraelites– the Israelites, people of Jewish origin, members of the twelve tribes of Israel; in the 10th century BC, ten tribes established the Kingdom of Israel, and two tribes the Kingdom of Judah
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the West-end– the fashionable part of London known for its palaces, mansions, parks and shops
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laudanum– a sedative made from opium
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delusion– a false opinion that may be a symptom of madness
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Metz– a city in northeastern France; it was founded by a Gallic tribe and later fortified by the Romans
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the River Moselle– a river in northeastern France and western Germany, a tributary of the Rhine River
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Moselle wine– famous wine produced in Germany from the vineyards on the banks of the Moselle River
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lunatic asylum– a mental hospital for the care and treatment of mental patients
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delirium– mental excitement during illness (usually fever) accompanied by senseless, incoherent speech
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pâté = paste
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demon– a wicked or cruel spirit or supernatural creature
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Bombay – now Mumbai, a large city in southwestern India, India’s commercial, financial and religious centre, the main port on the Arabic Sea
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Candahar – Kandahar, a city in south-central Afghanistan on the way to India; the city has a long history of wars and conquests
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the Berkshires – soldiers from the county of Berkshire
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Ghazis – hist. warriors for the Islamic faith
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Peshawur – a city and capital of province in northern Pakistan
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Portsmouth – a city on the English Channel, in the historic county of Hampshire
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Barts – Saint Bartholomew’s Hospital, the oldest hospital in London founded in 1123
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By Jove! – an exclamation of surprise
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Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) – a famous British historian and essayist
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the Copernican Theory – the heliocentric or Sun-centred system; Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) was a Polish astronomer who said that the Sun is a fixed point, and the Earth and other planets orbit the Sun
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belladonna – a drug made from a poisonous plant of the same name
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opium – a narcotic drug made from poppy and used to relieve pain
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Mendelssohn – Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847), a German composer, conductor and pianist of the Romantic period
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Lieder – songs (German)
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Euclid (the 2nd century BC) – an outstanding Greek mathematician of the antique period who is best known for his works in geometry
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Niagara – the Niagara River flowing from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario on the USA-Canadian frontier; the Niagara Falls lie on the border between Ontario, Canada and New York state
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deduction– a conclusion made in the process of reasoning from the general to the particular
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chimerical – unreal; from chimera – a horrible creature of imagination, or some impossible idea or fancy
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Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) – an American writer and poet who is best known as the author of tales of horror and detective stories
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Gaboriau – Émile Gaboriau (1833–1873), a French novelist, the father of the detective novel
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Cleveland – a city and port in northeastern Ohio, the USA, on the southern shore of Lake Erie
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Ohio – a state in the Middle West of the USA
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status quo – the situation as it is now
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Cremona – a city in northern Italy, southwest of Milan, founded in 218 BC by the Romans; the city is famous for its school of violin making
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Stradivarius – Antonio Stradivari (1644–1737), a famous Italian violin maker whose violins are still considered the best
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Amati – a family of famous Italian violin makers in Cremona in the 16th-17th centuries; Nicolo Amati was the teacher of Stradivari.
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cataract – a disease of the eye; the illus at eye
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Utrecht – a city in the central Netherlands
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masonic – related to masons, a worldwide esoteric brotherhood; their teaching includes ancient wisdom, mysticism and religious beliefs of the past
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Boccaccio – Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375), an Italian writer and poet of the early Renaissance period, the author of the famous ‘Decameron’
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Decameron – a book of tales written by Boccaccio in about 1350, a masterpiece of early Italian prose
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(the)Strand – one of the main streets in central London, between the West End and the City
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Trichinopoly– a city in southeastern India
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Parthian shot – idiom smth. said or done as a final reply at parting
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Halle – Sir Charles Halle (1819–1895), a British pianist and conductor of German origin, the founder of the famous Halle Orchestra
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Chopin – Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849), a famous Polish-French pianist and composer of the Romantic period
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Darwin – Charles Darwin (1809–1882), an English naturalist and biologist, the author of the theory of evolution
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Liege – a city in eastern Belgium; the place was inhabited in prehistoric times, and in 721, Liege became a town.
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Houndsditch – a street west of the East End of London
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ulster – a long overcoat with a belt
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cravat – folded linen worn as a tie
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Henri Murger (1822–1861) – a French novelist and poet who depicted the bohemian life in Paris and himself was a part of it
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Vehmgericht – a Vehmic court, a medieval law tribunal
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aqua tofana – a poisonous drink without colour, smell or taste
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Carbonari – members of the Carbonaria, an Italian secret society of the 19th century, advocating patriotic ideas and fighting for freedom and unification of Italy
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the Marchioness de Brinvilliers (1630–1676) – a French noblewoman who poisoned several members of her family and was executed for the crime
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Malthus – Thomas Robert Malthus (1766–1834), an English economist and demographer, the author of the theory of population growth
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the Metropolis = London
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Camberwell – a historic village in Southwark, the inner borough of London
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Euston Station – a main line railway station in London
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