Лучшие произведения Джерома К. Джерома / The Best of Jerome K. Jerome. Джером К. Джером
Vitus’s Dance – a nervous disorder characterized by uncoordinated shaking movements
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Bright’s disease – kidney diseases (acute or chronic nephritis)
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housemaid’s knee – Bursitis, swelling and inflammation over the front of the knee. Commonly seen in patients who kneel for extended periods
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the chargesheet – a document into which a police officer enters details of the charge against a prisoner
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Referee – a weekly sporting paper
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queer – giddy, faint
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ad lib – from Latin ad libitum, meaning “freely, as one wishes”
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Ditto – the same, likewise (Italian)
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Worcester – sauce, very spicy one, made of soya beans
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leggo – let go
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blarmed – cursed
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sixpen’orth – sixpenceworth
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ha’pence – half-pence
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shilling shockers – cheap books of thrillers
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Cussedness – stubborn unruliness or deliberate resistance to discipline; perversity
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put upon – to take advantage of, to maltreat
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slapup – great, smashing (slang)
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mouch – wandering about
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Gladstone – a large travelling bag made of stiff leather named after W. E. Gladstone, British statesman (1809–1898)
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slavey – a servantgirl of all work
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Wasermarrer? – What’s the matter?
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Bar – evidently, barometer
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Boots – a hotel servant who cleans boots
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Great Coram Street murder – the murder of Harriet Buswell in 1872 that caused a great sensation in the newspapers
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Stanley – Henry Morton Stanley, (1841–1904), a journalist and famous traveller, explorer of Africa
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King Edwy – Eadwig (Edwy) (c. 941–959), King of E
Примечания
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stone = 14 pounds = 6,35 kg
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St. Vitus’s Dance – a nervous disorder characterized by uncoordinated shaking movements
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Bright’s disease – kidney diseases (acute or chronic nephritis)
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housemaid’s knee – Bursitis, swelling and inflammation over the front of the knee. Commonly seen in patients who kneel for extended periods
5
the chargesheet – a document into which a police officer enters details of the charge against a prisoner
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queer – giddy, faint
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ad lib – from Latin
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Ditto – the same, likewise (
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Worcester – sauce, very spicy one, made of soya beans
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leggo – let go
12
blarmed – cursed
13
sixpen’orth – sixpenceworth
14
ha’pence – half-pence
15
shilling shockers – cheap books of thrillers
16
Cussedness – stubborn unruliness or deliberate resistance to discipline; perversity
17
put upon – to take advantage of, to maltreat
18
slapup – great, smashing (
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mouch – wandering about
20
Gladstone – a large travelling bag made of stiff leather named after W. E. Gladstone, British statesman (1809–1898)
21
slavey – a servantgirl of all work
22
Wasermarrer? – What’s the matter?
23
Bar – evidently, barometer
24
Boots – a hotel servant who cleans boots
25
Great Coram Street murder – the murder of Harriet Buswell in 1872 that caused a great sensation in the newspapers
26
Stanley – Henry Morton Stanley, (1841–1904), a journalist and famous traveller, explorer of Africa
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King Edwy – Eadwig (Edwy) (c. 941–959), King of England from 955 until his death four years later
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sack and mead – wine and a beverage made of honey (
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Elgiva – Ælgifu, the wife of King Edwy
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brutal Odo and St. Dunstan – Eadwig’s short reign was marked by conflicts with the Church under the leadership of Saint Dunstan and Archbishop Odo