Лучшие романы Томаса Майна Рида / The Best of Thomas Mayne Reid. Майн Рид

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      Примечания

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      Texas – a state in the South West of the USA (678,358 square kilometres); till 1836 Texas belonged to Mexico; after the independence from Mexico had been declared, the territory was included in the USA and became a state in 1845

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      savannah – a plain with grass and no trees

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      prairie – a level treeless land covered with grass

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      the Leona – the river in Texas, USA

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      serape – a bright, coloured Mexican shawl or plaid

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      cicada – a flying insect which produces a shrill sound in hot, dry weather

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      nimbus – a light or golden circle round the saint’s head; a rain cloud

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      azure – (poet.) bright blue (usually about the sky)

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      centaurean – from centaur – in Greek mythology, a strange creature, half man and half horse

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      San Antonio de Bejar – the city in south-central Texas; it was founded by the Spanish expedition from Mexico in 1718

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      Osnaburgh – a linen cloth of a certain trademark

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      Pittsburgh – the city in Pennsylvania on the Monongahela River; the first settlement was founded in 1758

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      Kentucky – the state in the south of the United States (104,664 square kilometres); it was admitted as the 15^th state in 1792

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      Jehu – the King of Israel (842–815 BC) who was a great chariot driver

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      Indianola – the city in central Iowa founded in 1849; there used to be a town of the same name in Texas

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      the Gulf of Matagorda – the Bay of Matagorda, an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico in southern Texas

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      en route – on the way to/from (French)

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      cortège – a procession (French)

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      nankin – a kind of rich cloth

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      A Leghorn hat is a hat made of straw imported from Livorno, a town in Italy

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      A Panama hat is a light hat made of plaited palm leaves; the name comes from Panama, a Spanish-speaking republic in Central America

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      entourage – people accompanying a respected or high-ranking person

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      carriole – a light, covered carriage drawn by one horse

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      a Jersey wagon – a light two-wheeled carriage

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      a barouche – a four-wheeled carriage for four passengers and the driver, with two seats facing each other

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      the Mississippi – the largest river in North America; it flows south to the Gulf of Mexico. Together with its tributary, the Missouri River, the Mississippi is the longest river in the world

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      Louisiana – the US state (123,366 square kilometres) admitted to the union in 1812 as the 18^th member; it borders Arkansas, Mississippi and Texas

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      a Creole – in the old French or Spanish states in the south of the USA, a person of pure European or mixed European origin; descendants of the French and Spanish settlers

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      penates – home, household; in Roman mythology, Penates were household gods who protected the house

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      Erebus – in Greek mythology, Erebus (Darkness) is the offspring of Chaos (the Greek for Abyss)

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      gramineae – grass

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      algarobias – a kind of wood species

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      mezquites – a name of a bush with thorns

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      Fort Inge – a settlement built in 1849 on the eastern bank of the Leona River, 135 kilometres south-west of San Antonio

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      lazo – lasso – a long rope used for catching horses and cattle

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      ranchero