to a person
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physiognomy – the study of psychological characters by the features of the face and body structure
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the Queen of Sheba (10th century BC) – in the Old Testament, a ruler of the Kingdom of Saba in Arabia who visited the legendary King Solomon of Israel to test his wisdom, and brought a caravan of gold, jewels and spices with her
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a mammoth task = a tremendous task
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cosmopolite – a person with wide experience of the world, free from national prejudices
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garçons = waiters (French)
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mélange = mixture (French)
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Würzburger – a sort of beer
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Mauch Chunk – a town in the state of Pennsylvania
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table d’hôte – here: a set meal with a fixed price
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Hyderabad – a city in south-central India
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Kanakas – the Kanaka people, the South Pacific islanders
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Presto! = Quickly!
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‘Dixie’ – a popular song written by Daniel Emmett (1815–1904) in 1859; during the American Civil War (1861–1865) it used to be the anthem of the Confederacy of the South.
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hie = hurry (archaic)
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Mosby – John Singleton Mosby (1833–1916), a Confederacy guerrilla band leader during the American Civil War
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Upernavik – a town in Greenland
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Cincinnati – a town in Ohio
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Battle Creek – a town in the state of Michigan
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Yokohama – a city and port southwest of Tokyo in Japan
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Zulus – the largest ethnic group in South Africa, a branch of the Bantu people
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Patagonians – residents of Patagonia, a region in southern Argentina
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the Kaw River – a river in Vietnam
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Titans – in Greek mythology, giants, the children of Heaven and Earth
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Maine – the US state in the north-east of the country
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answers to Lawson – here: court decisions
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Bohemians – representatives of Bohemia, usually an artistic circle
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faux pas = a false step, a mistake (French)
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pounds – pound is a unit of weight equal to 0.4535 kg
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Palm Beach – a famous resort on the Atlantic coast in Florida
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cicerone – a guide who describes to sightseers the places of interest
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Tuskageenial – the word invented by the author from Tuskagee, a city in central Alabama, and genial (kindly, sociable)
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lambrequins – the Baroque style ornaments; originally the mantling on a helmet to shield the wearer from the sun’s rays.
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tocsin = poisonous
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goblin – in Western folklore, a mischievous and malicious spirit attached to a household
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Stygian – here: terrible; from Styx, in Greek mythology, a river in the underworld.
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epicedian tears – here: mournful tears
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Falstaff – a fictional character in Shakespeare’s ‘Henry IV’
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Momus – in Greek mythology, the god of mockery
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Avaunt! = Go away! Off with you!
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Helen – Helen of Troy, a beauty, the cause of the Trojan War
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