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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)

4

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

6

Referee – a weekly sporting paper

7

queer – giddy, faint

8

ad lib – from Latin ad libitum, meaning “freely, as one wishes”

9

Ditto – the same, likewise (Italian)

10

Worcester – sauce, very spicy one, made of soya beans

11

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 (slang)

19

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 (archaic)

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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

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