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the Flood – the biblical flood described in the Old Testa-ment; God determined to punish people for corruption and told the righteous man Noah to build the ark and to take into it his family and all species of animals.
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phial – a small bottle for liquid medicine
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Pagan – pre-Christian or not following the teachings of t
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Seringapatam – a town in southern India; the town got its name for the 12th century temple to the Hindu god Vishnu. In the 15th century it became the capital of the rajahs and sultans
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Mohammedan – Muslim
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Mahmud of Ghizni (998–1030) – sultan of Ghazna, the king-dom comprising the territory of present-day Afghanistan, most of Iran and northern India
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Somnauth – Somnath, an ancient city in west-central India, now ruined; it is known for its temple of Shiva (Lord of the Moon)
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Brahmins – members of the caste of Hindu priests
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Benares – Varanasi, a sacred city of the Hindus in northern India on the left bank of the Ganges River
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Vishnu – one of the main Hindu gods; Vishnu is associated with the Sun
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Aurungzebe – Aurangzeb (1618–1707), emperor of India in 1658–1707, the last of the Mogul emperors
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the Moguls – a Muslim dynasty that ruled India in the 16th–18th centuries
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Brahma(h) – one of the major gods in Hinduism who created the earth and everything on it
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Tippoo – Tippu (1750–1799), sultan of Mysore; he died in 1799 when his capital, Seringapatam, was stormed by the Brit-ish forces.
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Yorkshire – a large historic county in the north-central part of England
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the Garden of Eden – in the Old Testament, paradise where the first man and woman lived
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Adam – in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, the first man cre-ated by God on the sixth day of creation
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claret – Bordeaux wine; the city of Bordeaux was known for its wine even in the Roman times
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jugglers – persons who perform tricks to amuse people
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Reformatory – an institution for reforming young crimi-nals
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quicksand – liquid sand combined with pools of water at the mouth of large rivers or along the beach
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cambric – cotton (originally linen) cloth first made in France, used for bands, cuffs, ruffs
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Hampstead – originally a village, now an inner borough (in-corporated town or district) of London north of Westminster and the City of London
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plaguy – dangerous, annoying
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freaks – a freak is somebody or something unusual or ab-normal
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Christendom – the Christian world; cultural and religious community of Christian countries.
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boudoir – a woman’s dressing room or a private sitting room
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Satan – in Christianity and Judaism, the prince of evil forces, the enemy of God
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misalliance – unequal or unsuitable marriage
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a good Samaritan – in the Bible, the man who, with love and patience, helped every suffering person
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philanthropist – a person who helps those in need or in trou-ble
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ditto = the same thing (the word is used to avoid repetition)
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griffins – mythological creatures with bodies of lions and heads of eagles
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cupids – Cupid is a Roman god of love portrayed as a winged child with arrows and a bow
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cravat – folded linen or lace worn as a necktie
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salaams – low bows
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cheroot – a thin cigar with both ends open
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gig – a light two-wheeled carriage with one horse
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magistrate – an official, acting as judge in lower courts
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embargo – a decision that forbids trade, import, export, com-merce, etc.; also means a ban on smth.
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sal-volatile – solution of smelling salts used as a medicine when a person is unconscious
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pony-chaise – a low carriage with two or four wheels pulled by a pony
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holus-bolus – with one hit; at one gulp; at once; in a body, in bulk
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sovereign – a British gold coin with face value of one pound; the coin is out of use now.
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Solomon – the greatest king of Israel (10th century BC), son of David; Solomon was famous for his wisdom, military expan-sion and the construction of the temple in Jerusalem.
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memorandum – a written plan for future
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hieroglyphics – an ancient system of writing, in which pic-tures and symbols are used for words and sounds
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gibberish – unintelligible, meaningless sounds
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conservatory – a glass building for growing plants in cold climate
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dog-rose – Latin Rosa Canina, a sort of sweetbrier
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Heaven – the place where God and the saints live
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the metropolis – London
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the House of Commons – the elected legislative body and, formally, the lower house of the British Parliament; its origin goes back to the 13th century.
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Lambeth – an inner borough of London to the south of the River Thames; the first settlement dates back to pre-Roman times.
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intagli – pl. from intaglio – figure or ornament cut deep into the surface of stone
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tankard – a large mug for drinking beer
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ale – a kind of beer
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Brittany – a regio