«Великий Гэтсби» и другие лучшие произведения Ф.С. Фицджеральда

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acres – acre is a unit of land measurement equal to 4.047 square metres

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East Egg – an area of Long Island

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Lake Forest – a city in Lake county in northeastern Illinois, first settled in 1835

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Georgian Colonial (style) – various styles in architecture and decorative arts in 1714–1830, between George I and the death of George IV, kings of Great Britain

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mile – unit of distance equal to 1.609 km

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claret – red Bordeaux wine from the region of the city of Bordeaux, known since Roman times

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Nordics, the Nordic race – Northern European peoples of Scandinavia, Finland and Iceland; a Northern physical type is blond, tall, bony.

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the Cunard or White Star Line – the Cunard White Star Line Ltd., the first regular Atlantic steamship line between England and North America, founded by Sir Samuel Cunard (1787–1865)

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feet – pl. from foot – unit of length equal to 30.48 cm

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the Saturday Evening Post – American weekly journal published in Philadelphia from 1821 till 1969

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rotogravure – a kind of gravure printed by means of transferring liquid ink from depressions in the printing plate to the paper

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Asheville – a city in the Blue Ridge Mountains in west-central Carolina, first settled in 1794

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Hot Springs – a city and spa resort in central Arkansas

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Palm Beach – a resort town in southeastern Florida

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Louisville – the largest city of Kentucky, first settled in 1773

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Doctor T. J. Eckleburg – the billboard with the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg, an optometrist, erected to promote his business; in the novel, the empty eyes on the billboard became the symbol of the post-war America.

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the Fourth of July – Independence Day, the United States national holiday

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muslin – cotton fabric, first made in the city of Mosul in what is now Iraq

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Town Tattle – the name of a newspaper

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John D. Rockefeller (1839—1937) – a prominent American industrialist and philanthropist

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the West Hundreds – the hundredth streets in the west of New York City

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Versailles – Palace of Versailles, the former French royal residence, built in 1631–1634 in the city of Versailles in northern France, 16 km west-southwest of Paris

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Simon Called Peter – the name of the popular novel by Robert Keable (1887–1927) of the early 1920s; the title is an allusion to Saint Peter the Apostle whose original name was Simon.

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Kaiser Wilhelm – Wilhelm II (1859–1941), German emperor and King of Prussia till the end of World War I (1918)

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Monte Carlo – a resort on the French Riviera in Monaco, known for its casino opened in 1861

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Marseilles – a city in southern France and one of the major ports on the Mediterranean Sea

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Brook’n Bridge – Brooklyn Bridge that connects Brooklyn, a borough of New York City, to Manhattan

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Tribune – here: the ‘New York Herald Tribune,’ an American daily newspaper

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Castile – a historic region in central Spain

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the Follies – a popular variety show

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Gothic – a style in architecture, painting and sculpture in Western and Central Europe from the 12th century to the end of the 16th century

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Stoddard Lectures – popular illustrated lectures about various countries by John L. Stoddard (1850–1931)

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Belasco – David Belasco (1853–1931), American playwright, theatrical producer and innovator

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banjoes – banjo is a stringed musical instrument of African origin

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Carnegie Hall – a historic concert hall in New York City, opened in 1891, named for Andrew Carnegie, its founder and first owner

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Jersey City – a city in northeastern New Jersey, located on a peninsula between the Hudson and the Hackensack rivers opposite Manhattan Island

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Von Hindenburg – Paul von Hindenburg (1847–1934), German field marshal during World War I and then, in 1925–1934, the second president of Germany (of the so called Weimar Republic)

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Maine – the US state in the northeast, one of the original New England states

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American Legion – organization of United States war veterans, founded in 1919

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Bois de Boulogne – a large park on the Seine River west of Paris, founded in 1852

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the Argonne Forest – the place of final battles on the Western front in eastern France during World War I

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Lewis guns – machine guns widely used during World War I, invented by Isaac Newton Lewis (1859–1931)

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Montenegro – one of the Balkan states on the Adriatic Sea

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Trinity Quad – here: Trinity College, founded in 1554

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the Grand Canal – the main waterway of Venice

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Astoria – a commercial, industrial and residential area on Long Island

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the Queensboro Bridge – the bridge over the East River in New York City

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Blackwell’s Island – the former name of Roosevelt Island on the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Queens in New York City

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highballs – highball is a cocktail of whisky mixed with soda and ice, served in a tall glass

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the World’s Series – baseball championship of the two professional leagues: the American League and the National League; first held in 1903.

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Sauterne – natural sweet wine from the district of Sauterne in France

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the South Seas – a part of the Pacific Ocean where the Marquesas Islands, Tahiti, Hawaii, Samoa and the Gilbert Islands are located

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Santa Barbara – a city on the Pacific Coast in southwestern California, founded in 1602 and named for the patron saint of mariners

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Ventura – a city on the Pacific Coast in southern California, founded in 1782

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Cannes – a resort city on the French Riviera in southeastern France

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Deauville – a fashionable resort in northern France