Лучшие романы сестер Бронте / The best of the Brontë sisters

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Mother Bunches – a person from the English folklore, a wise old countrywoman, teaching a mixture of charms and magical recipes

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le cas – the proper case

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the old gentleman – the devil

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ad infinitum – eternally (Latin)

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Queen Boadicea – a British Celtic warrior queen who led an uprising against Roman occupation.

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prête à croquer sa petite maman Anglaise – ready to eat her English mommy up

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Midsummer – a religious holiday celebrated on the 24th of June

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Day its fervid fires had wasted – it is a slightly changed quotation from Thomas Campbell’s “The Turkish Lady.” The original phrase was “Day her sultry fires had wasted.”

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organ of Adhesiveness – according to Phrenology (a science of faculty psychology and theory of brain), each faculty must have a separate seat or “organ” in the brain

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gild refined gold – it is a quotation from William Shakespeare’s “King John,” meaning “to improve something unnecessarily.”

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King Ahasuerus – Persian king (better known as Xerxes I), famous for his riches and splendor

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Oh, qu’ elle y sera mal – peu comfortable! – Oh, she would be quite uncomfortable there!

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un vrai menteur – a true liar

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contes de fée – fairy tales

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du reste, il n’y avait pas de fées, et quand même il y en avait – besides, there were no fairies, and if they were

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pour me donner une contenance – to give me composure

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D.V. – Devout Virgin (from Latin Devota Virgo)

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with a sullen, moaning sound – it’s a quotation from “The Lay of the Last Minstrel” by Sir Walter Scott.