Примечания
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Ohio – the US state in the Midwest (106 125 sq. km), joined the USA after the American Revolutionary War in 1783.
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Indiana – the US state in the Midwest (93 491 sq. km), joined the USA after the American Revolutionary War.
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Sandusky – a city on Lake Erie in northern Ohio, founded by the British in 1745.
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Lake Erie – one of the five Great Lakes on the USA-Canadian border.
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sine qua non – necessary conditions. (Latin)
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St. George and his Dragon – a Christian martyr of the 3d century and the patron saint of England; St. George saved a Libyan king’s daughter from the dragon and killed the monster in return for the promise that the people of Libya would be baptized.
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Alabama – the US state in the south (131 334 sq. km); the first Europeans who came there were the Spanish, the first settlement was founded by the French in 1701; after the war of 1763, the territory was ceded to England.
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the Federal army – the army of the federal government in the American Civil War of 1861–1865 with 11 Southern states.
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the Southern cause – the southern states seceded from the Union in 1860–1861; the Northern and the Southern states had different economies, different attitude to slavery, trade and the very idea of states’ rights.
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Corinth – a city in northeastern Mississippi; the bloody battle took place to the north of the city during the American Civil War.
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the Yanks – Yankees, a nickname of the citizens of New England states; the word was used by Southerners for Northerners and Federal soldiers during the American Civil War.
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Niagara – Niagara Falls on the Niagara River in northeastern North America, on the USA-Canadian border.
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Aeolian harps – Aeolian harp is a musical instrument in which sound is produced by the movement of the wind over the strings; in Greek mythology, Aeolus is the god of the winds.
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delirium – mental state marked by confused thinking, hallucinations, etc. as a result of the intoxication of the brain caused by fever or some other physical disorder.
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Kentuckian – a resident of Kentucky, the US state in the south (102 694 sq. km).
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a Sandwich Islander – a resident of the Sandwich Islands, the second name of the Hawaiian Islands, a group of the volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean; the first European who visited the islands in 1778 was Captain James Cook (1728–1779).
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Pompadour – marquise de Pompadour (1721–1764), the mistress of Louis XV, king of France; she was a well-educated woman and a patron of art and literature.
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Olympus – a mount in Greece (2,917 m); in Greek mythology, the place where gods lived.
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the Lost Atlantis – a legendary island in the Atlantic Ocean, described by antique authors as a highly developed and powerful civilization.
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Florence – a city in central Italy, founded in the 1st century BC and notable for its works of art.
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the Commandments – in the Bible, the list of religious principles revealed to Moses, a Hebrew prophet of the 14th – 13th centuries BC, on Mount Sinai.
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the Mosaic Law – the religious principles of Judaism revealed to Moses, a Hebrew prophet of the 14th – 13th centuries BC.
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the Legion of Hono(u)r – the National Order of the Legion of Honour, a military and civil order of the French Republic, created by Napoleon in 1802.
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damask – a silk, fine, patterned fabric, originally produced in Damascus, Syria.
Примечания
1
Ohio – the US state in the Midwest (106 125 sq. km), joined the USA after the American Revolutionary War in 1783.
2
Indiana – the US state in the Midwest (93 491 sq. km), joined the USA after the American Revolutionary War.
3
Sandusky – a city on Lake Erie in northern Ohio, founded by the British in 1745.
4
Lake Erie – one of the five Great Lakes on the USA-Canadian border.
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sine qua non – necessary conditions. (
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St. George and his Dragon – a Christian martyr of the 3d century and the patron saint of England; St. George saved a Libyan king’s daughter from the dragon and killed the monster in return for the promise that the people of Libya would be baptized.
7
Alabama – the US state in the south (131 334 sq. km); the first Europeans who came there were the Spanish, the first settlement was founded by the French in 1701; after the war of 1763, the territory was ceded to England.
8
the Federal army – the army of the federal government in the American Civil War of 1861–1865 with 11 Southern states.
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the Southern cause – the southern states seceded from the Union in 1860–1861; the Northern and the Southern states had different economies, different attitude to slavery, trade and the very idea of states’ rights.
10
Corinth – a city in northeastern Mississippi; the bloody battle took place to the north of the city during the American Civil War.
11
the Yanks – Yankees, a nickname of the citizens of New England states; the word was used by Southerners for Northerners and Federal soldiers during the American Civil War.
12
Niagara – Niagara Falls on the Niagara River in northeastern North America, on the USA-Canadian border.
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Aeolian