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Френсис Скотт Фицджеральд

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quart – measure of liquid capacity equal to 1.13 litre in Britain, and 0.94 litre in the USA

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mint julep – a drink of whisky mixed with water, sugar, mint and ice

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Mendelssohn – Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847), German composer, conductor and pianist of the early Romantic period

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Memphis – a city in southwestern Tennessee on the border with Arkansas and Mississippi

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Kapiolani – a resort area in Honolulu, the capital and the main port of Hawaii

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Atlantic City – a resort city on the Atlantic coast in southeastern New Jersey

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Montreal – a city in southeastern Canada, the capital of Quebec province

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‘Beale Street Blues’ – a song by W. C. Handy (1873–1958), Afro-American composer who integrated blues into ragtime music

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Hempstead – a town in the west-central part of Long Island in New York state

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Southampton – a town along the shore of eastern Long Island in southeastern New York state

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coroner – an official who investigates the cases of violent or suspicious death

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James J. Hill (1838—1916) – America financier and founder of Great Northern Railway Company (1890)

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Hopalong Cassidy – a fictional cowboy created by Clarence E. Mulford (1883–1917), who later appeared in a number of American TV series, westerns and radio programs

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‘Blessed are the dead that the rain falls on’ – a line from the poem ‘Rain’ by Edward Thomas (1878–1917), English writer, critic, essayist and poet

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the Ohio – the major river of the east-central United States, one of the tributaries of the Mississippi River

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El Greco – byname of Domenikos Theotokopoulos (1541–1614), Spanish painter, sculptor and architect of Greek origin, one of the greatest dramatic painters of all time

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fêtes = holiday, festival (French); fun.

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the French Riviera – the Mediterranean coast between Cannes in France and the border with Italy

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Hôtel des Étrangers = Hotel for Foreigners (French)

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the Maures – mountains in southeastern France, the part of the Maritime Alps that separate the Riviera from Provence

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Provençal France – Provence, a historical and cultural region in southeastern France

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French windows – large windows serving as windows and doors opening to the balcony or a garden

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Buick – a car of the Buick line, named for David Buick (1854–1929), the first American automobile manufacturer and the founder of the Buick Manufacturing Company

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Victorian England – England in 1837–1901 at the times of Queen Victoria (1819–1901)

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monocle – a single eyeglass held by the muscles around the eye

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a pair of tights – a man’s bathing-suit of the first decades of the 20th century

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flotte = fleet (French)

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Golfe Juan – a town on the French Riviera 7 km from Cannes

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peignoir – a woman’s light dressing gown

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Latin young man – an Italian, French or Spanish young man

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Sorrento – a town in southern Italy

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Antheil – George Antheil (1900–1959), American composer, the author of ultramodern music

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