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Joyce – James Joyce (1882–1941), Irish novelist who introduced new literary methods into his works
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Empire – here: the United States
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Gausse père = father Gausse
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métier = profession
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The Pont du Gard – a giant bridge aqueduct that carried water to the city of Nimes in southern France, built in the 1st century BC
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Arles – a historic city in southeastern France, founded in the Roman times
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the Amphitheatre at Orange – an ancient Roman theatre built in the 2nd century in Orange, a town in southeastern France
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Chamonix – a famous mountain resort in the French Alps at the bottom of Mont Blanc, the highest mountain peak in Europe (4,807 metres)
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Café des Alliés on the Croisette – the ‘Union’ café on the Croisette, a street along the seafront in Cannes
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Nice – a city and seaport, and a tourist centre on the Mediterranean Sea in southeastern France
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Le Temps – French daily newspaper founded in 1861
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citronade = lemonade
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aqueducts – man-made conduits for carrying water (usually across a valley)
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chicken Maryland – fried chicken with a cream/milk gravy
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Rodinesque – related to Augustus Rodin (1840–1917), a prominent French sculptor
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garçon = waiter, man-servant
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chasseur = footman
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The New York Herald – an American daily newspaper published from 1835 till 1924
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Vevey – a town in Switzerland, on Lake Geneva
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the Yale prom – an annual graduation dance at Yale University (
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gourmandise – appreciation of good food
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Provençal – relating to or from Provence
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Gaumont – Leon Gaumont (1864–1946), French engineer and inventor, the founder of Gaumont Pictures (1895)
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First National – American motion-picture company founded in 1917
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Famous (Players) – one of the first American motion-picture companies, founded by Adolf Zuker in 1912
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Connie Talmadge – American movie star of the 1920s
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espadrilles – light canvas shoes with flat plated soles
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Sienna – a historic town in central Italy, in the Tuscany (Toscana) region, founded in the Roman times
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scherzo – in music, a light vocal or instrumental piece
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cabinet de toilette = bathroom
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Powdery MildewBlight – plant diseases
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Fly Speck – plant diseases
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Late Blight – plant diseases
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Mon Ami Pierrot = My Friend Pierrot
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Veuve Cliquot – a brand of champagne produced in France by Cliquot Company
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arriviste – an ambitious self-seeking person
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viking = Scandinavian
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Mrs. Burnett – Frances Eliza Burnett (1849–1924), American writer and playwright, the author of sentimental books for children
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the Rif(f) – the Rif Republic, the Union of the Berber peoples of northeastern Morocco; in 1921–1926, the Union fought against Spanish colonial forces.
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Harvard – Harvard University, the oldest in the United States, founded in 1636 in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Isles des Lerins – picturesque islands in the Mediterranean Sea near the Riviera
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Isotta – the brand-name of the car
