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‘Vanity Fair’ – an illustrated weekly newspaper published since 1868

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Bull! = bullshit

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Vevey – a resort region in Switzerland

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sanitarium = sanatorium (US); here: asylum.

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Mad Anthony Wayne – Anthony Wayne (1745–1796), a prominent American general during the American Revolutionary War

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Marshall Field (1834—1906) – American millionaire and department-store owner

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Je m’en fiche de tout = I don’t care at all (French)

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cameriere – a man-servant at a hotel (Italian)

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Orvieto – a town in central Italy

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Capri – an island in the Mediterranean Sea near the entrance to the Bay of Naples

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Pallas Athene – in Greek mythology and religion, the goddess of war and handicraft, the protector of Athens

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Woolloomooloo Bay – here: a small bay of the Mediterranean Sea on the coast of Algeria

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Biskra – a town in northeastern Algeria on the northern edge of the Sahara

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Ouled Naïl – a settlement not far from Biskra

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Senegal – a country in West Africa, known as ‘Gateway to Africa’

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Timgad – an ancient Roman city in what is now northeastern Algeria

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Affaires Etrangères = Foreign Affairs (ministry) (French)

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Mistinguet – Jeanne-Marie Bourgeois (1875–1956), a popular French comedienne famous for her participation in spectacular shows in the Moulin Rouge and the Casino de Paris

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Pas sur la Bouche = only not on the mouth/lips (French)

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mistral – in southern France, cold and dry strong wind from the north

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belladonna – a poisonous plant used in medicine

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mandragora – a plant used in magic in old times

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Bon Ami – the name of a cleanser (French)

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luminol – a chemical compound used as a sleeping-draught

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the three Chinese monkeys – the monkeys that symbolize the attitude of ‘I hear nothing, I see nothing, I say nothing’

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ceinture – belt (French); here: the circle of the suburbs.

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pousse = recurrence (French)

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Ward McAllister (1827—1895) – the US lawyer and social leader

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Syndicat d’Initiative – initiative syndicate (French); here: organization that searches and studies local recourses.

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Gstaad – an Alpine resort village in west-central Switzer-land

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Sturmtruppen = storm-troops (German)

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St. Moritz – a resort town and a fashionable spa in southeastern Switzerland

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Cambridge – University of Cambridge, 80 km north of London, founded in 1209

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ickle durls = little girls

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castile soap – soap with olive oil

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Anglophilia – love for everything English

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Croesus (the 6^th century BC) – king of Lydia (an ancient state in Asia Minor), known for his great wealth

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Bleuler – Eugen Bleuler (1857–1939), Swiss psychiatrist who introduced the term ‘schizophrenia,’ one of the most influential psychiatrists of his time

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Forel – Auguste-Henri Forel (1848–1931), Swiss psychiatrist and entomologist known for his study of brain structure

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Adler – Alfred Adler (1870–1937), Austrian psychiatrist who introduced the system of individual psychology and supportive psychotherapy

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Amazons – originally, a race of women-warriors; here: aggressive women.