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Williams – Roger Williams University in Bristol, R. I., named for Roger Williams (1603–1683), an English colonist and founder of the colony of Rhode Island

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Cornell – Cornell University, a higher educational institution in Ithaca, N. Y., founded in 1862; privately endowed by and named for Ezra Cornell, a founder of the Western Union Telegraph Company.

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Eau Claire – a city in west-central Wisconsin, first settled in 1846

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without a red penny = without money at all

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‘Little Women’ (1869) – a most popular novel by Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888), American author

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League of Nations – an international organization for cooperation established in 1919 after World War I at the initiative of the United States and Britain

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bon mot = a witty remark (French)

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Gaelic = Irish

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Greenwich Villager – resident of Greenwich Village, a residential area of Lower Manhattan in New York City where writers, artists, students and intellectuals used to live

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Hades – in Greek mythology and in the Greek Old Testament, the place where the dead live

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the Mississippi River – the largest river in North America, and, together with its tributary, the Missouri, the longest river in the world

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New England – a region in the northwest of the USA including six states, the former British colonies; the name was given by Captain Smith in 1614; New England is considered the cradle of American national culture and education.

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St. Midas’ School – the author ironically forms the name of the school according to the pattern ‘St. Paul’s school,’ etc.; in Greek and Roman mythology, Midas was a king of Phrygia known for his foolishness and greed.

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Boston – a city in the northwest of the United States, on Massachusetts Bay

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Chicago – a large city in northwestern Illinois

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Victorian – smb. or smth. (art, style, literature, people, etc.) of the time of Queen Victoria (1837–1901)

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a Rolls-Pierce – a combination of two car brands – Rolls-Royce and Pierce-Arrow

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preparatory school – in the USA, a private school where pupils are prepared for college

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the Ritz-Carlton Hotel – here: a luxurious hotel in Boston; Cesar Ritz (1850–1918) had a controlling interest in ten hotels including the Ritz in Paris (1898) and Carlton in London.

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Montana – the US state on the US-Canadian border

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Brakeman – in the USA, an official in charge of a railway train

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protagonist – a chief person in a play, story or real event

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the Montana Rockies – the Rocky Mountains in western Montana, the land of high mountains and deep valleys

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Croesus (the 6^th century BC) – the last king of Lydia, an ancient land in Asia Minor, noted for his great wealth; later, his name became the symbol of wealth.

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château – a large country house or castle

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acciaccare – short, crumpled, forced (sound) (music)

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rococo – an elaborate style in art and architecture in the late 18th century Europe

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Titania – a character in William Shakespeare’s comedy ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ who resembles Hera, in Greek mythology, the queen of the Olympic gods