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to cut smb. off with a hot coal – to disinherit, to leave little or no money (idiom)

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anachronism – 1) smth. or smb. out of date; 2) mistake in chronological relation.

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Baltimore – a city in north-central Maryland, US, founded in 1729

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the Confederacy – 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union in 1860–1861 and formed the Confederate States of America; the secession caused the American Civil War of 1861–1865.

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phaeton – an open four-wheeled carriage with one or two seats

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septuagenarian – a person from 70 to 79 years of age

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Methuselah – the Old Testament patriarch; he was 969 years old, and was considered the longest-lived man.

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Havana – a famous cigar

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the wandering Jew – a legendary character doomed to live until the end of the world in punishment for taunting Jesus Christ on his way to the Crucifixion

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brougham – four-wheeled one-horse carriage designed by Henry Brougham in 1838

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mantilla – a large veil or scarf worn to cover the hair and shoulders

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San Juan Hill – the highest point of San Juan Ridge where one of the battles of the American-Spanish War took place in 1898

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persona grata – a person who is acceptable

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Y.W.C.A. – Young Women’s Christian Association

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sans = without (French)

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gingham – a strong, plain-woven cotton fabric

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Richard Harding Davis (1864–1916) – American author of romantic novels, short-story writer and reporter

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Frank Norris (1870–1908) – American novelist and the first American naturalist, writer of importance

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the Japs = the Japanese (contemptuous)

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Port Arthur – the place of severe battle during the Russian-Japanese war of 1904—1905

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Château Thierry – a town on the Marne River in northeastern France, the place where the German offensive was stopped during World War I

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sextets – groups of six people singing or playing music together

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hansom – a two-wheeled closed carriage entered from the front, invented in 1839

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the Gibson girl – an ideal of beauty of the epoch created by illustrator Charles Dana Gibson (1867–1944)

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Lillian Russell (1861—1922) – American actress and singer in musical comedies

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Stella Mayhew – American actress

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Anna Held – French actress of the late 19th – early 20th centuries

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Balboa – Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475–1519), Spanish conquistador and explorer of Central and South America

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manna – here: smth. sweet and tasty; in the Bible, miraculously sent food.

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Thanksgiving (Day) – in the United States, an annual national holiday on the fourth Thursday of November celebrating the harvest

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Seattle – a city in the state of Washington, one of the largest cities in the US