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moon-struck – crazy, mad, insane

plaster-of-paris – white paste made of gypsum

Cicero – Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC – 43 BC), the greatest Roman orator, lawyer and writer; the author of orations, rhetoric, philosophical and political works

dilemma – а situation of choice between two unfavourable things, options, ways, etc.

hermitage – а lonely dwelling

Petra – an ancient city of the Roman times in what is now southwestern Jordan

Carthage – an ancient Phoenical city in northern Africa (Tunisia), founded in 814 BC

Adam – in the Bible, the first man created by God ‘in his own image’ on the sixth day of creation

Broadway – а thoroughfare in New York City, an important theatre district since the 19th century, the centre of American theatrical activity

chimeras – а chimera is a fantastic idea or imagination; in Greek mythology, а monster, а strange combination of а lion, а goat and а dragon

choleric – hot-tempered, irritable

pro and con – for and against

Virginia – а state on the US Atlantic coast

Jersey City – а city at the mouth of the Hudson opposite New York City, founded by the Dutch in 1618

Hoboken – а city on the Hudson River near Jersey City

Manhattanville, Astoria – districts of New York City

alms-house – а house where poor people, unable to earn money, can live without paying rent

Sing-Sing – а state prison in Ossining, New York

the Dead Letter Office – the office where letters that can’t be delivered, because the addressee is either dead or absent, are kept