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lunacy  – madness

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quidnunc(s)  – a gossip, a tale-bearer

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pettifogger  – a person who worries about small and unimportant details

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the Mexican Gulf  – the Gulf of Mexico is located in the southeast of the North American continent; it is connected to the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea

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zephyr(s)  – wind(s) from the West; in poetical texts, the word means gentle breeze

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trafficker(s)  – illicit trader(s)

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homonym  – a word, the same in form and sound as the other, but with a different meaning

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guerillas  – men, fighting in small groups, not in the regular army

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Havannah cigars  – Havana is the capital of Cuba; the country’s world-famous Havana cigars are made from local tobacco leaves

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lucifer matches  – popular matches of the 19th century with white phosphorus on the tip; the Greek name for Lucifer (the Venus, the morning star) is Phosphorus

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dragoon  – a cavalryman

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jaqueta – a jacket ( Spanish )

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picaresque – amusing; adventurous ( French )

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onza(s) – an ounce, a monetary unit ( Spanish )

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alguazil(s) – bailiff ( Spanish )

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travestie – travesty – parody; an imitation on purpose

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juste mileu  – here: temperance ( French )

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calèche – a carriage ( French )

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Kirschenwasser – cherry liqueur ( German )

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bonne fortune – good, happy fortune; luck ( French )

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coup de théâtre  – an unexpected turn of the plot (in a play) ( French )

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nemine dissentiente  – no one dissenting ( Latin )

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Cis-Atlantic attorney  – the attorney from Europe

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looking daggers  – the idiom to look daggers means to look with a piercing and disapproving glance

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débandade – in disorder, in confusion ( French )

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claque(rs)  – people hired for a certain purpose (to applaud, to whistle, etc.)

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Gauchos  – in Latin America, cowboys of mixed (European and Indian) origin

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the Pampas  – in Latin America, a flat plain without trees, and covered with grass

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Si non vero e ben trovato  – Even if it is not true, it is a good story. ( Latin )

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the Sierra Madre  – a large mountain system in Mexico and the United States

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the battle of Buena Vista  – one of the battles in the Mexican-American War of 1846–1848

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steeds of Arabia  – Arabian horses were developed in the 7th century in Arabia; for their qualities they are still considered one of the best breeds

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Tamaulipas  – the state in the northwest of Mexico on the border with Texas

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gage d’amour – a token of love ( French )

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ricochet  – a movement of the bullet after hitting some solid surface

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a Benedict  – a married man

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scion  – a young member of the family

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souvenir(s) – reminiscence(s) ( French )

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Montego Bay  – a city in northwestern Jamaica

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the West Indies  – a group of islands separating the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico from the Atlantic Ocean

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Jamaica  – a country of the West Indies and one of the largest islands in the Caribbean Sea

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escalier – staircase ( French )

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cheffonier – chiffonier – a small cupboard or a chest of drawers