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gladiator  – in ancient Rome, a man who took part in public shows fighting with wild animals or other men in an arena

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ceiba  – a tropical plant with long and strong fibres from which bombax cotton is made

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chou de palmiste – palm cabbage ( French )

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Canarian  – related to the Canarian Islands, an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean; the Canaries belong to Spain

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débris – scraps, remains ( French )

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coup de grâce – the last (often fatal) blow ( French )

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the Land of Eire  – Ireland

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bounty  – reward or payment for smth

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Batabano  – the Gulf of Batabano, a part of the Caribbean Sea near southwestern Cuba

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braggadocio  – boastfulness ( Spanish )

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Caspita ! – Oh, devil! (an exclamation of unpleasant surprise) ( Italian )

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Cuarito  – a small coin, ¼ of a peso ( Spanish )

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caçadores = hunters ( Spanish )

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bandan(n)a  – a brightly coloured kerchief

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chaussure – shoes; a shoe, a boot ( French )

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Lincoln green  – bright green

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Sherwood Forest  – a former royal hunting place in Nottinghamshire, England; the forest is well known for the events described in medieval English ballads

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Robin  – Robin Hood, a legendary outlaw and rebel, the main character of the 14th century English ballads

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redivivus – revived ( Latin )

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Little John  – Robin Hood’s friend and associate, a giant man of great strength

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Sèvres  – a town in central France famous for the porcelain manufactured at the royal factory from 1756

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al fresco – in a fresco ( Spanish )

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protégé  – someone under smb’s protection or patronage ( French )

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posse comitatus  – a group of armed men gathered by the sheriff to protect public order ( Latin )

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gaucherie – clumsiness, awkwardness ( French )

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Trelawny  – Edward Trelawny (1699–1754), governor of Jamaica in 1738–1752; he put an end to a long war between the white planters and the Maroons in 1739

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valet de chamber – valet ( French )

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à la matelot – as a sailor ( French )

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costume de bal – ball dress ( French )

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claret  – Bordeaux wine from the region of the city of Bordeaux in France; the word claret is not used nowadays

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eau de vie – vodka ( French )

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non esset inventus —here: was not found ( Latin )

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Facilus descensus Averni, sed revocare gradum. – here: It is easy to descend to hell but it is difficult to come back. ( Latin )

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cavatina  – a small lyrical opera aria

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débonnaire – good-natured, generous ( French )

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Carthaginian  – related to Carthage , a great ancient city in northern Africa on the Mediterranean coast, founded in 814 BC by the Phoenicians

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Veni, vidi, vici! ( Latin ) – Julius Caesar’s famous words ‘I came, I saw, I conquered!’

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muscovado  – raw cane-sugar

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fêtes = holidays, festivals ( French )

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pit-a-pat  – beating, palpitation

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tableau – picture, view ( French )

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the Rhone  – the river in France and Switzerland, one of the largest rivers in Europe; it flows to the Mediterranean Sea

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dos-y-dos – two and two ( Spanish )

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sine die – for an uncertain period of time ( French )