Лучшие произведения Джерома К. Джерома / The Best of Jerome K. Jerome

Catholic Ferdinand – Ferdinand II (1578–1637), Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia and King of Hungary. His devout Catholicism caused The Second Defenestration of Prague, which is considered to be the first step of the Thirty Years’ War

157

Apollinaris water – mineral water, naturally sparkling

158

Durchgang Verboten – no trespassing (German)

159

schnellzug – fast train (German)

160

platz – place (German)

161

the Criterion – a West End complex of a theatre, restaurant, dining and ballrooms

162

Hunden verboten – no dogs (German)

163

Ausgang – exit (German)

164

Zampa – Zampa (or the Marble Bride), comic opera by French composer Louis Hérold

165

Ditto – the same (Italian)

166

bath-chairs – a bath chair is a light carriage with a folding hood and a glass front, on three or four wheels and pushed by hand, used by invalids

167

Ouida – pseudonym of Maria Louise Ramé (1839–1908), English novelist, famous for her melodramatic romances of fashionable life

168

Wirtschaft – household (German)

169

‘mittagstisch’ – something for lunch (German)

170

Kneipe – a pub (German)

171

Korps, crack – sports club (German)

172

Burschenschaft – a students’ association (German)

173

Landsmannschaft – an association of people from the same area (German)

174

Mensur – a duel (German)

175

reductio ad absurdum – leading to absurdity (Latin)

176

Fruhschoppen – an early cup (German)

177

Prosit

– to your health! (German)

178

Sunt – We are (German)

179

Ad exercitium Salamandri – Let Salamander be (Latin)

180

the Bogie Man – the main character of a comic book, a Scottish mental patient who only can solve the “mystery” of his own construction

181

Belegete-semmel – a roll cut in two with some ham or cheese (German)

182

Aufschnitt – a meat dish (German)

183

Spiegeleier – fried eggs (German)

184

The Robbers – a play by Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805)

185

statutory law – created by legislative regulations

186

strike attitudes – to speak or act in ways that make it very clear what you want others to think you believe or support

187

sponging upon – “to sponge on (upon)” is “to be parasitic on smb”

188

Adelphi – a district in the Strand (London), named after the buildings erected here in 1768

189

He crosses the African desert in patent-leather boots, does the stage hero – Here the “question” word order and the auxiliary verb are used to strengthen the meaning (ironically, of course)

190

Dost see yonder star – poetic way to say “Do you see that star” (archaic)

191

nabbed – to be caught or arrested

192

swag – plunder or loot

193

to pall – to lose interest because of familiarity

194

orangamatang – perhaps, orang-utang

195

Y.M.C.A – Young Men’s Christian Association

196

Tit Bits – a British weekly magazine (from “titbits”, small pieces of tasty food or something pleasant, even gossip!)

197

it is next door to impossible – hardly ever possible

198

grit and go – backbone (courage) and activity

199

sit on the comic man – “to sit on smb” means “to hold him back”

200

it was fifteen and nine, his style – evidently, it was a mannequin with clothes’ sizes

201

the wooping-cough – Pertussis, a highly contagious bacterial disease

202

is doing his two years’ hard – “to do one’s time” is “to stay in prison”

203

cavendish – tobacco, prepared by a special method

204

Mr. Gilbert – perhaps, Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936), English Christian philosopher and writer

205

spooning – “to spoon” is “to behave in amorous way, to kiss” (archaic)

206

Shure, Bedad, Beghorra – perhaps, Irish variant of pronouncing “sure”, “be dead” and “big horror”

207

a bob’s worth – a bob = 1 shilling (12 pence)

208

Machiavellian – Niccolo Machiavelli (1469–1527) was an Italian historian, statesman, and political philosopher. His name is a synonym for amoral deception and cunning.

209

Shiver my timbers – an exclamation of surprise or annoyance, mostly associated with pirates

210

R. and L.  – right and left