Лучшие расследования Шерлока Холмса / The Best of Sherlock Holmes

In the 19

century monomaniaВ was aВ diagnostic category in psychiatry. Monomaniacs were supposed to be partially insane, being quite normal people in every respect but for one idГ©e fixe.

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Jezail was aВ type of musket used by Afghan tribes in the Anglo-Afghan Wars.

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Plantagenet – The House of Plantagenet was a royal dynasty which ruled England from 1154 until 1485.

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Tudor – The House of Tudor was a royal dynasty that ruled England and its realms from 1485 until 1603.

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distaff side is the female branch of aВ family

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The Morning Post was aВ conservative daily newspaper published from 1772 to 1937.

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peeress is aВ title of nobility applied to aВ woman. The British Peerage is an ancient still-existent legal system of nobility. In the 19

century peerage was inheritable.

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St. George’s Hanover Square is a fashionable Anglican church in central London, place of many noble weddings.

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basket-chair is aВ twigged curved armchair with back and arms in one. Basket-chairs were very popular in Victorian times.

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ScandinaviaВ is aВ historical region in Northern Europe. In the 19

century as well as today it included three Kingdoms: those of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

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tomboy is aВ girl who behaves like aВ boy

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fait accompli – accomplished fact (French), something that has already happened and can’t be reversed.

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Thoreau, Henry David (1817–1862) – an American poet and practical philosopher, known as the author of the book “Walden” dedicated to nature-friendly simple lifestyle.

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Р ГўtГ© de foie gras is goose liver paste usually made of the liver of aВ specially fattened bird.

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Union Jack is an informal name of the UK flag. It derives from aВ small British union flag flown as the jack of aВ ship. It symbolizes the union of crowns of England, Scotland and Ireland as it is formed of aВ combination of the crosses of St.

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Northumberland Avenue is aВ fashionable street named after the Dukes of Northumberland that stretches from Trafalgar Square to the Thames Embankment. In the 19

century its name was synonymous with luxury hotels: The Metropole Hotel, the Hotel Victoria, the Grand Hotel.