p. 4. Chippendale - elegant style of furniture of the 18th century
Nemo me impune lacessit (bat.) - Nobody can offend me without impunity
p. 5. Homburg - man's hat with curled brim
p. 12. K.C. - King's Councel (lawyer's title)
p. 15. beaute du diable - devilish beauty
p. 16. laudable - praiseworthy
p. 24. indiarubber - (here) smooth
p. 25. before you could say knife - very quickly, in a moment
p. 27. paragrapher - (here) newspaper observer
p. 39. stucco - (here) covered with plaster or cement
p. 42. footman - liveried servant for attending at door or table
p. 43. pop - bubbling alcoholic drink
p. 47. pop up - drop in for a moment
p. 50. ninepins - kind of skittles
p. 57. bob - small coin of five pence
tight-wad - pack of banknotes
p. 59. care two straws - care only a little
p. 60. ortfan-grinder - player of mechanical organ
p. 62. G.H.Q. - General Headquarters
p. 69. notoriety - unfavourable fame
p. 71. - see page 4
p. 72. Vous Vavez voulu, Gerges Dandin (Fr.) - You wanted this, Georges Dandin.
p. 74. Lor lumme (coll.) - Lord, love me
p. 75. bagful of - lot of
lay on smth. with trowel - exaggerate smth.
p. 77. dud - (here) failure
into the bargain - in addition to
p. 78. take smb. down a peg or two - humiliate smb.
p. 80. whack - (here) share
p. 83. blue as the devil - very gloomy
p. 94. crumpet - flat soft cake eaten with butter
p. 98. loquatious - talkative
p. 105. videlicet (hat.) - taking into account
p. 117. musty - stale (not fresh)
chemin de fer (Fr.) - railway, (here) game in casino
p. 122. get back with the milk - (here) come back the next morning
p. 126. fluff - light soft substance
p. 128. backgammon - game played on double board with pieces moved according to throw of dice
p. 129. back a horse - (here) make choice
cajolery - persuasion
p. 132. hobbledehoy - young fellow
p. 136. tee - cleared space from which golf ball is struck at beginning of play for each hole
p. 137. punt - flat-bottomed shallow boat
p. 146. organdie - fine transparent muslin
make chichi with smb. - flirt with smb.
p. 150. cross one's tees - make smth. clear
p. 153. bezique - card game for two players
p. 160. green fees - tip, gratuity
p. 173. pip-squeak - insignificant or contemptible person or thing
p. 178. co-respondent - person responsible for adultery with respondent in divorce case
p. 187. understudy - (here) actor who is ready to substitute another one in his absence
p. 191. binge - drinking-bout
p. 197. RADA - Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
p. 203. can't do anything for toffee - do smth. haphazardly or unsuccessfully
p. 209. cad - person who behaves dishonourably
p. 221. barnstorming - actor's travel through provincial areas
p. 226. Ma fille, la plus grande actrice d'Angleterre (Fr.) - My daughter, she's the greatest actress in England
p. 228. crochet - make needlework in which yarn is looped into pattern of stitches by means of hooked needle
sou - French five-centime coin
p. 230. tisane - barely-water (decoction)
soutien-gorge (Fr.) - bra, brassiere
p. 231. c'est de la folie (Fr.) - that is stupid
c'est vraiment pas raisonnable, ma fille (Fr.) - that is really not reasonable, my daughter
en bross - brush-like
p. 233. takings - money taken in business
p. 234. be at one's beck and call - be at one's service immediately upon request
p. 237. bis dat qui cito dat (hat.) - immediate gift has double price
p. 253. scone - small soft cake of flour
p. 254. port-looking - saucy, impudent
p. 259. cantankerous - quarrelsome
p. 266. obsequious - servile
p. 275. verisimilitude - appearance of being true
p. 276. dress-rehearsal - final rehearsal
p. 286. latchkey - key of outer door
p. 287. denouement (Fr.) - final resolution in play
p. 296. put spoke in one's wheel - hinder one's purposes
stage-hand - person handling scenery in theatre
p. 297. harridan - bad-tempered old woman
p. 299. bonnie bairn (Scotch) - good-looking child