Tactical Exercise

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Feuille D'Album

The Rocking-Horse Winner

The Boarding House

corn-factor's office - office of an agent in charge of trading corn

to sow one's wild oats - отдавать должное увлечениям юности Reynold's Newspaper - a Sunday newspaper that supported the policy of the Labour party

with a sort of stealth- зд. со своей тайной

to be in full tilt- быть наклоненным до предела

Ascot - the famous race-course and horse races at Ascot Heath in Birkshire, England

blade of the "turf"- зд. завсегдатай скачек Honogr bright - разг. честное слово

Nat Gould- a famous financier 92

spinning yams- разг. небылицы as sure as eggs -зд. верное дело

as right as a trivet- разг. зд. в полном порядке

Feuille d'album - фр. листок из альбома

rag-time - music of American negro origin, which was very popular as dance-music in the 1920s

terra-cotta - a red substance made from a mixture of clay and sand

Belgravia - the smart and very expensive residential area of London

Pont Street - a street in London associated with wealthy upper middle-class society

M.C. - Military Cross, a decoration

the Heath - Hampstead Heath parkland in a London suburb "Welcome to Chaos and Old Night" - a reference to the words of Milton in his poem "Paradize Lost" (Book I, line 540)

'24 Comprirnes narcotiques, hypnotiques' - фр. 24 таблетки снотворного

'Ne pas dépasser deux' - фр. не более двух

the Cornish coast - situated in Cornwall, in the south-west of England

'Your castle hath a pleasant seat' - a quotation from Macbeth by Shakespeare

staff-solution - the official answer to a problem set by instructors at the Army Staff College