INDEX OF STYLISTIC TERMS
(See Commentaries) Alliteration — L 6, note 8; L 11 (part I), note 10; L 14, note 2. Allusion — L 6, note 5; L 9, notes 6, 7, 8; L 14, note 9. American English — L 11 (part I), notes 5, 6, 8. Anaphora — L 10, note 1. Antithesis — L 10, note 9; L 13, note 7. Chiasmus — L 10, note 2. Cliche — L 13, note 7. Climax — L 5, note 12. Colloquial speech — L 4, notes 4, 5; L 6, notes 2, 6; L 11 (part I), notes 1, 2, 3, 6, 9. Elliptical sentences — L 4, note 5; L 6, note 6. Epithet — L 1, note 1. Hyperbole — L 4, note 9; L 14, note 8. Inversion — L 2, note 1. Metaphor — L 5, notes 5, 7; L 13, note 6; L 14, notes 6, 12. Metonymy — L 1, note 9; L 2, notes 2, 4; L 5, note 2. Paradox — L 6, p. 71. [223] Parallelism — L 1, note 7; L 10, note 6; L 13, note 7. Pleonasm — L 11 (part II), note 3. Reiteration — L 2, notes 1, 6; L 10, note 1. Represented speech — L 7, note 3. Rhetorical question — L G, note 9. Simile — L 3, note 9; L 14, note 9. Slang — L 8, note 1. Spaced letters — L 6, note 7. Stage directions — L 6, note 1. Tautology — L 11 (part I), note 10; L 14, note 2. Vulgarism — L G, p. 78. Understatement — L 11 (part 1), note 9. [224]
* He – little Rawdon, Rebecca’s son ** Lord Southdown – brother lady Jane Crawley, Rawdon’s aunt *** Briggs – an old spinster who lived with Rebecca as companion **** Lord Steyne – an old aristocrat, Rebecca’s admirer * Gaunt House – Lord Steyne’s mansion ** Bon Dieu! (Fr.) – Боже мой! *** Vehmgericht (German) – тайное судилище **** That kep him up – that kept him up * Saint Paul’s – Saint Paul’s Cathedral, the largest and the most famous cathedral in London built by Sir Christopher Wren between 1675 and 1710 ** Matters not – stands for “does not matter”; seldom used nowadays * Pray – is a form of request equivalent to “please” (or “I beg you to”), It is now going out of use. ** Master – a title of respect for a boy *** Nigh – archaic for “near” * warmint—evidently "varmint"— dial, or slang of vermin: a noxious or troublesome animal or person ** since you came of age = became a man (in English law, 21 years) *** …whiles you was a minor = while you were below the age of 21 **** What odds...? = What does it matter...? * * Missouri is a state in the central part of the USA. Aaron Burr (1756—1836)—third Vice-President of the United States (1801—1805) [50] ** Aaron Burr (1756—1836)—third Vice-President of the United States (1801—1805) * the local practitioner—the local doctor Dick had applied to ** Maisie—the girl Dick loved *** Binkie—Dick's dog * Torp (Torpenhow) -a journalist, the friend Dick shared rooms with ** Christmas-carol book—a book of Christmas hymns (carols) * Catherine-wheels—rotating fireworks ** dorglums—here evidently stands for "doggie" * The "Melancholia" is the name of Dick's last picture. * Mr. Hushabye and Hesione, his wife, are host and hostess of the house. ** He... shews his teeth.—He takes up threatening attitude; "shew" is B. Shaw's spelling of the verb "show". * dead lift — an effort under discouraging conditions a difficulty ** to go bust (sl.) — to burst up, to go bankrupt * The exercise is borrowed from A. S. Hornby's Oxford Progressive English for Adult Learners, Book 3, p. 192.
* Robin Hill – the country house where Jon’s family lived. It was originally built for Irene by her first husband Soames, Fleur’s father. ** A miraculous dawdle – wonderful idle pastime *** The Downs – grassy hills, especially in Southern England * The vertebrae – the backbone or spinal or spinal column ** Wandson – a place in Sussex *** The loss of castle - the loss of the right to be respected **** The Dragon – probably the local inn or public house * Tahiti [ta:'hi:ti]—an island in the South Pacific Ocean ** the Paumotus [pa:u'moutu:z]—an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean *** the Marquesas [ma:'keisǽs]—an archipelago lying to the North of the Paumotus * Papeete [pa:pei'eitei]—seaport on Tahiti; capital of the Society Islands
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