10 BOAC= British Overseas Airways Company
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suffered
in
an
elegant
way
from
exophthalmic
goi-
tre— Josephine had prominent eyeballs as a result of the
enlargement
of
the
thyroid
gland
(Russ. увеличе-
ние щитовидной железы), but it didn't affect her looks.
12
lotus islands— an allusion to Greece, where the couple spent their
honeymoon in a happy, dreamy state, according to Greek mythology
lotus is a plant whose fruit is supposed to cause careless
ease and forgetfulness (Homer's O d y s s e y ) , сотр. lotus-eater— idle
dreamer.
13
a squib went off (metaph. periphrasis) — (here) a very small time
bomb.
14
Elizabeth Arden's— Elizabeth Arden's beauty parlour.
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15
crack (slang)— a sarcastic hint (at Julia's wealth).
16
owl (colloq.)— fool.
17
Browning, Robert(1812-1889) — an outstanding poet of the
Victorean era.
