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: 'keisǽ s]—an archipelago lying to the North of the Pau­motus

* Papeete [pa: pei'eitei]—seaport on Tahiti; capital of the Society Islands