half an Airedale and half a Retriever, and the worst half of both
как слова входят и выходят из моды)) Грант в мемуарах периодически делает ремарки относительно какого-нибудь слова, которое он не уверен что читатели поймут) Вот два примера:
Finally I took out my bandanna—the style of handkerchief in universal use then—and with this blindfolded my horse.
But the streets leading to the plaza—all Spanish or Spanish-American towns have near their centres a square called a plaza—were commanded from all directions by artillery.
ещё выяснила, что на военном языке invested может значить "окружён", you live and you learn
Finally I took out my bandanna—the style of handkerchief in universal use then—and with this blindfolded my horse.
But the streets leading to the plaza—all Spanish or Spanish-American towns have near their centres a square called a plaza—were commanded from all directions by artillery.
ещё выяснила, что на военном языке invested может значить "окружён", you live and you learn