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“Decisive nose”: Alongside phrenology, which we have seen, the Vic<strong>to</strong>rians had a<br />
“science” called “physiognomy” which consisted in learning people’s characters from<br />
the shapes of their faces. I’m not very sure what a decisive nose would look like,<br />
except that it might be large (121).<br />
“good figure”: It’s interesting <strong>to</strong> notice that this expression, now exclusively applied<br />
<strong>to</strong> women, used <strong>to</strong> apply <strong>to</strong> men as well (121-2).<br />
Caprice: Random whims (122).<br />
Piquant: Full of flavour (122).<br />
“N’est-ce pas, monsieur, qu’il y a un cadeau pour Mademoiselle <strong>Eyre</strong> dans votre<br />
petit coffre? ”: Isn’t it true, Sir, that there is a present for Miss <strong>Eyre</strong> in your little box?<br />
(122)<br />
Cadeaux: Presents (122).<br />
“Beat about the bush”: Talk about everything but the real point (123).<br />
Deserts: (pronounced deZERTS) What a person deserves (123).<br />
Meed: Reward. We’ve seen this one before (123).<br />
Chiffonière:<br />
http://www.heironsmith.com.au/images/Achiff.gif<br />
Tenacious: Holding hard <strong>to</strong> something, not giving up (123).<br />
Constitution: A person with a strong constitution will not get ill easily (123).<br />
Fairy tales: The fairy tales that have come up in the s<strong>to</strong>ry recently are not<br />
encouraging : Bluebeard, the gytrash, and the three witches from Macbeth (123).<br />
Men in green: Meaning mythical little people, fairies or leprachauns (124).<br />
“One of your rings” Fairy rings are rings of mushrooms, supposed <strong>to</strong> be the places<br />
where fairies dance. According <strong>to</strong> the s<strong>to</strong>ries, if a person stumbles in<strong>to</strong> a fairy ring<br />
while the fairies are dancing, he is cursed.<br />
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