Chapter 3

· Frankfurt=Frankfurt am Main, commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2009 population of 672,000. It is Germany's second largest metropolitan area.

Situated on the Main River, Frankfurt is the financial and transportation centre of Germany and the largest financial centre in continental Europe. It is seat of the European Central Bank, the German Federal Bank, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the Frankfurt Trade Fair, as well as several large commercial banks. Frankfurt Airport is one of the world's busiest international airports, Frankfurt Central Station is one of the largest terminal stations in Europe, and the Frankfurter Kreuz (Autobahn interchange) is the most heavily used interchange in Europe. Frankfurt is the only German city listed as one of ten Alpha world cities. Frankfurt lies in the former American Occupation Zone of Germany, and it was formerly the headquarters city of the U.S. Army in Germany. Frankfurt is Germany’s second most expensive city, and the 48th most expensive in the world. 40% of Frankfurt's residents and 65% of those below the age of five come from an immigrant background.

· “As tight as a Scotsman’s wallet”=very greedy

· to put smb.’s back up=to annoy

· “It’s a different ball game.”=это совсем другое дело, другая история

· to be as tough as old boots=to be very strong and not easily injured

· a boffin (slang)=scientists, medical doctors, engineers, and other people engaged in technical or scientific research

· Glaxo=GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK) (LSE: GSK, NYSE: GSK) is a global pharmaceutical, biologics, vaccines and consumer healthcare company headquartered in London, United Kingdom

· Ventolin=лекарственный препарат, назначаемый при бронхиальной астме

· a damsel=девушка благородного сословия, барышня

· a sob story=a tale of personal hardship or misfortune intended to arouse pity=сентиментальная история

· Marylebone Road=an important thoroughfare in central London, within the City of Westminster. It runs east-west from the Euston Road at Regent's Park to the A40 Westway at Paddington. The road which runs in 3 lanes in both directions is part of the London Inner Ring Road. The name Marylebone originates from a church, called "St Mary’s" that was built on the bank of a small stream or "bourne". One of London's principal tourist attractions lies on Marylebone Road - Madame Tussauds. It is also the location of the Royal Academy of Music and the former Great Central Hotel, now renamed The Landmark London.

· Regent’s Park=one of the Royal Parks of London. It is in the north-western part of central London, partly in the City of Westminster and partly in the London Borough of Camden. It contains Regent's College and the London Zoo. The park has an outer ring road called the Outer Circle (4.3 km) and an inner ring road called the Inner Circle, which surrounds the most carefully tended section of the park, Queen Mary's Gardens. Apart from two link roads between these two, the park is reserved for pedestrians. The south, east and most of the west side of the park are lined with elegant white stucco terraces of houses designed by John Nash. Running through the northern end of the park is Regent's Canal which connects the Grand Union Canal to the former London docks. The 166 hectare (410 acre) park is mainly open parkland which enjoys a wide range of facilities and amenities including gardens, a lake with a heronry, waterfowl and a boating area, sports pitches, and children's playgrounds. The northern side of the park is the home of London Zoo and the headquarters of the Zoological Society of London. There are several public gardens with flowers and specimen plants, including Queen Mary's Gardens in the Inner Circle, in which the Open Air Theatre is located; the formal Italian Gardens and adjacent informal English Gardens in the south-east corner of the park; and the gardens of St John's Lodge. Winfield House, the official residence of the U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, stands in private grounds in the western section of the park. Nearby is the domed London Central Mosque, better known as Regent's Park mosque, a highly visible landmark. Located to the south of the Inner Circle is Regent's College, a consortium of institutes of higher education and home of London Business School (LBS), as well as the European Business School London, British American College London (BACL) and Webster Graduate School among others.

· Primrose Hill=a hill of 256 feet (78 m) located on the north side of Regent's Park in London, England, and also the name for the surrounding district. The hill has a clear view of central London to the south-east, as well as Belsize Park and Hampstead to the north. It is one of the most exclusive and expensive residential areas in London and is home to many notable residents.

· Newcastle Brown=Newcastle Brown Ale is a beer produced by Heineken Inhternational. It was introduced in 1927 by Newcastle Breweries. In 2005, brewing was moved out of Newcastle upon Tyne for the first time, to Dunston on the other side of the River Tyne, and in 2010 moved entirely to Tadcaster, North Yorkshire.

· Norma Kamali=a designer specializing mainly in underwear and swimwear

· Savile Row=a shopping street in Mayfair, central London, famous for its traditional men's bespoke tailoring. The term "bespoke" is understood to have originated in Savile Row when cloth for a suit was said to "be spoken for" by individual customers. The short street is termed the "golden mile of tailoring", where customers have included Winston Churchill, Lord Nelson and Napoleon III.

· to be off the peg=готовая, а не сшитая на заказ одежда

· a hick=провинциал, деревенщина

· White’s=a London gentlemen's club, established at 4 Chesterfield Street in 1693 by Italian immigrant Francesco Bianco (AKA "Francis White"). Originally it was established to sell hot chocolate, a rare and expensive commodity at the time (and the source of its original title of "Mrs. White's Chocolate House"). It was later converted into a fashionable and respectable gentlemen's club. As a side-business, tickets were sold there to the productions at King's Theatre and Royal Drury Lane Theatre.

In the early 18th century, White's was notorious as a gambling house and those who frequented it were known as "the gamesters of White's." In 1778 it moved to numbers 37-38 St James's Street, on the east side of the street. From 1783 it was the unofficial headquarters of the Tory party. It was here that Lord Alvanley bet with a friend £3,000 as to which of two raindrops would first reach the bottom of a pane of the window. This was not the most eccentric bet in White's famous betting book. Some of those entries were on sports, but more often on political developments, especially during the chaotic years of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars. A good many were social bets, such as whether a friend would marry this year, or whom. One former club chairman was Ian Cameron, the father of the current British Prime Minister, David Cameron.

· Burton=a large United Kingdom high street clothing retailer. Burton combines a long heritage of tailoring with a modern take on casual wear. Burton is one of the most successful menswear brands on the high street and has over 400 stores in the UK and Republic of Ireland.