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What famous English-language literary dystopia contains many words of Russian origin?

In the dystopia A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess put into the mouths of teenage characters a jargon he invented called Nadsat. Most of the words nadsata were of Russian origin - for example, droog (friend), litso (face), viddy (see). The word Nadsat itself is formed from the ending of Russian numerals from 11 to 19, its meaning is the same as that of the word teenager ("teen-ager"). The translators of the novel into Russian faced the difficulty of how to adequately convey this slang. In one version of the translation, such words were replaced by English words written in Cyrillic (men, face, etc.). In another version, the jargon words were left in their original form in Latin letters.

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The giraffe also has very fast legs, and although they are the same length, the strongly developed muscles at the base of the neck give the impression that the spine of the giraffe is sloping from the chest to the tail. A small and narrow head with dark and soft eyes gives this huge animal an expression of tenderness. The large ears of the giraffe are sensitive to the slightest rustle and, together with the sharpest sense of smell, are very important for determining the approaching danger.

The giraffe has an unusually long tongue, sometimes reaching a length of 46 cm, but despite this, the giraffe is so skillful with it that it plucks small leaves of thorny plants without even pricking. If you watch a moving giraffe, you get the impression that he is more likely to hobble than walk. At the same time, a giraffe chased by someone can reach speeds of more than 50 km / h and overtake the fastest horse!

Being gentle in nature, if necessary, the giraffe can be very dangerous in a fight, kicking with its hind hooves and acting with its head like a sledgehammer. Even a lion tries to be very careful while hunting a giraffe.

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