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Chippendale (feet) Charlie – Чарли, уменьшительное имя от Чарльз (Charles) • (Br inf) a silly person; fool (shortened from Charlie Hunt, rhyming slang for cunt (obscene)) • (Electronics & Computer Science/Communications & Information) a code word for the letter C • (Drugs sl) cocaine Cheap Jack/John (Am sl) – ночлежка, бардак, кабак Cheapjack/cheapjohn – (сущ.) странствующий торговец, лоточник; (прил.) дешёвый, низкого пошиба; «дешёвка» As a noun, it means a haggling huckster, a dealer in cheap merchandise, a peddler. As an adjective, it means shabby, or low quality: The street was lined with cheap-john shops. Checkpoint Charlie / Checkpoint C – контрольно-пропускной пункт «Чарли» The name given by the Western Allies to the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War. The Soviet Union prompted the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 to stop Eastern Bloc emigration westward through the Soviet border from East Berlin to West Berlin. Checkpoint Charlie became a symbol of the Cold War, representing the separation of east and west. Soviet and American tanks briefly faced each other at the location during the Berlin Crisis of 1961. After the dissolution of the Eastern Bloc and the reunification of Germany, the building at Checkpoint Charlie became a tourist attraction. It is now located in the Allied Museum in Berlin. Chippendale (feet) – ножки Чиппендейла (характерная форма ножек стульев работы этого мастера) Chippendale furniture is named after Thomas Chippendale of England. Chippendale was a cabinetmaker by trade and was well known for his mastery in wood carving and design. A very distinct feature of Chippendale furniture 37