Saint Jean de Luz a seacoast town in the Basque region of France, near the Spanish border.
San Fermines Fiesta de San Fermín, which lasts from noon on July 6 to 14 every year.
San Sebastian a seaport in the Basque region of northern Spain.
scad (Informal) a very large number or amount.
Seine a river in northern France, flowing northwest through France into the English Channel.
Senlis a town in northern France, northeast of Paris.
Señor Mr.; sir; a Spanish title of respect.
shakes (Slang) ability, importance, and so on.
She did not knock implies that Brett and Romero are intimate.
Sherry a Spanish fortified wine varying in color from light yellow to dark brown and in flavor from very dry to sweet.
shove it along (Slang) cut it out.
simian of or like an ape or monkey.
sinker a lead weight used in fishing.
siphon siphon bottle, a heavy, sealed bottle with a tube on the inside connected at the top with a nozzle and valve which, when opened, allows the flow of pressurized, carbonated water contained within.
smooth-rolled before a bullfight, the sand of the bullring is flattened and smoothed by means of heavy rollers.
SOL, SOL Y SOMBRA, and SOMBRA (Spanish) SUN, SUN AND SHADE, and SUN.
Something the patronne's daughter said Presumably an insult regarding Georgette's profession.
sommelier the person in a restaurant or club who is responsible for the selection and serving of wines, especially with French cuisine; wine steward.
sportif (French) sporting.
spraddle (blend of spread and straddle) (Informal or Dialectic) to spread (the legs) in a sprawling or straddling way.
sprinkling the streets wetting dirt streets to discourage clouds of dust from rising.
St. Etienne du Mont a church on a hilltop northeast of the Pantheon, in the Latin Quarter of Paris.
Strasbourg a city and port in northeastern France, on the Rhine.
strega an Italian liqueur made from herbs and flowers.
strike the pull on the line by a fish seizing or snatching at bait.
stud-book a register of purebred animals, especially racehorses.
suckling unweaned.
Sud (French) south, southerly.
summer-time the European equivalent of daylight savings time.
sweep a long oar
Syndicat d'Initiative tourists' information bureau.
Tafalla a town in Navarra, south of Pamplona.
Tell him Brett wants to come into — the missing word or words are not precisely obvious, though clearly they are sexual in nature.
templed again, according to Death in the Afternoon, temple is "the quality of slowness, suavity, and rhythm in a bullfighter's work."
terasse (French) terrace or balcony.
that stick apparently, the Count uses a walking stick or cane.
the Bois the Bois de Boulogne, an enormous Parisian park.
the Coast the West Coast of the United States.
the Concha San Sebastian beach.
the Crillon the Bar du Crillon at the Hôtel du Crillon, across from the U.S. Embassy on the Place de la Concorde; one of Europe's grandest hotels.
The Dingo a Parisian café.
the Dome, Lavigne's, Closerie des Lilas Parisian cafés.
the France a luxury ocean liner.
the hill Montmartre.
the island the Ile St.-Louis, in the River Seine.
the Landes a region of southwestern France.
the Lilas Closerie des Lilas, a café.
the Madeleine a church at the opposite end of the Rue Royal from the Place de la Concorde, on the Right Bank.
the male English Because he speaks English (and perhaps because of his clipped, curt manner) the woman has mistakenly assumed that Jake is from England rather than America.
the Norte station a Madrid railroad station where trains from the north arrive.
the Quarter the Latin Quarter, a section of Paris south of the River Seine where many artists and students live.
the Ritz a Parisian hotel founded by Cesar Ritz (1850–1918), Swiss hotel owner.
the Rotonde a café that still stands on the Boulevard du Montparnasse.
the Sorbonne the University of Paris; specifically, the seat of the faculties of letters and science.
the spilling open of the horses When the horses on which the picadors, or lancers, ride are gored by the bull, their entrails often fall out onto the floor of the bullring.
the Suizo a café or restaurant in Pamplona.
three-handed bridge a version of the card game featuring three rather than the standard four players.
thrown on every screen projected onto every movie screen.
tick (Informal, chiefly British) credit; trust.
tight (Slang) drunk.
torero (Spanish) a bullfighter, especially a matador.
Toro (Spanish) Bull.
Tour du Pays Basque (French) Circuit of the Basque Region.
Tours a city in west-central France, on the Loire.
translate to move from one place or condition to another; transfer.
très (French) very.
tromper (French) to trick
Tuileries the Jardin des Tuileries, public gardens on the right bank of the Seine.
Turgenieff Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818–1883); Russian novelist.
