Por ustedes—(Spanish) For you
copper—a coin of copper or bronze, as a penny.
Vengo Jueves—(Spanish)I come Thursday.
desencajonada—(Spanish) releasing.
San Fermines—Fiesta de San Fermín, which lasts from noon on July 6 to 14 every year.
Buen hombre—(Spanish) Good man.
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.
SOL, SOL Y SOMBRA, and SOMBRA—(Spanish) SUN, SUN AND SHADE, and SUN.
Piccadilly—a street in London, England; traditional center of fashionable shops, clubs, and hotels.
Prince of Wales—(1894–1972); son of George V; Duke of Windsor; later king of England, as Edward VIII; abdicated.
gazette—any of various official publications containing announcements and bulletins.
King—George V (1865–1936); king of Great Britain and Ireland (1910–1936); son of Edward VII.
cove—(British slang) a boy or man; chap; fellow.
shakes—(Slang) ability, importance, and so on.
blind—(Slang) drunk.
counsel—a lawyer or group of lawyers giving advice about legal matters and representing clients in court.
loopholes—a hole or narrow slit in the wall of a fort, for looking or shooting through.
Castile—region and former kingdom in northern and central Spain: gained autonomy in tenth century and united with Leon, and later with Aragon (fifteenth century), and became the nucleus of the Spanish monarchy.
Toro—(Spanish) Bull.
buck—to dislodge or throw by bucking.
buck up—to cheer up.
Circe—in Homer’s Odyssey, an enchantress who turns men into swine.
