Frances A Yates

Question 1

forecourt [ˈfɔːˌkɔːt]

Answer 1

nádvorie

Question 2

parlour [ˈpɑːlə]

Answer 2

salónik, predizba (zastaralo)

Question 3

revive [rɪˈvaɪv]

Answer 3

oživiť, obnoviť (This done, as soon as the memory of the facts requires to be revived…)

Question 4

custodian [kʌˈstəʊdɪən]

Answer 4

správca, strážca (“all these places are visited in turn and the various deposits demanded of their custodians.”)

Question 5

orator [ˈɒrətə]

Answer 5

rečník

Question 6

whilst [waɪlst]

Answer 6

zatiaľ čo (“We have to think of the ancient orator as moving in imagination through his memory building whilst he is making his speech”)

Question 7

dismiss [dɪsˈmɪs]

Answer 7

zavrhnúť, nebrať do úvahy ( “Whilst it is important to recognize that the classical art is based on workable mnemotechnic principles it may be misleading to dismiss it with the label ‘mnemotechnics’.”)

Question 8

sagacious [səˈgeɪʃəs]

Answer 8

múdry, bystrí ( It has been sagaciously discerned by Simonides).

Question 9

discern [dɪˈsɜːn]

Answer 9

rozpoznať, rozlíšiť äIt has beem sagaciously discerned by Simonides)

Question 10

retain [rɪˈteɪn]

Answer 10

ponechať si, udržať ( reflexion can be most easily retained if they are also conveyed to our minds)

Question 11

devoid [dɪˈvɔɪd]

Answer 11

úplne bez ( devoid of printing whithout paper for note-taking or on which to type lectures the trained memory was of vital importance.

Question 12

vital [ˈvaɪtəl]

Answer 12

životne dôležitý ( devoid of printing whithout paper for note-taking or on which to type lectures the trained memory was of vital importance. )

Question 13

tiresome [ˈtaɪəsəm]

Answer 13

otravný, protivný ( It is somewhat tiresome that his work, so vitally importatnt for the history of the classical art of memory and which will be constantly refered.)

Question 14

engraved [ɪnˈgreɪvd or enˈ-]

Answer 14

vštiepiť, vyriť ( The natural memory is that which is engrafted in our minds)

Question 15

endowed [ɪnˈdaʊd or enˈ-]

Answer 15

obdarovaný (Persons less well endowed can have their weak memories improved by the art.)

Question 16

immense [ɪˈmens]

Answer 16

obrovský, ohromný ( An immense weight of history presses on the memory section of Ad Herennium.)

Question 17

treatise [ˈtriːtɪz]

Answer 17

rozprava, spis (It is only Latin treatise on the subject to be preserved, for Cicero’s and Quintilian’s remarks.)

Question 18

puzzle out

Answer 18

vyriešiť, rozlúštiť (“In short, all attempts to puzzle out what the classical art of memory was like must be mainly based on the memory section of Ad Herennium.”)

Question 19

accretion [əˈkriːʃən]

Answer 19

prírastok, zväčšenie (“still preserve the ‘Ad Herennian’ outlines below all their complex accretions.”)

Question 20

be incumbent [ɪnˈkʌmbənt] (upon us)

Answer 20

byť povinnosťou (“Evidently, therefore, it is incumbent upon us to attempt the by no means easy task of trying to understand the memory section of Ad Herennium.”)

Question 21

rattle off

Answer 21

odrapotať, odomlieť (“for them he needed only to rattle off the ‘rules’ which they would know how to apply. ”)

Question 22

baffled [ˈbæfəld]

Answer 22

bezradný, zmätený

Question 23

strangeness [ˈstreɪndʒnɪs]

Answer 23

podivnosť, zvláštnosť

Question 24

genus [ˈdʒiːnəs]

Answer 24

rod, genus (The genus of the lion)

Question 25

equip [ɪˈkwɪp]

Answer 25

vybavit, vyzbrojiť (“If we wish to remember much material we must equip ourselves with a large number of places.”)

Question 26

remedy [ˈremɪdɪ]

Answer 26

napraviť, opraviť(“even a person who thinks that he does not possess enough sufficiently good loci can remedy this.”)

Question 27

summon up

Answer 27

evokovať, vyvolať ( the rules summon up a vision of a forgotten social habit.)

Question 28

cogitation [ˌkɒdʒɪˈteɪʃən]

Answer 28

uvažovanie, premýšľanie

Question 29

plausible [ˈplɔːzəbəl]

Answer 29

vierohodný, hodnoverný

Question 30

elocution [ˌeləˈkjuːʃən]

Answer 30

elokúcia, rečnícky prednes

Question 31

dignity [ˈdɪgnɪtɪ]

Answer 31

dôstojnosť

Question 32

clothed [kləʊðd]

Answer 32

oblečený, odetý (“Things’ are thus the subject matter of the speech; ‘words’ are the language in which that subject matter is clothed.”)

Question 33

brethren [ˈbreðrɪn]

Answer 33

bratia (zastaralo)

Question 34

stirred [ˈstɜːd]

Answer 34

rozrušený, dojatý (“we generally fail to remember them, because the mind is not being stirred by anything novel or marvellous.”)

Question 35

look up [lʊkˌʌp]

Answer 35

vyhľadať, nájsť (“to hold in memory a mass of material which can be looked up at will.” )

Question 36

specimen [ˈspesɪmɪn]

Answer 36

exemplár, ukážka (the specimen image just described was a memory for things image)

Question 37

lash [læʃ]

Answer 37

bičovať, šľahať (“One is ‘Domitius raising his hands to heaven while he is lashed by the Marcii Reges”)

Question 38

exhortation [ˌegzɔːˈteɪʃən]

Answer 38

nabádať (“The memory section closes with an exhortation to hard work.”)