Tower ravens

Tower ravens
[,tauə'reɪvnz]
во́роны Та́уэра (обыкн. пять или шесть; на их прокорм государство выделяет особые средства. Существовало поверье, что если из Тауэра [Tower of London] исчезнут вороны, то Тауэр падёт, а Британская империя погибнет)

English-Russian Great Britain dictionary (Великобритания. Лингвострановедческий словарь). 2014.

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