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Did Dracula really exist? Reading practice

Yes and no. Dracula is a book written by the Irish author, Bram Stoker who told the story of an evil count from Transylvania (now part of Romania).

Count - граф

The noble man could turn into a vampire bat. He sucked people’s blood by biting them on their necks. His victims became his slaves.

Noble - благородный

Dracula was figment of Stoker’s vivid imagination, but in the 1400’s there was a cruel ruler of Transylvania known as Vlad the Impaler.

Figment - вымысел
Vivid - яркий, колоритный, красочный
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He got this nickname because he had awful habits: he drove stakes through the bodies of his enemies and left them to die.

Stake - кол
Drive in/drive through - вбивать
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No doubt Stoker had Vlad in mind when he wrote the book.

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