Gin played the cameo , having been turned into a translucent sphere the size and shape of an olive .
其次是杜松子酒,已经变成了半透明的,类似橄榄形状与大小的球体。
Making gin , as it turns out , is not so hard .
制作杜松子酒,最后结果证明,并不很难。
During the eighteenth century , laws had to be brought in to curb the seemingly insatiable appetite for gin amongst the poor .
18世纪,似乎为了控制穷人贪喝杜松子酒不得不颁布法律。
The stories from that era are amazing -- there were gin pushcarts working their way through the streets of london .
那是个令人惊异的时代-伦敦街头到处可见贩卖杜松子酒的手推车。
They were reinforced in this view by alastair 's jocular banter , his easy resort to mimicry and his habit of taking the monday morning editorial meeting with a gin and tonic in his hand .
As a child growing up in the united states I was taught that a man called eli whitney changed the face of the american economy with the invention in 1793 of the cotton gin , a machine that mechanised the cleaning of cotton .
A chilled , crystal glass , the purest gin , a touch of dry vermouth , and a plump , green olive-the martini was and still is more than just a cocktail .
In 1797 , when congress voted to prepare the nation for war with france , including the appropriation of a large amount of funds for new weapons , the young inventor eli whitney -- already known for his invention of the cotton gin in 1794 -- seized an opportunity to try to make his fortune .
Chief amongst them in 1820 was james catnach , a young entrepreneur from newcastle , who had set up printing presses in the seven dials district of london , home of the broadsides as well as street traders , gin sellers , beggars and criminals .
But if you 're reading amor towles 's jazz-era " the rules of civility " while drinking gin fizzes and singapore slings , a man in black tie ( or something ) doesn 't hurt .