Word: mignons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rodent hairs. Moreover, frankfurters are no longer a bargain. There is little honest protein in even the purest of all-beef kosher franks. Discarding fat, water, etc., what protein remains comes to more than $10 per pound. For that you can get truffles. Or 4 Ibs. of filet mignon. Or 8 Ibs. of hamburger...
Buddy's announced specialty is a Sirloin Steak Dinner for $2.46 which is served with a baked potato, Texas toast (toasted and buttered longitudinal slice of French bread), and a tossed salad. It's no filet mignon, but you certainly get your money's worth...
...added tax, which is piled on top of all other taxes, was recently increased by four percentage points, to 17.65%. Partly because of this boost, prices of most goods and services are soaring. Some cigarettes cost $1.40 a pack, eggs $1.20 a dozen, hamburger $1.99 per Ib. and filet mignon $5 per Ib. Increasingly Swedes are making do with items at the lowest end of the price scale: potatoes, carrots, cabbage and spaghetti...
...years ago in Russian. Furthermore, your introduction contains many things that the average English-speaking reader may have trouble with. You say, for example, that the novel was originally titled Mashenka, with the accent on the first a (pronounced as in ask) and a palatalized n as in mignon. Even among my colleagues, all of whom pronounce mignon correctly, your instructions caused a considerable phonetic tangle, not to mention knots of rather nasty plosives and fricatives...