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military secret; classified military material; military aircraft

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to carry over; to carry forward; to keep (for later); to defer

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to spread one's wings

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truce bearer

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oral; verbal; spoken; parol

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free food; free meal

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elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance

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captive; prisoner

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to detain; to keep; to lock up; to retain; to leave (letter) till called for

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going to war; departure for the front; departure for military service (in response to a draft)

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two groups; two bands

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the middle class

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lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)

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(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling

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your letter

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to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under

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to raise the standard

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opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling

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to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing

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to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy

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to move troops forward

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proud

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to stay behind; to remain; to work overtime

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to make someone drink; to force someone to drink; to serve (alcohol); to treat someone (to drinks); to be drinkable (esp. of alcohol); to be palatable

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diplomatic negotiations; negotiations through diplomatic channels

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to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect

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to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple

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very easily

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to withdraw; to abandon (e.g. a lawsuit)

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inspector; supervisor

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proceeding south

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prisoner exchange

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at any moment (now); at any minute; on the verge of (doing); just about to

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fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility

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same country; same province; the (said) country

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cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal

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to lick all over; to run one's tongue over

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to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of

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foreign settlement; concession; reservation (e.g. American Indian)

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loess; yellow ochre; yellow ocher; (arch.) Hades; (arch.) hell

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to whistle

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companion; comrade; escort; member of a party; fellow traveller; fellow traveler

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navy blue; deep blue

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military cap

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to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

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proxy; representative

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after having come this far; now that we've come this far

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open; frank; outspoken; unreserved; straightforward; honest

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armed struggle

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sign; indication

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