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a pig might have a long tale but its tail is always short!A hypocrite always keeps giving excuses & making stories, but his/her supporter & power base are always short! So, if anyone earnestly try to get rid of that hypocrite's tyranny and torcher, that is very much feasible as history supports that hypocrites never win!Rate it:

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à voile et à vapeurAC/DC; literally on sail and on steam powerRate it:

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about turnAn about face; a military command to a formation of soldiers to reverse the direction in which they are facing.Rate it:

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above one's bendOut of one's control or power.Rate it:

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ADN nuclearADN del núcleo de una célula.Rate it:

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aetas militarismilitary age.Rate it:

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aide-de-camplower ranked military officerRate it:

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alicui regnum deferre, tradereto invest some one with royal power.Rate it:

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all bark and no biteFull of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious.Rate it:

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all hat and no cattleFull of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious.Rate it:

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arma nuclearExplosivos de alto poder cuya fuente de energía está basada en reacciones nucleares. Dícese del arma potenciada por energía de esta naturaleza. Hoy en día, son las más destructivas del planeta.Rate it:

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armoured carmilitary vehicleRate it:

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at the mercy ofIn the power of; defenceless/defenseless against.Rate it:

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atom bombnuclear weaponRate it:

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au temps!As you were! (military command).Rate it:

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back in the saddleA return to work, return to military detachment, return to usual lifestyle.Rate it:

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bag of rationsA fussy or overly zealous military superior.Rate it:

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bald is boldShaving your head is a signal of power, dominion, focus - changing a bad situation into a brand-new trail...Rate it:

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baptism of fireThe first experience of a severe ordeal, especially a first experience of military combatRate it:

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beat one's swords into ploughsharesTo create a peaceful civilian instrument from military technologies.Rate it:

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beat upRepeatedly bomb a military target or targets.Rate it:

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bell it outAn electricians methodology to assure continuity in an electrical circuit. Utilizing and applying a low voltage power source to a circuit and applying a pretested door bell to the opposite end of the circuit to prove continuity.Rate it:

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benevolent overlordA person in a position of power.Rate it:

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big boysThe people or bodies with the most influence and/or power.Rate it:

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big shotA person with a reputation of importance or power.Rate it:

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big wheelA person with a great deal of power or influence, especially a high-ranking person in an organization.Rate it:

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black tieEvening dress; a standard of dress which is less formal than white tie, consisting of black dinner jacket or tuxedo jacket, and matching trousers, white shirt and black bow tie or, possibly, military dress or national costume.Rate it:

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blue-eyed boyThe favourite, especially a young one, of especially someone in power; a fair-haired boy,Rate it:

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boot campA short, intensive, quasi-military program generally aimed at young offenders as an alternative to a jail term.Rate it:

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boots on the groundThis smacks of a military jargon. Troops deployed to confront enemy. Modern warfare can be conducted from helicopters, drones, bombers with remote directed missiles, rockets and missiles from ships.Rate it:

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boots on the groundThe ground forces actually fighting in a war or conflict, rather than troops not engaged or other military action such as air strikes.Rate it:

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bosón ZJunto con el bosón W son las partículas mediadoras de la interacción nuclear débil, una de las cuatro interacciones fundamentales de la naturaleza. Es una partícula neutra, se simboliza Z y es ella misma su antipartícula.Rate it:

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bottom handWith a standard batting grip, the hand placed further down the handle of the bat; the batsman's dominant hand, providing most power to a shot.Rate it:

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brass ceilingAn unwritten, uncodified barrier to promotion or progression for women in law enforcement or the military.Rate it:

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break rankTo march or charge out of the designated order in a military unit.Rate it:

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break ranksTo march or charge out of the designated order in a military unit.Rate it:

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bring downTo make a legitimate rulership lose their position of power.Rate it:

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bring upTo turn on power or start, as of a machine.Rate it:

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brown powerThe production of electricity made from conventional sources, such as coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear power.Rate it:

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call upAn order to report for military service.Rate it:

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cannon fodderMilitary personnel who are regarded as expendable when attacking the enemy.Rate it:

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cargo-200the code word referring to casualties for transportation in the Soviet and modern Russian military. In its official meaning, Cargo 200 refers to bodies contained in zinc-lined coffins, but in military context this code word can be used for dead bodies as they are transported from the battlefield.Rate it:

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chain reactionA nuclear reaction in which particles produced by the fission of one atom trigger fissions of other atoms.Rate it:

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charge downTo lose electrical powerRate it:

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charge upTo recharge, to give electrical power to something.Rate it:

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check and balanceProvide mutual oversight and limitation by independent organizations in order to prevent abuses of power.Rate it:

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China syndromeOne instance of such a nuclear mishap.Rate it:

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China syndromeA hypothetical kind of catastrophic failure in which a nuclear reactor melts through the floor of its containment system and penetrates the earth's surface, continuing downward as if (from a Western Hemispheric point of view) traveling through the planet toward China.Rate it:

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choke upTo lose one's power of speech, because of embarrassment, fear etc.Rate it:

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Clip Your WingsTo cut off luxuries and privileges or take away the power and authority enjoyed by someoneRate it:

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