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From reading Luftwaffe Diary
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Dido
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mischevous trick or prank
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Juno
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wife of Jupiter or queen of the gods
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flotsam
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wreckage of a ship
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jetsam
 Definition
overthrown cargo to lighten ship
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pyrrhic victory
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a victory at too high a cost
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caiques
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powered sailing ships
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pluck
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courage
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bumptious
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conceited
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defile
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single line or narrow canyon
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shoal
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large group or a sandbar
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astute
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keen or shrewd
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vex
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petty or annoy or distress
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multitudinous
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many
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tenable
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able to defend
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victuals
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food
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harried
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raided
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smote
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struck forcefully
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reticent
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not inclined to speak
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founder
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fill with water and sink
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desert
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uninhabitable region
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quay
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concrete wharf
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prevaricate
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evade truth
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concert
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mutually agree
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dogma
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belief that is strictly enforced
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peremptory
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that which can't be denied
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imperious
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imperative or urgent
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effect
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result from a cause
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affect
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have an effect on
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cynosure
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center of interest
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bent
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prepensity
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propensity
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natural leaning
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desist
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stop or cease
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enisage
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form an image in the mind
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firth
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narrow inlet
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chasten
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subdue
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jot
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small amount
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mete out
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portion out
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mettle
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courage
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fastidious
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daintily refined or not easy to please
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motley
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of many elements such as a motley group
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beleaguer
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encircle
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beset
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attack or surround
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steppe
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treeless plains of Russia
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ensconce
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settle securely
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denovement
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outcome
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smart
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feel pain
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besmirched
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toil
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athwart
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against or across
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riposte
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swift response
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asunder
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into pieces
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portend
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omen of
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presage
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warning of
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forebode
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have a presentiment
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presentiment
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feeling something bad is about to happen
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jovial
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good humor
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bereft
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deprived of or sad
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tenuous
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flimsy or thread like
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saw
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maxim or rule of conduct
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maxim
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saw or rule of conduct
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precept
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rule of moral concept
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pallor
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unnatural paleness
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ersatz
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substitute or inferior
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throng
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crowd
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