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behaving in a brave and exciting way, especially like a fighter in the past: commencer à apprendre
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brave sailor fights off marauding band of pirates armed to the teeth. It sounds like a scene from a swashbackling Hollywood film.
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to warn someone of a possibly dangerous situation: commencer à apprendre
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An anonymous letter alerted police to the possibility of a terrorist attack at the airport. Alerted by a look-out at 6am
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a person who watches for danger: commencer à apprendre
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One of the burglars waited outside to act as a lookout. Alerted by a look-out at 6am
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to wave something in the air in a threatening or excited way: commencer à apprendre
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She brandished a saucepan at me so I ran out of the kitchen. He saw the pirates brandishing machine guns and a rocket launcher.
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commencer à apprendre
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and returned fire with a jet of water, forcing them to retreat. He unreeled a high-pressure hose
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a pause or rest from something difficult or unpleasant: commencer à apprendre
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We worked for hours without respite. In the brief respite, he began to prepare the other weapon
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all the weapons and military equipment that a country owns: commencer à apprendre
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he prepared the other weapon in the ship's armoury
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to happen in a strong or violent way: commencer à apprendre
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a situation in which you are suffering or are in great danger and therefore in urgent need of help: commencer à apprendre
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a captain sent an international distress signal.
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to hit or push with force: commencer à apprendre
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Someone rammed (into) my car in the parking lot And then tried to ram the pirates
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abbreviation for public address system (= equipment for making sound, especially someone's voice, louder in a public place): commencer à apprendre
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They've just announced on the PA that our flight's been delayed. he told passengers over the PA system: "Stay inside, we're under attack."
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a person who attacked and stole from ships at sea, especially someone allowed by a government to do this in the 17th and 18th centuries commencer à apprendre
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pirate He took dramatic pictures of the high-sea buccaneers.
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an agreed amount of money that you pay to an insurance company for insurance, either as one payment or as one of a series of payments: commencer à apprendre
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Many shipping lines don't report attacks to keep down their insurance premiums.
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able to be explained or shown to be reasonable; understandable: commencer à apprendre
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The jury decided that the shooting was justifiable because Rogers thought his own life was in danger. Is Norman Fisher's opinion justifiable when he said we owe an awful lot to Michael and Som
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