10 АНГЛІЙСЬКА КНИЖКИ ПОВ'ЯЗАНІ ІЗ «IN AT THE KILL»
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in at the kill з наступної бібліографічної підбірки. Книжки пов'язані зі словом
in at the kill та короткі уривки з них для забезпечення контексту його використання в англійська літературі.
At the London headquarters of 'F' Section SOE (Special Operations Executive), they're sure Rosie Ewing's dead -- shot by Gestapo when running from a train that was taking her and other captured agents to Ravensbruck, the women's ...
Alexander Fullerton, 2000
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Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins
To be in at the kill is to be present at or benefit from the successful conclusion of
an enterprise. The image comes from the idea of the climax of a hunt. In 1814 the
future William IV, contemplating the defeat of Napoleon, wrote triumphantly, 'The
...
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
For example, He had a hand in their breakup, but he didn't want to be in at the
death, or They've done really well this year, and we want to be in at the kill. These
expressions originally alluded to hunters and hounds being present at the death
...
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
idioms be in at the kill to be present at the end of an unpleasant process • kill or
cure uk a way of solving a problem that will either fail completely or be very
successful: Having a baby can be kill or cure for a troubled marriage. • move/go
in for ...
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Soldier Stories: True Tales of Courage, Honor, and Sacrifice ...
... four cruisers and a battleship were tearing about at their highest speed round
the Scharnhorst. Torpedoes were being launched and guns were being fired by
eager captains anxious to be in at the kill. British fighting blood was aflame.
We can hang on and be in at the kill, even if it's at Land's End or John o' Groat's.'
Averell was silent – partly because one ought not to talk to the driver, and partly
because he had judged Tim's figure of speech to be infelicitous. Of course if Dave
...
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Naples '44: A World War II Diary of Occupied Italy
He was also particularly anxious that I should be in at the kill, and see that, after
all, the Carabinieri were a match for the reputedly invincible Lupo. This evening a
young policeman from Caivano turned up at the Riviera di Chiaia asking me to ...
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British Government: A Reader
in Policy Making
The First Secretary and the Chancellor, clearly in some sense working together,
leapt on Harold like wolfhounds in at the kill. That sounds a bit exalted for Harold,
but that's what it was. They tore him from both sides. They insulted him, tried to ...
... Greeley into "the sacred precincts of the House" — actually the Republican
cloakroom — and he listened to the proceedings from there: "After four years of
controversy, it was a great thrill to be in at the kill — even if the victory was
bloodless.
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The Insubordinate and
the Noncompliant: Case Studies of ...
The true ambition of our general staff was to build an army in Britain not
particularly for the defence of Britain but to be the spearhead of the attack on
Germany ... all our generals were concerned about was to be in at the kill. I have
talked to him ...
НОВИНИ ІЗ ТЕРМІНОМ «IN AT THE KILL»
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Neil Hamilton withdraws from Boston and Skegness UKIP vote
"The whole of my political life has been fought to achieve [getting out of Europe] and so I obviously want to be in at the kill," he said. null ... «BBC News, Листопад 14»
Neil Hamilton seeks Boston and Skegness seat
"The whole of my political life has been fought to achieve [getting out of Europe] and so I obviously want to be in at the kill," he said. "If Boston ... «BBC News, Серпень 14»
Nightmare Presents: This Is Not for You by Gemma Files
... share of theosophic psychobabble in order to get a bunch of women with similar interests to not just pitch in at the kill, but clean up after her. «Dread Central, Жовтень 13»
Ballan wins final Eneco Tour stage as Boom wins overall
There was even a point at which it looked like Contador, the 62kg Spanish featherweight, would be in at the kill, until Ballan and Boom lit the ... «Cycling Weekly, Серпень 12»
Ham challenges role of atomic bomb in WWII
Stalin completely ignored it and in the last stage of the war he was very keen to get "in at the kill", as he put it, to grab some of the spoils of the ... «ABC Online, Жовтень 11»
Longer, tougher Giro di Lombardia demands new tactics
Expect a lot fewer to be in at the kill this Saturday because, besides the new Sormano climb, the Italian super-classic has been lengthened to ... «velonews.competitor.com, Жовтень 10»
