b. Informal To serve (a prison term): did time in jail; did five years for tax fraud. 12. Slang To cheat; swindle: do a relative out of an inheritance. 13. Slang To take (drugs) illegally: "If you do drugs you are going to be in continual trouble" (Jimmy Breslin). 14. Slang...
Why Do Some Soldiers Commit Violent Crime? Army Seeks AnswersThe Army released a study Wednesday that looks at how deployments, prior history, or other factors could cause soldiers to commit violent acts, including homicide.Lubold, Gordon
The base salary of an active duty soldier is calculated based on the soldier's rank and time in the service. The lowest rank in the Army, a private E-1, earns a base pay of $1,467 per month. But you are unlikely to stay at that rank for long: Soldiers frequently attain the ranks...
The Canadian Scottish Regiment is based in Victoria with additional locations at Nanaimo and Seal Bay. Part of the 39 Canadian Brigade Group and the Canadian Army Reserve in British Columbia, it is made up of soldiers from throughout Vancouver Island. They are about 30 serving out of Nanaimo ...
Army in a time of transition. How would you fix washington? The Washington Post asked the chamber’s referees, Alan Frumin, the Senate parliamentarian, who is retiring after 35 years. One of his recommendations: Speed up the confirmation process by putting key positions on a fast track. ...
Before they have classes,many Junior 1 students do military training.Army officers come to school.They teach students to stand and walk like soldiers.These three kids tell us their military training stories:How long does it last every day?What is it like?Like a long PE class.It is not ...
Peroratives are a species of collective indirect speech action because a necessary condition for their implicit meanings to be retrieved is the “prior acceptance” of lay and professional audiences, who thereby pay token tribute to scientific norms of assertion. Lay audiences adopt this posture of ...
英语翻译Where do you hear these words?In student military training!Before they have classes,many Junior 1 students do military training.Army officers come to school.They teach students to stand and walk like soldiers.These three kids tell us thei
Because the weather was so nice when we got on the motorway, I was planning to stop at Shap and maybe watch a few trains pass on the famous climb from Tebay; a gradient that used to severely tax the old steam locomotives and even makes modern traction cough a bit!
题目Some young soldiers (士兵) who had recently joined the army were being trained in modern ways of fighting in the s war their camp. One of the things they were shown was how an unarmed(没有装备的)man could take the enemy' s weapon (武器) away from him.First,...