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The Cohort of the Damned choose

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[UK] E. Duplesis Cohort of the Damned 51: That poor stiff won’t bite you, or is it that your dainty nose can’t abear the smell from the dead guy .
at abear, v.
[UK] E. Duplesis Cohort of the Damned 108: [Y]ou must not on any account try to cover me. That would only get you in trouble and do no good .
at cover (for) (v.) under cover, v.
[UK] E. Duplesis Cohort of the Damned 7: I let him have four bullets [...] I gave him three in the back of his head for good measure [...] Tough. I felt kind of sorry for him—now that he was out .
at out, adj.
[UK] E. Duplesis Cohort of the Damned 69: The machine-guns especially ripped away, coughing out a steady stream of bullets on the advancing Riffs .
at rip, v.
[UK] E. Duplesis Cohort of the Damned 101: [H]e gave his orders to his aides in a sharp, crisp accent, denoting that though he disliked his job others should still snap to it .
at snap to (it) (v.) under snap, v.
[UK] E. Duplesis Cohort of the Damned 7: I let him have four bullets [...] I gave him three in the back of his head for good measure [...] Tough. I felt kind of sorry for him—now that he was out .
at tough, adj.
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