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A Legionnaire's Journey choose

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[Oth] L. Aparvary Legionnaire’s Journey 290: ‘You could at least say ‘boo’ instead of staring at me like a stuck pig!’ .
at stare like a stuck pig, v.
[Oth] L. Aparvary Legionnaire’s Journey 153: More than a small dose of courage was needed to saunter into the enemy camp without any back up .
at back up, n.2
[Oth] L. Aparvary Legionnaire’s Journey 47: I raked myself over the coals for getting my friends into this mess .
at call over the coals (v.) under call, v.
[Oth] L. Aparvary Legionnaire’s Journey 230: ‘Heart trouble my foot. You’re a good faker and they fell for it’.
at faker, n.
[Oth] L. Aparvary Legionnaire’s Journey 50: Let’s trade women in skirts for women in bathing suits. [...] Without our uniforms [...] we’ll be in a better position to stake out the available ‘merchandise’ .
at merchandise, n.
[Oth] L. Aparvary Legionnaire’s Journey 52: I know only too well that many legionnaires are troublemakers, but please don’t write us all off on that basis .
at write off, v.
[Oth] L. Aparvary Legionnaire’s Journey 204: I would bid Saigon farewell somewhat depleted of cash but not totally wiped out .
at wipe out, v.
[Oth] L. Aparvary Legionnaire’s Journey 230: ‘Slurp up that wine and let’s go’.
at slurp, v.
[Oth] L. Aparvary Legionnaire’s Journey 190: The hot coffee with rum helped to straighten me out a bit .
at straighten, v.2
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