How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
Command Council of the Armed Forces of the North — The Command Council of the Armed Forces of the North (Conseil de Commandement des Forces Armées du Nord or CCFAN) was a Chadian rebel army active during the Chadian Civil War. Originally called Second Liberation Army of National Liberation Front… … Wikipedia
Museum for the Macedonian Struggle (Thessaloniki) — External view of the Museum The Museum for the Macedonian Struggle occupies a neo classical building designed by the renowned architect Ernst Ziller and built in 1893. In its six ground floor rooms the museum graphically illustrates the modern… … Wikipedia
Association of Armed Struggle — Związek Walki Zbrojnej (ZWZ; Association of Armed Struggle or more commonly, Union for Armed Struggle ) was the name of the underground army formed in Poland after the country was occupied by Germany and the Soviet Union as a result of the… … Wikipedia
Union for Armed Struggle — Związek Walki Czynnej ( Union for Armed Struggle , Union for Active Struggle , Association for Active Combat or other English language translations vary. Polish abbreviation: ZWC) was a Polish secret military organization, founded in 1908 by… … Wikipedia
The Two Faces of War — (As duas faces da guerra in Portuguese) is a documentary shot in Guiné Bissau, Cape Verde and Portugal, which includes a series of interviews and testimonies of people who lived through the colonial period of the war / liberation in Guinea Bissau … Wikipedia
armed — [ armd ] adjective ** 1. ) carrying a weapon, especially a gun: Be careful I think he s armed. armed with: a bank robber armed with a shotgun a ) involving the use of weapons: armed robbery former terrorists who have abandoned the armed struggle… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
struggle — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 fight ADJECTIVE ▪ epic, great, life and death, titanic ▪ bitter, desperate, fierce, heroic, violent … Collocations dictionary
struggle*/ — [ˈstrʌg(ə)l] verb [I] I 1) to try hard to do something that is very difficult She was struggling to cope with her work.[/ex] a documentary about this species and its struggle for survival[/ex] 2) to try very hard to defeat someone or stop them… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
armed */*/ — UK [ɑː(r)md] / US [ɑrmd] adjective 1) a) carrying a weapon, especially a gun Be careful – I think he s armed. armed with: a bank robber armed with a shotgun b) involving the use of weapons armed robbery former terrorists who have abandoned the… … English dictionary
The Green Book (IRA training manual) — The IRA Green Book is a training and induction manual issued by the Irish Republican Army to new volunteers. It was used by the post Irish Civil War Irish Republican Army (IRA) and Cumann na mBan, ( League of Women ), along with offspring… … Wikipedia
