mekemedil | n.poss.3s |
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kaumekemad | v.recip. | fight or make war against each other.
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mekemedei | v.i.inch. | war is starting to break out. |
benged el mekemad | expr. | full-scale war between villages. |
chad er a mekemad | expr. | warrior. |
er se er a mekemad | expr. | during the war. |
er se er a taem er a mekemad | expr. | during the war. |
merechorech el mekemad | expr. | small war or incident in which group of warriors sneaks into rival village; decapitates someone and returns home with head. |
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> Like the raid at Ulong, doing it in the evening Pertains to a battle between the people of the once-inhabited islands of Ulong and Ngemelis in which the leader of the Ngemelis forces successfully defeated those of Ulong by attacking in the evening with the setting sun directly at his back, blinding the Ulong forces. Application is to a meeting or task, which might better have been started earlier, postponed until evening |
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> Though an ally, yet hostile? A fellow clan member, or an employee, who should be loyal, but is not |
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> This was a command center for the Japanese airfield and follows a standardized design used at other Japanese bases in the Pacific. |
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> Soldiers are ready for any war. |
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> On the second floor was a transmitting command post, aircraft-unit command post, and an officer's room. |
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> Control yourself, it isn't war! |
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