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summat: something (dialect)
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happen: perhaps (dialect)
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gabbers: those who talk too much (slang)
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fealty: loyalty (feudal tenants’ fidelity to the lord)
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beholden: obliged, indebted to
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martial law: military government, civil law having been suspended
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cirrus: high, wispy cloud
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bought it: killed (slang)
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fixated: obsessed by
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reveille: waking signal in armed services, sounded in the morning by bugle or drums
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Sabine woman: According to the legend, the Sabine women were carried off by the Romans, but grew so fond of their captors that they placed their bodies between them and their vengeful husbands.
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camber: slight convexity of surface
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utility: vehicle used for a number of purposes
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Cain: eldest son of Adam, who killed his brother Abel
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Enoch: eldest son of Cain (Genesis 4:17)
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milk and honey: abundance, plenty