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Leave: Vacation time nearly completely free unless an emergency recall occurs. [11] Shore leave or Liberty (US): Permission to leave the ship/base to enjoy non-work activities. [11] Maritime Insertion: Mid-watch: Tends to be the midnight to 0400 watch. Also known as "balls to four" due to military time equivalent 0000-0400. [11]
AAW An acronym for anti-aircraft warfare. aback (of a sail) Filled by the wind on the opposite side to the one normally used to move the vessel forward.On a square-rigged ship, any of the square sails can be braced round to be aback, the purpose of which may be to reduce speed (such as when a ship-of-the-line is keeping station with others), to heave to, or to assist moving the ship's head ...
The soul leaving the body Glue factory To die Neutral Usually refers to the death of a horse Gone to a better place [10] To die Euphemistic: Heaven Go over the Big Ridge [11] To die Unknown Go bung [2] To die Informal Australian. Also means 'to fail' or 'to go bankrupt'. Go for a Burton: To die/break irreparably Informal British, from WWII.
Heather Rae El Moussa is taking a moment to look back at the highs and lows of 2024.. The Selling Sunset alum, 37, reflected on a negative habit she plans on leaving behind as she enters 2025 with ...
The British infantry forces of 7.600 men led by general Hamilton attacked from the south and the cavalry of 1700 mounted men, led by brigadier general B. T. Mahon, from the north in a pincer movement, so that the diminished garrison of 300 to 400 Boer burghers had to retreat leaving their wagons behind. Kommandant Coetzee was among the killed ...
The hit Netflix film Leave the World Behind has viewers buzzing about the possibility of a sequel after its “mystifying” ending. However, there is currently no word on the possibility of a ...
In this usage, a leaving group is a less formal but more commonly used synonym of the term nucleofuge. In this context, leaving groups are generally anions or neutral species, departing from neutral or cationic substrates, respectively, though in rare cases, cations leaving from a dicationic substrate are also known. [3]
Unless you are leaving your own wedding reception, there is no reason everyone at the party should be made aware of your exit. Save the trumpets and tears for your own affairs. Please.