valley of the kings

A place in Egypt-the tourism capital of Africa.

There be big pyramids there

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textbook answer

(n.) An answer which fully answers the question in a way that a test book would.

What does BMW stand for?


Bayerische Motoren werke, which is German for Bavarian motor works, Bavaria being the place in Germany where area where the company started work, and motor works being the type of business.

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biblical scale

See biblical proportions

We cannot allow you to create a biblical scale disaster!

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beginners' luck

(Idiom) when someone new to the field outclasses the veterans, they will scornfully remark this.

<goatseman>That n00b is killing us off!

<veterankiller> beginners' luck, it'll wear off.

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flank

The extreme left or right of a military formation. The following is an extract:

Flank attack (Mil.), an attack upon the side of an army or body of troops, distinguished from one upon its front or rear.

Flank company (Mil.), a certain number of troops drawn up on the right or left of a battalion; usually grenadiers, light infantry, or riflemen.

Flank defense (Fort.), protection of a work against undue exposure to an enemy's direct fire, by means of the fire from other works, sweeping the ground in its front.

Flank en potence (Mil.), any part of the right or left wing formed at a projecting angle with the line.

Flank files, the first men on the right, and the last on the left, of a company, battalion, etc.

Flank march, a march made parallel or obliquely to an enemy's position, in order to turn it or to attack him on the flank.

Flank movement, a change of march by an army, or portion of one, in order to turn one or both wings of the enemy, or to take up a new position.

Flanks of a frontier, salient points in a national boundary, strengthened to protect the frontier against hostile incursion.

Flank patrol, detachments acting independently of the column of an army, but patrolling along its flanks, to secure it against surprise and to observe the movements of the enemy.

An out-flanking manoeuvre.

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call to arms

An event that causes people to become militant or vigilante, often, against the feel of the majority, or a large number of people.

9-11 was a call to arms for anti-muslim hate groups.

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Reichstag

The symbol of Germany democracy, burned down in the thirties. A dutch communist in the building that night was executed for the burning down, but it was beneficial to the new nazi government in permanent postponement of democracy.

It is unclear who burned down the reichstag; The nazis; Communist parties; Van der Lubbe?

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