The Military: Phrases
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Any organization as huge as the military will have an impact on the language that it speaks. I know that, in Germany, there are a lot of German phrases that originally referred to military ideas, and now they’re part of standard German. And English is no different. There are a lot of military expressions in ‘everyday’ English. Here are some idioms that I use pretty often:
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AWOL
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Face the music
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Hurry up and wait
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Mandatory Fun
After You’ve Heard the Recording
Have you ever been AWOL from an English class? Or from work? Do you have any experience with hurry-up-and-wait? Have you ever had ‘mandatory’ fun? Was it really fun?
