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"Haul down your flag" nghĩa là gì?
01 Nov, 2023
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"Haul down (one's) flag" nghĩa là đầu hàng.
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Captain Howell ordered Captain Chalmers to haul down his flag, but Captain Chalmers again refused.
The huge first lieutenant (trung úy) was demanding Python haul down her flag, signaling surrender (đầu hàng). Farther to the south, Emerald Castle was pounding Viper into submission (phục tùng).
I was particularly interested by your remark about the possibility that Australia might have i to decide whether or not she would haul down the flag in case the Mother Country entered into a war which Australia considered to be unjust (bất công).
She reminds me of U.S Grant; she marches (diễu hành) in her grand military way to the center of the room, and comes to an "order arms" with her broom and her slop (nước bẩn) bucket; then she bends on me a look of uncompromising (không khoan nhượng) determination and I reluctantly (miễn cưỡng) haul down my flag.
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