and among males over the age of fourteen there were few untrained in the use of a lethal weapon
lethal a 致命的
but now the truth emerged that a worrying number of them had survived, the airfield had been used to land thousands more and the tide was turning in the Germans’ favour.
emerge v 出现
tide n.潮水，潮汐
He drew on his cigarette and delivered his own verdict.
verdict n. 裁决,判断,判决
Within a week the 40,000 combined Greek and Allied troops on Crete had been routed and thousands of Allies had to be evacuated with huge numbers of casualties and loss of life.
evacuate v 疏散
casual a 非正式的，随便的
The Cretan resistance became more organised, and several more men from the village disappeared to play their role in the unfolding events of the war.
resist v 抵抗
These andarte are putting all our lives at risk. Just for the sake of their own little adventures!’
sake n 缘故，原因
She loved to provoke these scenes but had rarely seen her father vent such fury.
provoke v 激怒，煽动
the foreigners were too fearful to go anywhere after dusk, suspicious of the island’s rocky and difficult terrain and aware of their vulnerability to attack in the dark.
suspicious a 可疑的，猜疑的
There was nothing, however, in their appearance to betray their true nationality.
nationality n. 国籍, 民族性, 国家
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