And in fact I don't remember talking very much about the war though they had been in the war.

不过，说实话，我们并不经常,谈战争，虽然他们参加过二战。

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People who have seen this before, done it before, lived through it, and now you can count on them not to run away, better than you can on a fresh recruit who's never done this before.

有经验,杀过人,亲历过战争的人,往往可以靠得住,不至于临阵脱逃,从没参加过战斗的新兵蛋子一般都不怎么靠谱

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