If I can't, I want to knock him back, because what I really need to do is to get him out of the way.

如果杀不了,我就要把他击退,因为我真正的目的是把他从这条线路上推开

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The word in Greek is othismos, and if that was successful as it might be, it could knock down the lines of the front guys and get the other side running.

用希腊语来讲就是"othismos",如果这样的推搡战术成功,就能击溃方阵的前排,使敌方溃不成军

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