There was, reportedly, hand-to-hand combat in the streets.

据说街上发生了肉搏战。

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The soldiers were engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.

战士们与敌人展开了肉搏。

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Few people realise, said Watson in London before setting off for the Antarctic, how dirty this old-fashioned sea war can get, with hand-to-hand combat, collisions, bombardments and sinkings.

沃森动身去南极前在伦敦说，很少人能明白这种老式的海上战斗有多残忍：面对面搏斗、冲撞、炮击、沉船。

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When his ammunition was depleted, he engaged the enemy in hand-to-hand combat until he was killed.

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In the hand-to-hand combat that ensued, nine of the Turkish attackers were killed.

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Now Bush finds himself in hand-to-hand combat on Gore's wonky turf, and issues have not been his best weapons.

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