They decided to take the offensive.

他们决定采取攻势。

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If all else fails, I will take the offensive.

如果其他方法不行，我将采取攻势。

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In early March the Pathet Lao were ready to take the offensive.

三月初，巴特寮准备发动攻势。

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Dagne says highly de-centralized and mobile al-Shabaab forces threaten the Transitional Federal Government, and noted that African Union forces are constrained because they are not authorized to take offensive action.

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Nevertheless, on May 25th, Argentina's national day, Mr de la Rua attempted to take the offensive.

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But the town's threadbare garrisons suggest the army and gendarmerie would be ill-prepared to take the offensive.

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In other words, it would be allowed to take the offensive and not just a defensive stand.

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