Word: wallah
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...their meal one remarked, with his hand on his djambia, 'By God, these deserve to be killed.' I told him that they were prisoners of war and had gone to fight by order of their chiefs, who were responsible for all the trouble. Another gentleman exclaimed, 'Wallah! Hitrar alone is responsible for this rabshah [trouble].' While I was continuing my lecture a man said, 'Make sure that these prisoners do not run away at night.' (Please see that this is done...
...warship Admiral Graffs Bey ought to have fought till the end. If one of us is attacked he must fight till he is killed. It is disgraceful to run away or to kill oneself. Graffs Bey is a coward. Wallah! How do warships fight? Do they knock down one another or simply jump over one another...