| Approx.
time |
Expression |
Explanation |
| 0:33 |
wrote the book |
is an expert (in this area) |
| 0:39 |
criminal justice |
the government system for keeping social control, stopping and
reducing crime, and imposing penalties and rehabilitation on people convicted
of crimes |
| 0:44 |
bi-coastal |
on two coast lines |
| 1:02 |
came into the world with a bang |
entered the world with much show and attention |
| 1:22 |
air raid warning |
alert that bomber planes will be attacking |
| 1:32 |
birth canal |
channel through which a baby is born out from its mother |
| 1:41 |
decimated |
killed or destroyed a large number of |
| 2:14 |
Special Air Service (SAS) |
special forces unit of British Army founded in 1941 undertaking
reconnaissance, counter-terrorism, direct action, and human intelligence
gathering |
| 2:22 |
behind enemy lines |
across the divide where the enemy forces are in control |
| 2:26 |
fuel dumps |
stockpiles of gasoline for military vehicles |
| 2:46 |
Desert Rats |
7th
Armoured Division (United Kingdom) |
| 3:00 |
mine clearance |
process of removing land mines to make an area safe |
| 3:13 |
triaged |
separated out the worst medical cases |
| 3:31 |
Merchant Navy |
fleet of ships supplying the British war effort |
| 3:42 |
Royal Fleet Auxiliary |
ships that deliver worldwide logistical and operational support
for the British Royal Navy |
| 4:10 |
rivalry |
competition between two known opponents |
| 4:29 |
ostensibly |
supposedly, for the seeming purpose of |
| 4:48 |
Enigma Machine |
electro-mechanical machine used to encode and decode
secret messages |
| 5:04 |
encrypted |
written in a secret code |
| 5:25 |
Bletchley Park |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bletchley_Park |
| 5:43 |
Alan Turing |
the pioneering British mathematician/scientist highly
influential in developing the model of a general purpose computer and
cracking the WW2 German military codes |
| 6:13 |
Intelligence Service |
government agency that collects, analyzes, and uses information
to support law enforcement, national security, the military, and foreign
policy |
| 6:37 |
decrypted |
translated from code to regular language |
| 6:47 |
London postmark |
the official London post office stamp on an envelope |
| 7:27 |
surreal |
strange, bizarre, unusual, unreal |
| 7:46 |
draw your uniform |
get your uniform (from the supply department) |
| 8:28 |
contemporaries |
people of the same age |
| 9:12 |
autobiography |
story about a person’s life written by that person |
| 9:21 |
burglary at his writing lodge |
theft from the private building used for writing |
| 9:39 |
Keats, Kingshott, Kipling... |
Brian Kingshott’s name was alphabetically included between two
very famous British authors |
| 10:05 |
human trafficking |
selling people’s labor or bodies for money (without their
consent) |
| 10:18 |
ethics |
branch of philosophy that seeks to define right and wrong
behavior |
| 10:22 |
Renaissance Man |
man who has very diverse interests and knowledge |
| 11:12 |
bias against |
prejudice against |
| 11:39 |
picking up nuances |
able to distinguish small details |
| 12:02 |
cadre |
group of people with special training |
| 12:08 |
taken hostage |
being captured against one’s will by people who demand money or
special political/military payment in exchange for the person’s safe return |
| 12:29 |
get a bee in my bonnet |
get very excited about something |
| 12:50 |
counter-terrorism |
methods of fighting against terrorism |
| 12:52 |
30-odd years |
more than 30 years |
| 13:00 |
a dozen years on |
a dozen years later |
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