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one of most famous phrases of 1917

The mood grew ugly. Chernov shrank precariously back as suspicious men and women surrounding him jostled closer to where he balanced. A big worker pushed his way through and came up close and shook his fist in Chernov’s face.

‘Take power, you son of a bitch,’ he bellowed, in one of most famous p…

—p.179 October: The Story of the Russian Revolution July: Hot Days (167) by China Miéville
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gallimaufry

As they approached, so too at the Neva’s mouth did a naval gallimaufry. A mad patchwork flotilla.

—p.175 July: Hot Days (167) by China Miéville
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aegis

the party gave its hurried and flustered blessing to a march on the Tauride Palace, in an effort to spread its aegis over a fait accompli

—p.173 July: Hot Days (167) by China Miéville
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elision

Perhaps they had been evasive, had elided distinct positions, and perhaps that had confused some audiences.

—p.164 June: A Context of Collapse (142) by China Miéville
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