galley slave in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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galley [Am ˈɡæli, Brit ˈɡali] N

I.slave [Am sleɪv, Brit sleɪv] N

II.slave [Am sleɪv, Brit sleɪv] VB intr inf

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galley slave in the PONS Dictionary

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Thus, the release of the galley slaves was an instrument of diplomacy.
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Ships were made stouter, taller, and more able to carry heavy armaments -- and new methods had to be sought to replace locomotion by galley slaves.
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Most galley slaves lived little more than five years.
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Both films based on the novel depict the historically inaccurate galley slaves.
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He spent a couple of years as a galley slave before regaining his freedom during a mutiny.
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On two other occasions during the war, captured enemy galley slaves were given freedom by the victors.
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Many of them were galley slaves because they were lightly dressed and well-trained.
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My characters are galley slaves.
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In adolescence, ponine becomes a pale, puny, meagre creature, with a hoarse voice like a drunken galley slave's, having been roughened by brandy and by liquors.
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The rest of his galleys were already badly damaged, the galley slaves had been exhausted to the point of near death.
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