All 11 Uses
interpret
in
No Easy Day
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- Our interpreter stood next to the man as I pulled the hood off.†
p. 77.1interpreter = someone who translates language
- "Ask him why he had grenades and a chest rack," I told the interpreter.†
p. 77.3 *
- No one was hurt badly, but shrapnel from the RPGs hit an Army Ranger, our interpreter, an Afghan soldier partnered with us, and our combat assault dog.†
p. 119.8
- After surrounding a building, an interpreter had to get on a bullhorn and yell for the fighters to come out with their hands raised.†
p. 141.5
- An interpreter and a combat assault dog, named Cairo, rounded out the team.†
p. 158.4
- 'The remaining two assaulters and the interpreter would position themselves just to the northeast corner of the compound to deal with possible onlookers or local police.†
p. 167.7
- First using the interpreter, and then using the dog, and then visible lasers.†
p. 177.3
- The truth is, if we got to that point, no story we could come up with was going to cover up twenty-two SEALS packing sixty pounds of high-tech gear on their backs, an EOD tech, and an interpreter for a total of twenty-four men, plus a dog, raiding a suburban neighborhood a few miles from the Pakistani military academy.†
p. 195.8
- "Terp" was short for interpreter.†
p. 158.5
- Ali was the CIA interpreter on external security.†
p. 192.1
- Outside, Ali, the CIA interpreter, and the security team were dealing with curious neighbors.†
p. 242.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(interpret as in: interpret Spanish to English) to translate someone’s words into spoken words of another language while they are speaking
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(2)
(interpret as in: her interpretation of the data) to understand or explain something in a particular way -- often the meaning or significance of something
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(3)
(interpret as in: her musical interpretation) capture someone else's ideas, or express personal artistic ideas or feelings while performing someone else's work
- (4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)