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Poetry & Literature | | Greek term or phrase: ποτίσουν με το τίμιο αίμα τους | | Μαζί με τους Αυστραλούς στρατιώτες καταλάβαμε τα σπίτια και το ελαιουργείο του Σταυρωμένου που είπαμε στην αρχή. Δεν θα ξεχάσω ποτέ το πόσο παλικαρίσια πολέμησαν οι αντρείοι αυτοί Αυστραλοί Αξιωματικοί και Στρατιώτες και όπως ελέγαμε μεταξύ μας οι Έλληνες σε αυτούς θα πρέπει πάντα να οφείλουμε τιμή και ευγνωμοσύνη που ήλθαν από την μακρινή ένδοξη πατρίδα τους εδώ στον τόπο μας να πολεμήσουν μαζί μας για τη δική μας ελευθερία και να ποτίσουν με το τίμιο αίμα τους τα χώματα στους κάμπους και τα βουνά της δικιάς μας πατρίδας. |
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  Philip Lees
Greece
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| Reference: shed their honourable blood
Reference information:
Both "shed blood/bloodshed" and "spill blood" have an established usage and according to the Collins Dictionary ,
shed blood : to kill people by violence or war,
whereas , spill blood : kill or wound especially with a knife or sword; a literary use.
For some reason," shed" is the one I would agree on, and although "noble" is understandable, I think "honourable" is preferrable in this case.
| sylvia1000
Greece
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