Still, it’s odd that I never got my tongue around it, for apart from fleeing and fornication, slinging the bat* is my strongest suit; well, I speak nine languages better than natives, and can rub along in another dozen or so.
*Speaking the local language (Brit. Army slang)
Flashman and the Redskins, p.17, Pan Books edition, 1983.
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