| 1 | Two companies were left behind to guard and mop up the recaptured territory. | |
| 2 | Cheap to recruit and equip, scouts are useful for running down fleeing troops and scattering archers. | |
| 3 | They want to get on with dealing the most humiliating defeat upon the remaining enemy: foes such as those employers who pay women less than comparable men; | |
| 4 | The Roman cavalry came back from the pursuit of Hannibal's horse to turn what was already a defeat into a disastrous rout. | |
| 5 | 要肃清这里的残敌不止需要火力,要改善对霍洛岛这样的贫穷小岛的管理,因为只有这样才能使行暴、圣战分子或者犯罪分子的理由不再那么有说服力。 Mopping up this mess will take more than firepower. Better governance is needed on poor islands such as Jolo, so that the law of the gun, jihadist or simply criminal, is less persuasive. |