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Passage 3

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The tone of the speaker is

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Anxious

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Serious

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Ironic

The speaker may run out of job, but he is being ironic, intended to amuse the listener/ reader.

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Doubtful

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‘Mercenaries’ are

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War heroes

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Ex- soldiers

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Fighter community

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Professional soldiers

Oxford Dictionary definition of ‘mercenary soldiers’ are professional soldiers hired by a foreign army.

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The ‘offer’ the speaker is talking about in the first statement of the passage

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Of frequent war

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Of hiring mercenaries

He is implicating that hiring professional soldiers by other nations, may increase their chances and they will have more offers on hand.

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Of better wages

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Of better pension

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Anti- communist means

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Communist supporter

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Comrade

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Communist opponent

Anti means against or opponent

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Communist fighter

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The speaker considers peace would be nasty because

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He likes the job as a mercenary

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There were more offers in sight

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He loved fighting wars for his nation

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Mercenaries would be out of job

It would be unpleasant if he and fellow mercenaries ran out of job. He would rather prefer war than an ‘outbreak of peace’ which may damage them.

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