A.D.C.
abbreviation of aide-de-camp; a person who serves as an assistant to a higher-ranking personnel, usually related to military positions
baisodrome
French slang for bedroom, sexual intercourse
booby trap
a concealed, lethal, harmless-looking explosive device designed to go off when touched
C.B.
abbreviation for "confined to barracks"
crêpe de chine
a fine, lightweight silk, cotton, or worsted, with a plain weave and crêpe-twist fillingnce
en clair
a French term for "in clear"; (of a message) in ordinary, understandable language, rather in code or ciphered
Facist
an adherent of facism, an ideology characterized by dictatorship, extreme nationalism and racism
Iron Curtain
coined by Winston Churchill; the physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate blocs during the Cold War
konspiratsia
Russian term for "conspiracy"
Lenin, Vladimir
Russian revolutionary, first leader of the USSR, communist advocate and theoretician
lozenge
diamond-shaped
moujiks
Russian peasants
ouzo
an anise-flavoured alcholic aperitif, widely consumed in Greece and Cyprus
port-cochère
French term for "gateway"
raki
an unsweetened, licquorice-tasting alcoholic drink with a milky appearance that is popular in Turkey, Greece, Turkic countries, and the Balkan countries, also known as "Lion's milk"
S.A.S.
abbreviation for Scandinavian Airlines System, created in 1946 through mergers
Telekrypton
an offline one-time tape cipher machine known to have been used by Britain and Canada from 1943
zapiska
Russian term for "a note" or "a message"
