left flank

collocation in English

meaningsofleftandflank

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left
adjective
adverb
uk
/left/us
/left/
on or towards the side of your body that is to the west when you are ...
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flank
noun[C]
uk
/flæŋk/us
/flæŋk/
the area of the body between the ribs and the hips of an animal or ...
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(Definition ofleftandflankfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The sample vials and plugged catheter ends were placed in a canvas pouch sutured to theleftflankregion of the heifer.
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Worried about hisleftflank, he rode to the end of his line in the early afternoon.
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The imperial army then conducted a general attack to exploit the exposedleftflank.
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Benede is a versatile player, most at home on theleftflank.
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Eumenes dispersed this force with a flanking attack of his own light cavalry squadrons brought over from hisleftflank.
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The regiment was positioned to cover theleftflank.
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As evening fell, they were ordered to march to the relief of theleftflankof the army.
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Clermont, who had just sat down for a midday meal, was late in sending reinforcements and, as a result, hisleftflankwas crushed.
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A four-battalion task force watched for an envelopment on the farleftflank.
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The building that spans theleftflankof the school is also an old architecture.
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She was wounded twice during the battle: once when she was hit by shrapnel over the left eye and another time on herleftflank.
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The camel brigade was unable to support the light horsemen, which were attacked on theleftflankand forced to withdraw.
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The main magazine is beneath the salient of the front face andleftflankaccessed by a tunnel from the central parade.
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At each end of these marsh-lands there was a passage, through which the enemy's horse could come towards his right andleftflank.
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He placed his veteran cavalry on hisleftflankand settled back to plan the following day's attack.
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The centre advanced with its right flank exposed because of the refusal by some allied regiments to fight, while theleftflankmade limited progress.
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He was gave the orders that defeated the rebel charge on theleftflank, and decided the battle.
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Shortly afterwards two of the squadrons took up an exposed position on the bank of the wadi, covering the attackers'leftflank.
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Shaken by the obvious reverse on theleftflank, the right flank troops offered little resistance.
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