Sentence examples of "chickened" in English
When he invaded Egypt he took along with him a massive portable library on the back of a converted cannon, as well as the 150-strong “Commission of the Arts and Sciences”, including many of the top intellectuals of the time (although some of the wiser ones chickened out).
Направляясь в военную экспедицию в Египет, он взял с собой большую переносную библиотеку, которую перевозили на лафете переоборудованной пушки, а также «комиссию по искусствам и науке» в количестве 150 человек, в которую вошли ведущие интеллектуалы того времени (правда, те, кто поумнее, потихоньку дезертировали оттуда).
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