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malamiko



enemy
enemy


Definitions

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malamiko
     1. n. enemy, foe
           Unu malamiko pli difektas, ol cent amikoj protektas. - The harm caused by a single enemy is greater than the protection provided by a hundred friends.
             (proverb, L. L. Zamenhof, Esperanta proverbaro)
     2. n. adversary, opponent

Example Sentences

Tio plej bona ofte estas malamiko de tio bona.
    The best is often the enemy of the good.
La dokumento falis en la manon de la malamiko.
    The document passed into the enemy's hands.
La malamiko atakis je la dorsa flanko.
    The enemy attacked from behind.
Religio estas sia propra plej malbona malamiko.
    Religion is its own worst enemy.
Ni pensis, ke vin kaptis la malamiko.
    We thought you'd been captured by the enemy.



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