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Rpsh Posted 12 years ago
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a run of reverses

The talks will continue later in the week and come as the Ukrainian military faced a run of reverses on the battlefield which Kiev says have been engineered by the intervention of at least 1,600 Russian combat troops.

Does it mean a lot of failures? and What is "engineer", regarded as a verb here?
  

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rpsh What is "engineer", regarded as a verb here? com/dictionary/english/engineer reverse = go backwards as a retreat or setback

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rpshWhat is "engineer", regarded as a verb here?
See entry #7
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/engineer

reverse = go backwards as a retreat or setback
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Got it, thank you!
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