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strong point

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strong point [′strȯŋ ‚pȯint]
(ordnance)
A strongly fortified and heavily armed point in a defense system, usually supported by auxiliary armed positions.


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When most of the Subalterns sat upon him with sofa-cushions to find out why he had not said that acting was his strong point, he answered very quietly:--"I don't think you ever asked me.
Here the author describes minutely everything belonging to Don Diego's mansion, putting before us in his picture the whole contents of a rich gentleman-farmer's house; but the translator of the history thought it best to pass over these and other details of the same sort in silence, as they are not in harmony with the main purpose of the story, the strong point of which is truth rather than dull digressions.
Porthos didn't understand any too clearly; but then we know that understanding was not his strong point.
 
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