At 7 o'clock on the morning of the 11th of July 1804, Alexander Hamilton and Vice President Aaron Burr faced each other on the duelling ground.
1804年7月11日早上7点,亚历山大·汉密尔顿和副总统亚伦·伯尔在决斗场上对峙。
哈利波特与凤凰社
" But instead of leaving it to Madam Hooch to sort out, you two decided to give an exhibition of Muggle duelling, did you? " bellowed Professor McGonagall. " Have you any idea what you've—Hem, hem."
" Thanks! " Harry said to Neville, pulling him aside as Sirius and his Death Eater lurched past, duelling so fiercely that their wands were blurs; then Harry's foot made contact with something round and hard and he slipped.
One of his hobbies while at the Technical University was fencing and it was during a bout, he acquired the notable duelling scar on his face that would give his countenance a characteristic edge for the remainder of his life.
That should say " toot" , let's put another t there. Again. " In tooting two tutors astute tried to toot a duke on a flute. But duets so gruelling and only in duelling when tutors astute toot the flute." Weird.
A duel is an arranged engagement in combat between two individuals, with matched weapons in accordance with agreed-upon rules.
Duels in this form were chiefly practiced in early modern Europe, with precedents in the medieval code of chivalry, and continued into the modern period (19th to early 20th centuries) especially among military officers.