When one of them had overpowered an enemy or a victim the two sank down into the vegetation, and the victor began to eat the vanquished.
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одолеть врага
Победить противника, используя превосходящую физическую силу.
A Honeymoon in Space
A Honeymoon in Space is a 1901 novel by George Griffith. It was originally serialized in abridged form in Pearson's Magazine in 1900 under the title Stories of Other Worlds. The scientific romance story depicts a tour of the Solar System, a type of story that was in vogue at the time.