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• n  a swarthy complexion

• Tougher and more determined than his fairer-skinned colleagueswho made fun of his swarthinessin less than nine months he raced through a 2-year course in tactics .
• Tougher and more determined than his fairer-skinned colleagueswho made fun of his swarthinessin less than nine months he raced through a 2-year course in tactics .

• darkness
• duskiness