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Quite a lot of my days involve men with beards and Kalashnikovs.
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The speaker says that a large part of everyday life involves men who have beards and carry Kalashnikovs. The plain wording makes these armed men a recurring presence, not an unusual encounter. It presents the speaker’s days as frequently shaped by proximity to weapons and the people who use them.
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