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Do you mean you'll do those things at the same time?

It's hard to be absolutely certain without more context but I'm pretty sure it's American military slang for a duty assignment. A...

If you're the gooseberry, you're the third wheel. Imagine going out for a meal or similar with a couple who are in a romantic...

That's a "third wheel" in AmE.

No, I doesn't work there. Also, I've never heard of anyone feeling like a gooseberry. What does it mean? Is it perhaps a translation of...

In both cases you should use the definite artcle before "US Defense Department".

No- you could say that they were double-dealing, but don't use playing.

As Glizdka's question tends to imply, "all in one goal" doesn't make sense.

Do you mean "in one go"?

I wouldn't use sentence C.

To me there is no practical difference in meaning. Doubt is one of those nouns that can be countable and non-countable with no difference.

That's not your man.

They can also mean different things: "If you had been there, you would have heard the good news." - You were not there. This is a...

Yes, in the same context, they would both be understood to mean the same thing.

I don't think I want to eat anything from one of their ovens! ;)