grunt Anglais:

You're grounded

If time were reversed, raindrops would collect themselves from the ground and fly up to the clouds.

When warm, light, air crosses mountains it rises into the upper atmosphere and does not fall back to the ground. In this, and other, ways wind changes with the terrain.

Kori walked downwards as much as she could and ended up five stories below ground level.

An office building, with 22 stories above ground and 2 below, is under construction.

In the fight to abolish slavery Lincoln knew that he occupied the moral high ground.

There must be a sustained effort to listen to each other; to learn from each other; to respect one another; and to seek common ground.

How much ground beef do we need for this recipe? - About half a kilo, if I remember correctly.

ground for appeal, for divorce, of action

It's not my ground, I don't know anything about physics.

In the mountains it is not until the end of April that the snow disappears completely from the ground.

When the flight crew has their aircraft under control, everything is working normally and yet it still crashes into the ground, that's CFIT.

This is not about my capabilities. Even if I never had heard the slightest sound of english, I still could kneel down and put my face on the ground to show my submission. But who can force me into that?

The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holder's lack of rational conviction. Opinions in politics and religion are almost always held passionately.

jurneys on land

The perpetual usufructuary's ownership of buildings and facilities on land used is a right connected with perpetual usufruct.

Local industry flourished throughout the land in the Edo period thanks to the promotional efforts by each clan.

Our land abounds in nature’s gifts, Of beauty rich and rare; In history’s page let every stage, Advance Australia Fair!

Very regrettably, 1,900 square meters of land become desert every second.

The close-cropped lawn is beautiful in the eyes of a people whose inherited bent it is to readily find pleasure in contemplating a well-preserved pasture or grazing land.

In her book, "In the Land of Invented Languages," Arika Okrent speaks favourably about Esperanto.

Yesterday, I found a tiny piece of land for sale in a quiet residential area and I immediately decided to buy it.

It's ludicrous to continue business operations while selling off bit by bit the land on which your business depends.

As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce.

[land] lend

informal Succeed in obtaining or achieving (something desirable), especially in the face of competition: she landed the starring role in a new film

We are going to land in five minutes. We are going to land in five minutes. We are going to land in five minutes. We are going to land in five minutes.

It then became necessary to settle the best route for the line to follow; and that was determined, in the first place, by the shape of the land it had to cross.

When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs, a new sense of common purpose. Yes, we can.

When rain's fallen and the soil is moist, it becomes easier to pull out weeds.

Worms are sometimes beneficial to soil.

rich soil

Australians all let us rejoice for we are young and free. We’ve golden soil and wealth for toil. Our home is girt by sea.

Creationists were in my prayers today when I saw a program about a German vineyard near Lake Constance. They said the soil was very rich, created by a volcano 15 million years ago.

Agriculture is defined as the cultivation of soil for growing crops.

feeding on flesh from this soil that was hallowed

Hurricane force winds ripped trees out of the wet soil.

If we send all of them to landfill sites; over 130;000 kilos of lead will be released into the soil.

The soil in this area is very chalky.; Corn is grown a lot in this area - the soil seems to suit it very well.; These new plants haven't taken - they don't like this dry soil.

Sophie and Neil discover that soil has some surprising qualities and discuss how growing fruit and veg can be therapeutic too.

Cutting forests releases greenhouse gases from the wood and the soil, and fertilisers create greenhouse gases too

Gardeners in search of better soil are right up there on the admiration list too.

soiled linen

Stop maize monoculture, and reestablish multiple cropping, to combat the loss of landscape and soil diversity.