Examples
“Near Glen Helen, where the Finke River goes through a gap in the Macdonnell Ranges and heads south towards the Simpson Desert and Lake Eyre, we turned northward upstream and wound along on the rocks and sand of its upper bed, through big river red gums.”
“Dr. Acland had joined the party; and he asked Millais to sketch their host as he stood contemplatively on the rocks with the torrent thundering beside him.”
“As Crug reached for another spear, Brun, Grod, and Droog reached the canyon and raced to the blind end, leaping up on the rocks at either side of the huge, pregnant mammoth.”
“This might be a clumsy attempt to make the death look accidental; the scenario would be that Dr. Nunley somehow slipped and fell into the open grave, hitting his head on the rocks that lay in the bottom.”
“The lichen on the rocks is a rude and simple shield which beginning and imperfect Nature suspended there.”
“A few deserted cottages perched on the rocks near by show us where the summer neighbors of our host live, but at all seasons his wild neighbors are the ones he hobnobs with the most; while his indoor companions are Montaigne, Sainte-Beuve, Carlyle, Arnold, Wordsworth,”
“Three hours before sunset Sharpe could see the Spanish flag atop Fort Ingles and he could hear the surf crashing on the rocks beside the Aguada del Ingles.”
“We drove twice on the rocks near the Scrophes (islands near the coast).”
“But blowing weather coming on, we were driven on the rocks twice in the passage of the Scrofes, and the dollars had another narrow escape.”
“Prom Capri they were rowed over to Amalfi, and narrowly escaped being dashed on the rocks by the sudden rising of a violent gale.”
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bbc uk china vocab.
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rock phrases/words
how rock is used
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metaphysical metaphorical places
not corresponding to a specific physical location
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problem words
quagmire, jam, fix, dilemma, predicament, pickle, quandary, mess, riddle, enigma, can of worms, pandora's box and 45 more...
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On Tha's
Metaphorically speaking.
on the sauce, on the rag, on the ball, on the wagon, on the fritz, on the up and up, on the lam, on the money, on the brain, on the flip side, on the rocks, on the down low and 13 more...
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