ground
/ɡɹaʊnd/ sustantivo A1En español: suelo, huello, fondo, campo de futbol
- The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground. · Look, I found a ten dollar bill on the ground!
- Terrain.
- Soil, earth. · The worm crawls through the ground.
- The bottom of a body of water.
- Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
- Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause. · You will need to show good grounds for your action.· He could not come on grounds of health, or on health grounds.
- Background, context, framework, surroundings.
- The area on which a battle is fought, particularly as referring to the area occupied by one side or the other. Often, according to the eventualities, "to give ground" or "to gain ground".
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Phrasal verbs y expresiones
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A SICK STAG lay down in a quiet corner of its pasture-ground.
A MISER sold all that he had and bought a lump of gold, which he buried in a hole in the ground by the side of an old wall and went to look at daily.
The other, seeing that he must be attacked, fell flat on the ground, and when the Bear came up and felt him with his snout, and smelt him all over, he held his breath, and feigned the appearance of death as much as he could.
The Witch of the North seemed to think for a time, with her head bowed and her eyes upon the ground.
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