I was going to sand down the chairs and repaint them.
我打算用砂纸打磨这些椅子然后重新刷漆。
The water was always laden with pebbles, gravel, and sand, known as glacial outwash, that was deposited as the flow slowed down.
水里总是遍布鹅卵石、砾石和沙子——它们被称为冰水沉积，是在水流减缓时沉积下来的。
She rushed outside in time to see a half-mile wide mud and sand thundering down the hill toward them, knocking over hundreds of trees.
她及时跑了出去，看到半英里宽的泥沙从山上轰隆隆地向他们冲来，撞翻了几百棵树。
The child packed the sand down with his shovel.
小孩用铲子将泥沙压紧。
As she pulls the shoes out, the Tupperware box with the sandwiches in it breaks open and the ham and the cheese and the wholemeal bread slices fall into the sand, butter side down.
当她把鞋取出的时，装有三明治特的百惠盒里不小心打开了，火腿、奶酪和全麦面包片都掉在了沙滩上，黄油也流了下来。
The fossils were embedded in sand and gravel that were likely laid down by a river.
这块化石嵌在了可能是某条河流所沉积的沙和砾石之中。
In one instance, scientists found that hundreds of cubic yards of sand had avalanched down the face of a dune.
在一个实例中，科学家们发现大量立方码的沙粒从沙丘的表面崩落。
But how can it be launched quickly on a stormy night at low tide when the sea has retreated down a steep bank of shingle and out across several kilometres of boggy sand?
但是在一个暴风雨之夜，如何能在海潮退于海堤之下的时候还能穿越几公里的沼泽沙地区到海中救人呢？
As she gets down below the first layer, the stones are smaller, spikier, wetter, with more sand in the mixture.
当她挖开那块海滩第一层时，石头变得更小更尖细而且更加地潮湿，有更多的沙土夹杂在石头中。
Clamber up, slide down; gaze in awe at the wildlife that miraculously survives in this sea of sand; and be ready to take many photos as the colors of the dunes change constantly.
攀爬或是滑落，你会看见动物在这片沙漠之中如何奇迹般的生存，心存敬畏。准备好相机，这沙丘的颜色转瞬即变。
For the sun and sand, scoop up your laptop, head to the beach, plop down near the water's edge, and read this column.
置身于阳光和沙滩中，面朝海滩，打开便携式计算机，然后阅读本专栏。
On the dunes of Socotra island, Yemen. Seconds later the camel set off in a run down the dunes, its feet sinking into the sand.
也门，索科特拉岛（Socotra island）的沙丘上，一只骆驼的脚陷入到沙子里了，过了一会儿，它就一溜烟跑下了沙丘。
Then we laid down sheets with electric pads on top of them, then another sheet on top of that, then the sand on top of the that, so the sand covered an area of about three feet.
我们在床单上垫了一层电热垫，再垫上一层床单，最后把沙子辅在最上层，这样沙子总共覆盖了大约3英尺。
He flung himself down beside it on the sand, weeping as one trembling with joy, and in his brown arms he held it to his breast.
他整个儿扑到在她身边，匍匐在沙上，哭得像一个因欢喜而颤抖的人，并用他褐色的臂膀将她紧紧地拥在胸口。
The other friend replied: "When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away."
他回答道：“当有人伤害了我们，我们应该把它写进沙里，宽恕的风会把仇恨抹去。”
Scientists think the best explanation for the gullies is that seasonal melting of nearby water ice creates slurries of sand and liquid water, which flow down the crater's dunes.
科学家认为这些沟壑形成的最佳原因是，附近的水冰因季节性消融而形成的沙浆及液态水流下山丘形成了这些沟壑。
Some rocks from volcanoes break down to form black sand.
有些火山岩被撞碎后会形成黑色的沙。
He rained meat down on them like dust, flying birds like sand on the seashore.
他降肉像雨在他们当中，多如尘土，又降飞鸟，多如海沙。
I looked down that black hole, then turned and climbed the sand mound to hide my unprofessional tears.
我向下看了看了那个挖出来的黑洞，然后我回过头来爬上了那个小山偷偷擦掉了眼泪。
So some of the surplus glass is down-cycled into construction aggregates or sand for filtration systems.
因此有些剩余的玻璃被降级处理为聚合物或过滤系统的沙。
The other friend replied: quot;When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away.
他回答道：“当有人伤害了我们，我们应该把它写进沙里，宽恕的风会把仇恨抹去。
Then, to everyone's surprise, it sat down in the sand, raised its paw and bowed its head.
然而，让所有人吃惊的是，狮子在沙地上坐了下来，抬起前爪，点了点头。
After I had gotten his pants off, I attempted to throw him down into the sand.
我把他的裤子褪下来后，想把他推倒在沙滩上。
Ultimately, the kids are happy tossing a ball, building sand castles-and letting their guard down.
最终，孩子们高兴地掷球玩耍，建造沙滩城堡，放下了原来的那份矜持和警惕。
In the left hand picture, people are fleeing from voracious sand dunes because they cut down all the trees.
左图中，人们被贪婪的沙丘追赶，因为他们砍伐了所有的树木。
A cold hand squeezed his heart. He got down on his knees and began drawing Numbers in the sand.
一只冰冷的手攫住了他的心，他跪下来开始在沙子上写数字。
I looked down, around and back at my two feet placed firmly in the desert sand and suddenly realized I was in a safe place.
我低下头，看见自己的两脚牢牢地站在荒野沙土之中，突然意识到自己安然无恙。
When I finally came out and sat down, Carson took out a huge hourglass and put it down next to me so that the whole world could see the sand running down.
等我终于出场坐定之后，卡森取出一个巨大的沙漏，放在我的旁边，所有的人都看得见沙子下漏的情况。
The descent down the sand hiII took two hours. But eventually they arrived at their destination.
下沙丘的路走了两个小时，但最终他们到达了目的地。
The descent down the sand hiII took two hours. But eventually they arrived at their destination.
下沙丘的路走了两个小时，但最终他们到达了目的地。
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