" Some one with both feet on the ground is a person with a good understanding of reality.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

His tall hat flew off and soldiers found it on the ground with a bullet hole through it.

VOA: special.2010.05.10

One Sunday morning, Everett looked out of the window and saw that the ground was covered with snow.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

Babe dug his feet in the ground and pulled with all his strength until the road became straight.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

And then another winter came, the cold wind blew and the ground again was covered with snow.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

Today,VOA broadcasts to satellites in space that send the signal back to stations on the ground that transmit programs with a clear signal.

VOA: special.2010.12.08

Someone with both feet on the ground may not be as open and easy to deal with as someone who is down to earth.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

If the ground does freeze in your part of the world, simply cover your carrot garden with a thick layer of leaves or straw.

VOA: special.2009.02.24

and with the many international partners and aid organizations that are now on the ground."

VOA: special.2010.01.16

By supporting nuclear energy, the president may be seeking common ground with Republicans who have called for building as many as one hundred new nuclear power centers.

VOA: special.2010.02.19

It sits flat on the ground with the bottom open to the earth.

VOA: special.2010.07.13

At night, Babe would make noises and hit the ground with his feet.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

After all,they observe the skies with huge ground-based and costly space telescopes.

VOA: special.2009.08.25

Plants established in the ground may do well just with normal rainfall.

VOA: special.2010.06.29

Its long branches, so heavy with flowers, almost touched the ground.

VOA: special.2009.11.15

The buyers were left with worthless holes in the ground.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

Another American,Jerry King, was on the ground at his U.S.base in England, helping to load planes with paratroopers and supplies.

VOA: standard.2009.06.02