Relentless winds have scored fine lines into the top of a dune and swept sand into a mangrove forest, smothering trees that are now reduced to denuded trunks.

无情的大风在沙丘顶部刻下一道道细线，把沙子刮进红树林，闷死了树木，如今只留下一根根光秃秃的树干。

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The lines of wind-sculpted sand are characteristic of immense sand deserts, or sand seas, and the Rub' al Khali is the largest desert of this type in the world.

在一些广袤的沙漠或沙海里常常有这种被风雕刻的痕迹，而鲁卜哈利沙漠是这类沙漠中面积最大的。

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The tone in the two days of meetings is said to have been more constructive and less extreme than the public rhetoric, with neither side drawing lines in the sand.

这场为期两天的会议的腔调据说要比公开说辞更具建设性，也没那么极端，双方都没有定下硬门槛。

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For example, you can add sand to prevent tiny breaks or lines from forming in the finished product.

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The same powdery sand also lines the northern beaches of the facing island, Haslewood.

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This highlights the trouble with lines in the sand: sometimes the tide washes them away.

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