For some time she could see nothing before her but a flat waste of sand, which became hotter and hotter as the sun rose higher and higher.

荒凉的沙地一览无余，她找了很长时间却什么也没找到。太阳渐升渐高，天也越来越热。

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Dust rose from the footpaths to meet the grey miasma, forming a nasty veil of sand that scorched the faces of the passers-by.

便道上尘土飞起多高，与天上的灰气联接起来，结成一片毒恶的灰沙阵，烫着行人的脸。

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A wind rose in the southeast, all the plants on the dunes swayed, and the white sand clouds that had gathered finder the sun moved into the Mangos. A bad storm was on its way.

那股聚集在太阳下边的白色烟尘，已经向这边移动过来，驰进了莽古斯沙漠，那是一股强烈的风暴。

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White, sand, rose, and mauve those were the colors here, sand edging to green in places, with sporadic bursts of powdery yellow, weedy sunflowers blooming three-on-the-tree.

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Our children, Isabelle, Sophia, and Daniel, were creating islands and moats in the sand as the ocean slowly rose, sending a trail of water through their creations.

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The guest rose from his place and removed his dirty, sand-colored jacket.

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