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Significats de bounding main en anglès

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The mass of water occupying all of the Earth's surface not occupied by land, but excluding all lakes and inland seas.

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Examples for "sea"
Examples for "sea"
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In the area of music, however, a sea change is in order.
Wired
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Earlier efforts produced fierce clashes at sea with anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd.
Radio NZ
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At least 20 fishing boats were reported missing at sea, police said.
Reuters
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The final entry, for December 15, simply read Storm ended, sea calm.
News.com.au
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Last year, the sea froze for the first time in 20 years.
The Guardian
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So whose responsibility is it to help prevent ocean-grabbing in developing nations?
The Guardian
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More than two billion years ago, sand settled on the ocean floor.
News.com.au
3
Even today our knowledge of the ocean floors remains remarkably low resolution.
A short history of nearly everything
4
My personal home has south facing glass, looking out over the ocean.
The new yorker
5
The ocean storms brewing meant they decided to continue to New Zealand.
Radio NZ
1
The South China Sea is a body of water south of China?
Radio NZ
2
However, it is only the fifth saltiest body of water on Earth.
BBC
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She closed the very short distance to the immense body of water.
Four dukes and a devil
4
We go to find another body of water, and to warn others.
Stonewielder
5
Over time a depositional feature builds out into the body of water.
Wired
Ús de bounding main en anglès
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We are on the bounding main, ticketed for a port thousands of miles away.
Nedra
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Buy an orphans' home, and dump 'em all in a big ship and go sailing, sailing over the bounding main.
Sunny Slopes
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Remember Madge "scanning the bounding main in vain" for Harold, that cameo from the Queen, and the days when Ramsay Street celebrated Christmas in June?
The Guardian