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Meanings of chalky soil in English

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Usage of chalky soil in English
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Nor did I ever meet with or hear of a chalky soil.
A Tour in Ireland. 1776-1779
2
Most species and cultivars dislike chalky soil, salt spray or hot, dry conditions.
The Guardian
3
No-Man's-Land here was wide-open, usually treeless, and covered with a fine, chalky soil.
The gun
4
Give it a damp, shady spot and do not bother on chalky soil.
The Guardian
5
From its elevated position and chalky soil, the air is pure and the situation healthy.
A Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe in 1817 / With Notes Taken...
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It likes chalky soil and a cool position.
The Guardian
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Behold the first road I had seen yet- aroughwagon-roadploughed deep in the chalky soil!
Poor Miss Finch
8
He leaped off a couple of seconds later, and finally landed on the chalky soil of France.
The Wolf’s Hour
9
At its far end, a row of tar barrels stood out very black against the chalky soil.
The forgotten soldier
10
This chalky soil was as powerless to retain moisture as the fingers of a skeleton to hold money.
The system of the world
11
Through these could be seen here and there the golden chalky soil-andoccasionally a glittering, white metallic boulder.
A Voyage to Arcturus
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Soaked by the rain and cut up by cart wheels, the chalky soil had become a lake of liquid mire.
Four Short Stories By Emile Zola
13
The chalky soil produced miserable crops of wheat, maize, and potatoes that yielded no just return for the labour expended.
Two Summers in Guyenne: A Chronicle of the Wayside and Waterside
14
But the surface was a mixture of chalky soil and rock fragments that had been badly loosened by the wet weather.
The stand
15
The thin, chalky soil of Sussex is singularly favourable to poppies and charlock-theone scarlet, the other a sharp yellow; they cover acres.
The Life of the Fields
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Many of these were planted in 1760 and reputedly watered by hand until the saplings had become fully established in the dry chalky soil.
BBC
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