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Meanings of hard aground in English

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Usage of hard aground in English
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The all-important Ausgleich remained hard aground, and could not be sparred off.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
2
It went hard aground on an unexpected rock near the Firaldian coast.
Surrender to the will of the night
3
The river fell during the night-someinches in all-she'shard aground on the shore.
The Purchase Price; Or, The Cause of Compromise
4
They landed by running hard aground and lowered their sail.
Autobiography of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, or Black Hawk
5
He was by this time very hard aground.
Chapters from My Autobiography
6
A moment later we were hard aground.
Driven Back to Eden
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Here we are, hard aground; and anybody that has a mind to come after us can take us.
Breaking Away; or, The Fortunes of a Student
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I'm sitting very-comfortablyon this step-yousee-that's the way it looks-butI'm stuck-hard aground-you'll have to tow me off.
A Day of Fate
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A year's rank!-that'sa great deal; a year would set me back, hard aground alongside of old Lyon, here.
The Wing-and-Wing; Or, Le Feu-Follet
10
He was contentedly aware that the compass of a yacht hard aground cannot lie and cannot be made to lie.
The Lion's Share
11
Again, when the timbers had gone hard aground, they had to be rolled over and over until the deeper water caught them.
The Rules of the Game
12
I joined the rush to the bows, and leaning over, saw that we were hard aground at the lower end of a sand bar.
The Way of a Man
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"Welcome to Qwghlm," he announced, "you are hard aground on the rock that we call the Dutch-hammer." Then he jumped.
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