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Значения термина precipice на английском

A deep, steep-sided rift.

The inclined surface of any part of the Earth's surface, as a hillslope; also, a broad part of a continent descending toward an ocean, as the Pacific slope.\ (Source: BJGEO)

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Examples for "slope"
Examples for "slope"
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Simple slope may offer an acceptable alternative given its ease of calculation.
Pubmed
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It's a slippery slope, said a Western diplomat familiar with the issue.
Reuters
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He increased the speed; they tore down the slope in breakneck haste.
Red-Robin
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Don't let our country set foot on the slippery slope of nationalism.
BBC
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Regional differences were seen in the SI slope and SI change maps.
Pubmed
Использование термина precipice на английском
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The precipice grew in the darkness; the vertical rock had no ending.
The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
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Whatever it takes to prevent your beloved state falling off that precipice.
News.com.au
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She blinked several times and saw they had halted on a precipice.
Heaven and the heather
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I came down the precipice, and lost my way in the bushes.
The Precipice
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Once in a while I gave a look towards the ugly precipice.
The Land of the Long Night
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He sat down on the edge of the precipice watching the trail.
The Emigrant Trail
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I was like a child tiptoeing along a precipice overlooking the sea.
Memoirs of a geisha: a novel
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The upper precipice consisted of cliffs about 140 feet in perpendicular height.
Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume...
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They soon found it difficult to follow the brink of the precipice.
The Girl in the Golden Atom
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He walked cautiously to the brink of the precipice and looked over.
The Shagganappi
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Arthur knelt down and bent over the sheer edge of the precipice.
The Gadfly
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And she bore him back to the very edge of the precipice.
An Eye for an Eye
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South Africa is standing on the precipice of a fourth industrial revolution.
The South African
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This is the danger of brooding upon the precipice of evil thoughts.
Confession; Or, The Blind Heart. A Domestic Story
15
She looked thoughtfully out on the Volga, the precipice, and the park.
The Precipice
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For a mile or more they skirted the edge of the precipice.
A Voyage to Arcturus
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Precipice через время
Precipice в диалектах
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