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Meanings of precipitous sides in английском

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Usage of precipitous sides in английском
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A goat could not have found footing anywhere upon its precipitous sides.
Terry / A Tale of the Hill People
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Below this cape the hills border the Gulf and frequently show precipitous sides.
Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar...
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At daybreak they halted in the depths of another tremendous gorge with precipitous sides.
Stories by English Authors: Africa (Selected by Scribners)
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French books contain illustrations of the men of this period driving game over precipitous sides.
The Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished Races
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I said, the precipitous sides of that high rock!
Memoirs of My Dead Life
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I mean the drapery of rocks in gorges, or along precipitous sides of hills or mountains.
Sanders' Union Fourth Reader / Embracing a Full Exposition of th...
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They reached the gulch and slowly worked their way down its precipitous sides to the bottom.
The Sheriff's Son
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The river valley is cut through a plain, and has precipitous sides about twenty-five feet in height.
The Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished Races
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On the west a deep gully with precipitous sides separated the settlement from a high, wooded bluff.
The Last Trail
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Their precipitous sides, clothed here and there with trees, marked where the descent was broken by platforms.
Foul Play
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The coulee wound aimlessly, with precipitous sides that he could not climb, even by leading his horse.
The Happy Family
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In Stillwater Canyon the walls ran up to 1300 feet in height, a narrow canyon, with precipitous sides.
Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico
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These towering cliffs are clothed with verdure, large trees clinging to their precipitous sides in a marvellous way.
The Cruise of the "Cachalot" Round the World After Sperm Whales
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Alesia, like Gergovia, is on a hill sloping off all round, with steep and, in places, precipitous sides.
Caesar: A Sketch
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Only one deep valley breaks the precipitous sides, but many streams flow in over the ridge, making beautiful waterfalls.
Bowdoin Boys in Labrador / An Account of the Bowdoin College Sci...
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Save from the direction of his own camp the way was closed either by precipitous sides or dense brush.
The Rules of the Game
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