quicksands
121quicksand — [[t]kwɪ̱ksænd[/t]] quicksands 1) N UNCOUNT: also N in pl Quicksand is deep, wet sand that you sink into if you try to walk on it. 2) N UNCOUNT, also N in pl You can refer to a situation as quicksand when you want to suggest that it is dangerous… …
122unwary — [[t]ʌnwe͟əri[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n If you describe someone as unwary, you mean that they are not cautious or experienced and are therefore likely to be harmed or deceived. [FORMAL] With its quicksands the river usually drowns a few unwary… …
123quicksand — noun (also quicksands) loose wet sand that sucks in anything resting on it …
124quicksand — also quicksands plural noun (C, U) plural n (C, U) wet sand that is dangerous because it pulls you down into it if you try to walk on it …
125Vachell, Horace Annesley — (b. 1861) Novelist. Romance of Judge Kitchener (1894), Quicksands of Pactolus (1896), A Drama in Sunshine (1897), The Procession of Life (1899), John Charity (1900), The Pinch of Prosperity (1903), The Hill (1905), The Face of Clay (1906), and …
126baggage — 1. Baggage and luggage overlap in use, although baggage generally connotes something heavier and bulkier and less easily transportable by hand. Some collocations are more or less fixed, e.g. excess baggage, baggage claim, baggage handler; and a… …
127Sandland — smėlžemiai statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Sistematinė grupė dirvožemių, susidariusių įvairiose (išskyrus aliuvines sąnašas) giliose smėlingose dirvodarinėse uolienose. atitikmenys: angl. quicksands; sandstone vok. Sandland …
128Sandstein — smėlžemiai statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Sistematinė grupė dirvožemių, susidariusių įvairiose (išskyrus aliuvines sąnašas) giliose smėlingose dirvodarinėse uolienose. atitikmenys: angl. quicksands; sandstone vok. Sandland …
