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Question 1

Bruke and Wills: Across Australia

Across Australia?

Answer 1

across:
/əˈkrɒs/
1. from one side to the other
1a. moving or looking from one side of a place, space, or line to the other.

Across can be used in the following ways:
1. as a preposition (followed by a noun): I walked across the road.
Across Australia.
2. as an adverb (without a following noun): Our host hurried across to meet us.

Question 2

Australia is a huge city, and the outback is desert.

outback?

Answer 2

outback:
Noun /ˈaʊtˌbæk/
the large areas of land in Australia that are not used for growing crops and are far away from any city or town.

crop: noun /krɒp/

COUNTABLE a plant grown for food, usually on a farm.

Question 3

outback is the Australian word for the interior of the country.

interior of?

Answer 3

interior:
Noun
/ɪnˈtɪəriə(r)/

Inside; the inner part of a country or region that is furthest away from its borders or coasts.
e.g: a two-day journey into the interior.
interior of: Europeans built railways in the interior of Africa.

Question 4

Australia is a huge city, and the outback is desert.

desert?

Answer 4

/ˈdezə(r)t/

COUNTABLE/UNCOUNTABLE
a large area of land with few plants and little water and where the weather is always dry

Question 5

In some years, it rains only 8 centimeters in the outback, but in other years, rainstorms turn the desert into sandy swamps.

centimeter?

Answer 5

/ˈsentɪˌmiːtə(r)/

the American spelling of centimetre

Question 6

In some years, it rains only 8 centimeters in the outback, but in other years, rainstorms turn the desert into sandy swamps.

rainstorm?

Answer 6

​NOUN
COUNTABLE
/ˈreɪnˌstɔː(r)m/
a storm with a lot of rain

Question 7

In some years, it rains only 8 centimeters in the outback, but in other years, rainstorms turn the desert into sandy swamps.

turn into?

Answer 7

PHRASAL VERB

change something; become

Question 8

In some years, it rains only 8 centimeters in the outback, but in other years, rainstorms turn the desert into sandy swamps.

sandy?

Answer 8

ADJECTIVE
/ˈsændi/

• Covered with sand, or consisting mostly of sand
  e.g: a golden sandy beach
  The soil was sandy, and nothing seemed to grow in it.

Question 9

In some years, it rains only 8 centimeters in the outback, but in other years, rainstorms turn the desert into sandy swamps.

swamp?
باتلاق/ مرداب

Answer 9

​NOUN
COUNTABLE/UNCOUNTABLE
/swɒmp/

an area of land covered by water where trees and plants grow