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"touching the earth." A native speaker would use that phrasing. "Earth" in this context has the double meaning of literal soil and "the earth," the planet.
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2019-12-13T12:00:19Z (over 4 years ago)
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2019-12-08T03:08:37Z (over 4 years ago)
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"touching the **earth**." A native speaker would use that phrasing. "Earth" in this context has the double meaning of literal soil and "the earth," the planet.
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2013-10-14T10:05:44Z (over 10 years ago)
Original score: 5