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Значение идиомы outback
[outback] {n.} 1. The remote and uncultivated wilderness areas ofAustralia or New Zealand, with very few inhabitants.
Mike andBarbara roughed it in the Australian outback for nearly two years.
2.Any remote, sparsely populated region.
Tom’s old ranch in Texas isnext to an arid outback.





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