Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

When you have the ball above the net height on grass, it's easier to play, and when the ball comes at you more slowly, it's easier to play. But when a guy hits hard and deep, I think you have to have been out there playing to understand, but it's hard to really hit the ball.

French Athlete

Roy Romer

I do think there is something to be said for those who have significant experience at state level and have run campaigns or have been deeply involved in grass roots political campaigns and who have actual hands-on experience.

American Politician

Drew Barrymore

I've always said that one night, I'm going to find myself in some field somewhere, I'm standing on grass, and it's raining, and I'm with the person I love, and I know I'm at the very point I've been dreaming of getting to.

American Actress

Toru Takemitsu

The art music of the West has developed through out its history by means of individual geniuses, and out of the soil supporting them; non-Western musicians were born, and grew like the grasses of the field.

Japanese Composer

Jane Campion

There are some things that are real, that you can see, that you can observe, like the moon, and grass and things. But for ideas to become real, they have to be played on your senses.

New Zealander Director

Marat Safin

I pass through the difficult moments in life, really difficult times on grass, during my seven years of my career. All of a sudden I felt comfortable.

Russian Athlete

Jim Rash

I think what's cool about a body-switching movie is, 'The grass is always greener:' the idea that someone else has a better life than I do.

American Actor

Casper Van Dien

Green is my favorite. And it's my favorite because it's the color of my wife's eyes, grass, trees, life, and money, and mother earth!

Garbine Muguruza

With time, I've got more used to grass, and I think my style of game helps.

Spanish Athlete

Ernie Els

Playing from deep grass is a fact of life in professional golf.

South African Golfer

Grass is a basic element in nature, often seen in yards, parks, and countryside.

Landscape Element

Grass fields are common in outdoor sports, requiring specific shoes for traction.

Sports Settings

"The grass is always greener on the other side" is a saying about contentment.

Metaphors

Grass as slang for marijuana is informal and not appropriate in formal situations.

Slang Term

In many cultures, talking about 'grass' as a drug is sensitive and potentially offensive.

Cultural Reference

To 'grass on someone' is an informal expression mainly used in the UK for snitching.

Criminal Informant

Being called a 'grass' usually carries a negative stigma of being a traitor.

Negative Connotation

Grass pitches are associated with certain sports; their condition can affect gameplay.

Sporting Surface

Real grass in sports needs regular care like mowing and watering.

Maintenance Required

 He drove us a bit closer to have a look. Looking through binoculars, we could see she was pregnant and it was soon clear she was going to give birth. Herbivores time their births to coincide with the rains, as there's then much more lush grass to eat to raise their young. By all giving birth around the same time, there's less chance of your offspring being the one to get eaten by a predator.

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 Ah, spring. Grass growing, flowers blooming, trees growing new leaves, but if you get allergies, this explosion of new life probably inspires more dread than joy. Step outside, and within minutes, you're sneezing and congested. Your nose is running,

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 So here's a Imagine if we said, "Oh yes, we can get off fossil fuels. We'll use biofuels. Problem solved. Transport ... We don't need oil anymore." Well, what if we grew the biofuels for a road on the grass verge at the edge of the road?

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 this surge of life from the ashes feeds the next generation the new shoots are rich in essential minerals for nursing moms and plenty of grass means plenty of milk in just three weeks half a million wildebeest calves are born in the

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 important inputs for the long-term sustainability for the community I mean there will be more water there'll be less degradation but when this conserved like this and they can get more benefits they can take the grass once per two

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 and now they come out here and it's like wow big world grass wind rain snow you know coyote in the distance so it's it's that next step their mum has been in one of these pens before and quickly gives her new

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 and eventually emerges as one of britain's rarest butterflies ants are vital to the butterfly but if the grass is too long they move out so without sheep to keep the grass short there'd be no ants

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 in our diets means that throughout the history of civilization humanity has thrived by eating grass no different from our cows and our sheep cereal crops evolved as fast-growing species of grass

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 support you really are one in a million or one in 10 million they're setting off on the greatest overland trek made by any animal but wherever grass eaters travel predators lie in wait

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 and the grasses they depend on will soon wither and die most hippos have headed north following their all-important water