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Outback

/ˈaʊˌtbæk/
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(noun) The most remote and desolate areas of Australia; the desert and areas too arid for growing crops.

Layla got lost in the outback.
Layla will spend the night in the outback.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The travelers drove through the Australian ____ for three days without seeing another vehicle.

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