His work has an earthy quality.

This earthy landscape calms my mind.

His life hangs by a thread of hope.

There is still room for improvement in this plan.

You can build a new house on this vacant lot.

His life is filled with a series of unusual events.

That strange event became a topic of conversation throughout the town.

This disease has a high mortality rate.

On top of losing his job, it never rains but it pours, he was also dumped by his girlfriend.

The apogee of the moon is about 405,000 kilometers from the Earth.