Our house bad never been flooded but, as I opened the front door, a wave of water greeted me.

我们的房子从没来没进过水，不过，当我打开大门的时候，一股水热烈地欢迎了我。

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The 8.9-magnitude quake, the biggest ever recorded in Japan, sent a wave of water several metres high sweeping far inland.

这次8.9级的地震是日本记录到的最严重的地震，引发几米高的海浪，席卷了内陆。

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All of a sudden, I see it, where my whole life, where my whole identity, where everything I thought I was, is a wave of water, has gone.

突然，我发现，我的整个生命，所谓的身份，我所认识的那个自己，都像水波一样，流走了。

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In many areas of fast-flowing water, a boat could be turned over by a wave as high as a house.

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Then,as the boat was carried to the top of a great wave, the captain looked across the water.

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Residents compared the wave of water that hit them to a tsunami.

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At one point in the video, a tractor and trailer pass in the opposite direction, causing a wave of water to surge over the Land Rover's bonnet.

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Wave refraction: process by which the direction of approach of a wave changes as it moves into shallow water.

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It was like there was a big drop and then the wave came over us, it was like a big wall of water.

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