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It was the first day of our expedition through the desert. The sun was at its highest point and our clothes got [weak | strong | soaking | howling | directed | a bolt out of the blue | come rain or shine] wet with sweat. Our guides were constantly glancing at the sky and talking anxiously to each other in their native language. Two hours before they had warned us about the sandstorm coming. Nevertheless, the head of our expedition intended to reach the destination point in time, [weak | strong | soaking | howling | directed | a bolt out of the blue | come rain or shine]. Suddenly, the wind gasps grew stronger and clouds of dust turned the skies red. My friend's horse reared suddenly and threw him. I got off and ran back in fright to help him get up. He must have sprained his ankle and couldn't put the weight on it. I asked the guides who rushed to give us support if we could make a stop to wait out the storm. Surprisingly, they refused to let us stop and said it was dangerous. One of them explained that you have to push on during the duststorm, otherwise you'll get buried by sand. The sand particles tend to gather quickly around any stationary object, be it a horse, a camel or a human, and they cover it completely. We had to move on. We wrapped pieces of cotton fabric around our heads and faces. The wind was [weak | strong | soaking | howling | directed | a bolt out of the blue | come rain or shine] and the wall of sand grew so dense we could hardly see the sun. Moreover, we could barely see each other and walked as fortune [weak | strong | soaking | howling | directed | a bolt out of the blue | come rain or shine] us. Meanwhile, my friend was in a very [weak | strong | soaking | howling | directed | a bolt out of the blue | come rain or shine] condition and I was trying my best not to lose sight of him. The torture seemed to last forever but in fact, it was a couple of hours.