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I can hear it now, the great ringing crash of the stone hitting the floor mingling with the dreadful crunching of Gabriel's bones.Aún me parece oír el formidable estruendo de la piedra chocando contra el suelo y el horrible crujido de los huesos del sacristán.Sansom, Christopher John / DissolutionSansom, Christopher John / El gallo negroEl gallo negroSansom, Christopher JohnDissolutionSansom, Christopher John© C.J. Sansom, 2003
This is the time to look for Perseid Earthgrazers--meteors that approach from the horizon and skim the atmosphere overhead like a stone skipping across the surface of a pond.Este es el momento para buscar los meteoros Perseidas que se acercan desde el horizonte y rozan la atmósfera como piedras que saltan sobre la superficie de un lago.http://science.nasa.gov/ 06.07.2011http://science.nasa.gov/ 06.07.2011
Pumice stone anti-bump granules, washed in hydrochloric acid and calcinedPiedra pómez en fragmentos, lavada con ácido clorhídrico y calcinada.http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009
After cooling, transfer the solution into the distillation flask, dilute to approximately 500 ml with water and add a few granules of pumice stone (4.25).Después de enfriada, transvasar la solución al matraz de destilación, diluir hasta 500 ml con agua y añadir algunos fragmentos de piedra pómez (4.25).http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009
After dissolution add 2 g of magnesium oxide and a few anti-bump granules of pumice stone, and concentrate the suspension to 200 ml by boiling, thus expelling any trace of ammonia from the reagents.Una vez disueltos, añadir 2 g de óxido de magnesio y algunos fragmentos de piedra pómez y concentrar la suspensión en 200 ml por ebullición eliminando así cualquier resto de amoníaco que pudiera estar presente en los reactivos.http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009
Brother Guy lit them from his lamp and a yellow glow filled the chamber as he led us across to a sarcophagus with a bare stone lid, without inscription.El hermano Guy los encendió con la llama del candil, y una claridad amarilla inundó la cámara.Sansom, Christopher John / DissolutionSansom, Christopher John / El gallo negroEl gallo negroSansom, Christopher JohnDissolutionSansom, Christopher John© C.J. Sansom, 2003
Machine tools for working stone, ceramics, concrete or similar mineral materials or for cold-working glassMáquinas herramienta para trabajar la piedra, la cerámica, el hormigón o materiales minerales análogos o para trabajar el vidrio en fríohttp://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009
Make yourself small and like a stone.Hazte pequeña como una piedra.Sebold, Alice / The Lovely BonesSebold, Alice / Desde Mi CieloDesde Mi CieloSebold, Alice© 2002 por Alice Sebold© 2003 por Aurora Echevarria© 2003 por Random House Mondadori, S. A.The Lovely BonesSebold, Alice© 2002 by Alice Sebold
Ahead stood the great monastery church, solidly built of white stone now yellow with age.Frente a mí se alzaba la espléndida iglesia del monasterio, sólidamente construida con piedra blanca que el tiempo había amarilleado.Sansom, Christopher John / DissolutionSansom, Christopher John / El gallo negroEl gallo negroSansom, Christopher JohnDissolutionSansom, Christopher John© C.J. Sansom, 2003
Deep inside this, the four-year-old sat, his heart flashing. Heart to stone, heart to stone.Y en lo más profundo de éste estaba el niño de cuatro años con el corazón destellando: «Duro de corazón, duro de corazón».Sebold, Alice / The Lovely BonesSebold, Alice / Desde Mi CieloDesde Mi CieloSebold, Alice© 2002 por Alice Sebold© 2003 por Aurora Echevarria© 2003 por Random House Mondadori, S. A.The Lovely BonesSebold, Alice© 2002 by Alice Sebold
In some cases the stent was used as the sole alternative treatment or as a stepping stone treatment before the definitive tracheobronchoplasty.El stent se usó como alternativa única de tratamiento en algunos casos o como tratamiento puente hacia la traqueobroncoplastia definitiva.© SEPAR - Sociedad Española de Neumología y Cirugía Torácica© SEPAR - Sociedad Española de Neumología y Cirugía Torácica
The eye was led to the high stone rood screen halfway down the nave, richly painted with figures of the saints.Un alto cancel de piedra ricamente decorado con pinturas de santos separaba el coro del resto de la nave.Sansom, Christopher John / DissolutionSansom, Christopher John / El gallo negroEl gallo negroSansom, Christopher JohnDissolutionSansom, Christopher John© C.J. Sansom, 2003
Now he casually put his hand in the pocket of his safari shirt and palmed the stone.Se llevó la mano al bolsillo de la camisa de safari y palpó la piedra.Simmons, Dan / Phases of GravitySimmons, Dan / Fases de GravedadFases de GravedadSimmons, Dan© 1991 Ediciones В S.A.© 1989 by Dan SimmonsPhases of GravitySimmons, Dan© 1989, 2001 by Dan Simmons
The house was massive, a three - story structure of hand - hewn stone that had blackened with age.La casa era maciza, una estructura de tres plantas en piedra tallada a mano que se había ennegrecido con el paso del tiempo.Kellerman, Jonathan / When The Bough BreaksKellerman, Jonathan / La Rama RotaLa Rama RotaKellerman, JonathanWhen The Bough BreaksKellerman, Jonathan© 1985 by Jonathan Kellerman
'''When she is lying on the grass, they pry open her fist and see that it has fastened upon an object, a polished grey stone with a whirl of white staring out of its centre like an all-seeing eye.»Cuando está tendida en la hierba, le abren el puño a la fuerza y ven que aferra un objeto, una bruñida piedra gris con un remolino blanco en el centro que mira fijamente como un ojo que todo lo viera.Ghosh, Amitav / The Calcutta ChromosomeGhosh, Amitav / El cromosoma CalcutaEl cromosoma CalcutaGhosh, AmitavThe Calcutta ChromosomeGhosh, Amitav© 1995 by Amitav Ghosh
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Collocations
boundary stone
mojón
paving stone
baldosa
flat stone
laja
stone quarry
pedrera
stone chippings
rocalla
crushed stone
grava
kill two birds with one stone
matar dos pájaros de un tiro
pumice stone
piedra pómez
stone bench
poyo
filtering-stone
destilador
gall stone
cálculo biliar
kidney stone
cálculo renal
renal stone
cálculo renal
building stone
piedra de construcción
throw stones at
apedrear
Word forms
stone
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | stoned |
Imperative | stone |
Present Participle (Participle I) | stoning |
Past Participle (Participle II) | stoned |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I stone | we stone |
you stone | you stone |
he/she/it stones | they stone |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am stoning | we are stoning |
you are stoning | you are stoning |
he/she/it is stoning | they are stoning |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have stoned | we have stoned |
you have stoned | you have stoned |
he/she/it has stoned | they have stoned |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been stoning | we have been stoning |
you have been stoning | you have been stoning |
he/she/it has been stoning | they have been stoning |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I stoned | we stoned |
you stoned | you stoned |
he/she/it stoned | they stoned |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was stoning | we were stoning |
you were stoning | you were stoning |
he/she/it was stoning | they were stoning |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had stoned | we had stoned |
you had stoned | you had stoned |
he/she/it had stoned | they had stoned |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been stoning | we had been stoning |
you had been stoning | you had been stoning |
he/she/it had been stoning | they had been stoning |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will stone | we shall/will stone |
you will stone | you will stone |
he/she/it will stone | they will stone |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be stoning | we shall/will be stoning |
you will be stoning | you will be stoning |
he/she/it will be stoning | they will be stoning |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have stoned | we shall/will have stoned |
you will have stoned | you will have stoned |
he/she/it will have stoned | they will have stoned |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been stoning | we shall/will have been stoning |
you will have been stoning | you will have been stoning |
he/she/it will have been stoning | they will have been stoning |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would stone | we should/would stone |
you would stone | you would stone |
he/she/it would stone | they would stone |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be stoning | we should/would be stoning |
you would be stoning | you would be stoning |
he/she/it would be stoning | they would be stoning |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have stoned | we should/would have stoned |
you would have stoned | you would have stoned |
he/she/it would have stoned | they would have stoned |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been stoning | we should/would have been stoning |
you would have been stoning | you would have been stoning |
he/she/it would have been stoning | they would have been stoning |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am stoned | we are stoned |
you are stoned | you are stoned |
he/she/it is stoned | they are stoned |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being stoned | we are being stoned |
you are being stoned | you are being stoned |
he/she/it is being stoned | they are being stoned |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been stoned | we have been stoned |
you have been stoned | you have been stoned |
he/she/it has been stoned | they have been stoned |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was stoned | we were stoned |
you were stoned | you were stoned |
he/she/it was stoned | they were stoned |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being stoned | we were being stoned |
you were being stoned | you were being stoned |
he/she/it was being stoned | they were being stoned |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been stoned | we had been stoned |
you had been stoned | you had been stoned |
he/she/it had been stoned | they had been stoned |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be stoned | we shall/will be stoned |
you will be stoned | you will be stoned |
he/she/it will be stoned | they will be stoned |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been stoned | we shall/will have been stoned |
you will have been stoned | you will have been stoned |
he/she/it will have been stoned | they will have been stoned |
stone
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | stone | stones |
Possessive case | stone's | stones' |