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[biːd]1) (jewellery) perlina f.2) relig. (of rosary) grano m.3) (drop) (of sweat, dew) goccia f., perla f.* * *[bi:d](a little ball of glass etc strung with others in a necklace etc: She's wearing two strings of wooden beads.) perlina- beady* * *bead /bi:d/n.5 (archit.) bastoncino; fusaiola; tondino6 (chim.) goccia di fondente7 (mecc.) cordone; modanatura; nervatura8 (pl.) (relig.) rosario; collana● (chim.) bead test, saggio alla perla di borace □ to draw a bead on sb. [st.], prendere bene di mira (o mirare con cura a) q. [qc.] □ (relig.) to tell (o to count, to say) one's beads, dire il rosario.(to) bead /bi:d/A v. t.1 provvedere di grani; ornare di perle; imperlare2 (tecn.) nervareB v. i.beadingn. [u]2 (archit.) modanatura a tondini4 (mecc.) nervatura; bordatura.* * *[biːd]1) (jewellery) perlina f.2) relig. (of rosary) grano m.3) (drop) (of sweat, dew) goccia f., perla f.
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