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f stonepietra focaia flintpietra preziosa precious stonepietra miliare milestone ( also fig)* * *pietra s.f. stone: pietra angolare, corner stone (anche fig.); pietra artificiale, sintetica, artificial, synthetic stone; (arch.) pietra bugnata, ashlar work; pietra calcarea, limestone; pietra chilometrica, milestone; pietra confinaria, boundary stone; pietra da affilare, whetstone; pietra da costruzione, structural stone; (min.) pietra da gesso, gypsum; pietra da lastrico, flagstone; pietra da mulino, millstone; pietra da taglio, freestone; pietra del focolare, hearth-stone; (arch.) pietra di chiave, keystone; pietra di paragone, touchstone (anche fig.); pietra filosofale, philosopher's stone; pietra focaia, flint (o firestone); (chim.) pietra infernale, silver nitrate; pietra lavorata, dressed stone; pietra litografica, lithographic stone; (min.) pietra lunare, moonstone; pietra miliare, milestone (anche fig.); (min.) pietra perla, perlite; pietra per molare, grindstone; pietra pomice, pumice stone; (min.) pietra refrattaria, fire stone; una pietra preziosa, a precious stone; pietra dura, semipreziosa, semiprecious stone; un anello con tre pietre, a ring set with three stones; scagliare pietre contro, a qlcu., to throw stones at s.o.; un mucchio di pietre, a heap of stones; pavimento di pietra, stone floor; pietra tombale, sepolcrale, tombstone (o gravestone); cava di pietra, stone quarry (o stone pit); lastra di pietra, flag; lavorazione della pietra, stone dressing; taglio della pietra, stone cutting // pietra dello scandalo, ( chi ha dato scandalo) (chief) culprit; ( chi è di cattivo esempio) bad example // età della pietra, Stone Age // (med.) male della pietra, gravel stone // avere un cuore di pietra, to have a heart of stone // essere duro, freddo come una pietra, to be as hard, as cold as a stone // mettere una pietra su qlco., to let bygones be bygones: cambiò città e mise una pietra sul suo passato, he moved to a new town and forgot his past // non lasciare pietra su pietra, not to leave a stone standing // posare la prima pietra, to lay the foundation stone.* * *['pjɛtra]1. sfporre la prima pietra — (fondare) to set up
2.* * *['pjɛtra]sostantivo femminile1) (materia) stoneun muro di o in pietra a stone wall; una lastra di pietra — a flagstone
2) (sasso, roccia) stone, rockposare o porre la prima pietra — to lay the foundation stone; fig. to lay the foundations
3) (gemma) stonepietra falsa — paste, artificial stone
•pietra angolare — cornerstone (anche fig.)
pietra miliare — milestone (anche fig.)
pietra di paragone — touchstone (anche fig.)
pietra tombale — gravestone, headstone, tombstone
••chi è senza peccato scagli la prima pietra — prov. people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
la pietra dello scandalo — = a bad example
* * *pietra/'pjεtra/sostantivo f.2 (sasso, roccia) stone, rock; posare o porre la prima pietra to lay the foundation stone; fig. to lay the foundations3 (gemma) stone; pietra falsa paste, artificial stonechi è senza peccato scagli la prima pietra prov. people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones; avere un cuore di pietra to have a heart of stone; c'è un sole che spacca le -e there's a blazing sun; mettiamoci una pietra sopra! let bygones be bygones! la pietra dello scandalo = a bad example\pietra angolare cornerstone (anche fig.); pietra dura semiprecious stone; pietra filosofale philosopher's stone; pietra focaia firestone; pietra da gesso gypsum; pietra di luna moonstone; pietra miliare milestone (anche fig.); pietra di paragone touchstone (anche fig.); pietra pomice pumice (stone); pietra preziosa precious stone; pietra tombale gravestone, headstone, tombstone. -
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