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121 pianos
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122 pick out
1) (to choose or select: She picked out one dress that she particularly liked.) escolher2) (to see or recognize (a person, thing etc): He must be among those people getting off the train, but I can't pick him out.) reconhecer3) (to play (a piece of music), especially slowly and with difficulty, especially by ear, without music in front of one: I don't really play the piano, but I can pick out a tune on one with one finger.) tirar de ouvido -
123 pound
I noun1) ((also pound sterling: usually abbreviated to $L when written with a number) the standard unit of British currency, 100 (new) pence.) libra esterlina2) ((usually abbreviated to lb(s) when written with a number) a measure of weight (0.454 kilograms).) libraII noun(an enclosure or pen into which stray animals are put: a dog-pound.) curral, cercadoIII verb1) (to hit or strike heavily; to thump: He pounded at the door; The children were pounding on the piano.) bater2) (to walk or run heavily: He pounded down the road.) andar pesadamente3) (to break up (a substance) into powder or liquid: She pounded the dried herbs.) pilar, triturar -
124 practise
['præktis]1) (to do exercises to improve one's performance in a particular skill etc: She practises the piano every day; You must practise more if you want to enter the competition.) exercitar, treinar2) (to make (something) a habit: to practise self-control.) praticar3) (to do or follow (a profession, usually medicine or law): He practises (law) in London.) exercer• -
125 scale
I [skeil] noun1) (a set of regularly spaced marks made on something (eg a thermometer or a ruler) for use as a measure; a system of numbers, measurement etc: This thermometer has two scales marked on it, one in Fahrenheit and one in Centigrade.) escala2) (a series or system of items of increasing or decreasing size, value etc: a wage/salary scale.) escala3) (in music, a group of notes going up or down in order: The boy practised his scales on the piano.) escala4) (the size of measurements on a map etc compared with the real size of the country etc shown by it: In a map drawn to the scale 1:50,000, one centimetre represents half a kilometre.) escala5) (the size of an activity: These guns are being manufactured on a large scale.) escalaII [skeil] verb(to climb (a ladder, cliff etc): The prisoner scaled the prison walls and escaped.) escalarIII [skeil] noun(any of the small thin plates or flakes that cover the skin of fishes, reptiles etc: A herring's scales are silver in colour.) escama- scaly -
126 second thoughts
(a change of opinion, decision etc: I'm having second thoughts about selling the piano.) mudança de opinião -
127 stale
[steil]1) ((of food etc) not fresh and therefore dry and tasteless: stale bread.) velho2) (no longer interesting: His ideas are stale and dull.) batido3) (no longer able to work etc well because of too much study etc: If she practises the piano for more than two hours a day, she will grow stale.) exaurido -
128 stool
[stu:l](a seat without a back: a piano-stool; a kitchen stool.) tamborete, banco
См. также в других словарях:
piano — Piano … English-Hawaiian dictionary
PIANO — Dans le monde occidental, le piano est devenu, après la guitare, l’instrument le plus répandu dans le grand public. En effet, sa polyphonie et sa tessiture (possibilité de jouer plusieurs notes ensemble sur une grande étendue d’octaves) en ont… … Encyclopédie Universelle
piano (1) — {{hw}}{{piano (1)}{{/hw}}A agg. 1 Che è piatto e disteso secondo la linea orizzontale: strada, tavola, piana. 2 (geom.) Che giace in un piano: figura piana | Geometria piana, che studia le figure giacenti in un piano; CONTR. Solido. 3 (fig.)… … Enciclopedia di italiano
piano — sustantivo masculino 1. Instrumento musical de diversas formas y tamaños, compuesto por diferentes cuerdas golpeadas por unos martillos controlados desde un teclado, que permite obtener distintos matices de sonido: tocar el piano, afinar el piano … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
piano — 1. (pi a no) adv. 1° Terme de musique, qu on écrit en abrégé sous cette forme, P, et qui indique qu il faut adoucir le son. Se prend quelquefois substantivement, en parlant de l expression d un passage (sans s au pluriel, parce qu il… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
Piano — Sn Klavier erw. obs. (19. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus frz. piano forte, eigentlich leise laut , dieses aus it. pianoforte, zu it. piano leise, schwach , aus l. plānus flach , und it. forte stark aus l. fortis (Fort). Das Instrument wurde so… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
Piano — Pi*an o, Pianoforte Pi*an o*for te, n. [It. piano soft (fr. L. planus even, smooth; see {Plain}, a.) + It. forte strong, fr. L. fortis (see {Fort}).] (Mus.) A well known musical instrument somewhat resembling the harpsichord, and consisting of a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
piano — »leise, schwach«: Das musikalische Fachwort wurde im 17. Jh. aus gleichbed. it. piano entlehnt, das auf lat. planus »flach, eben« (vgl. ↑ plan) zurückgeht. – Dazu gehört die Steigerungsform pianissimo »sehr leise« (17. Jh.). – Mit dem Adjektiv… … Das Herkunftswörterbuch
Piano — »leise, schwach«: Das musikalische Fachwort wurde im 17. Jh. aus gleichbed. it. piano entlehnt, das auf lat. planus »flach, eben« (vgl. ↑ plan) zurückgeht. – Dazu gehört die Steigerungsform pianissimo »sehr leise« (17. Jh.). – Mit dem Adjektiv… … Das Herkunftswörterbuch
piano — pianò fr. piano adv. et m. piano ; pianoforte > « Aqui li via dé flueito, dé clarineto, dé guitarro … dé piano dré, lon, carra, pounchu !…» V. Gelu [Mistral écrit normalement piano avec l accent tonique sur le a. Il cite d ailleurs ce vers de… … Diccionari Personau e Evolutiu
piano — piano, como un piano expr. grande, enorme, importante. ❙ «Una noche los amigos traen al hijo con una castaña como un piano.» Gomaespuma, Familia no hay más que una. ❙ «En fin, es un bodrio como un piano.» C. Pérez Merinero, Días de guardar. ❙… … Diccionario del Argot "El Sohez"
