chalk
 noun
 xiz
EN The cathedral has a noble cloister with tall, plain outer pillars and inner arches of double pillars with beautifully carved capitals: its granite, one would think, was soft as chalk.
GL A catedral ten un claustro nobre con piares exteriores, altos e sinxelos, e arcos interiores de dobres fustes con capiteis esculpidos con mestría; a pedra, podería pensarse, tiña que ser suave coma o xiz.
 Fonte: GAL (1011)
..... as white as chalk
pálido coma un morto
EN Poirot looked at him. He was as white as chalk.
GL Poirot mirou para el. Estaba pálido coma un morto.
Fonte: ASA (979)
transitive verb
..... to chalk up
lograr
EN The two ad hoc tribunals on former Yugoslavia and Rwanda have chalked up modest successes, but successes all the same.
GL Os dous tribunais ad hoc sobre a ex-Iugoslavia e Rwanda lograron éxitos modestos, pero éxitos de tódolos xeitos.
Fonte: C01 (166)
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