poise
noun
equilibrio
EN He allowed them to glow and fade, hue after hue: sunrise gold, the russet and green of apple orchards, azure of waves, the grey-fringed fleece of clouds. No, it was not their colours: it was the poise and balance of the period itself.
GL Stephen deixaba que brillasen e se esvaecesen, matiz tras matiz: o sol nacente dourado, vermello e verde dos pomares, o azul das ondas, a orla gris das nubes de algodón. Non, non era por causa das cores: era o equilibrio e a cadencia do propio período.
Fonte: RET (3293)
porte
EN Flashing her needles, glancing round about her, out of the window, into the room, at James himself, she assured him, beyond a shadow of a doubt, by her laugh, her poise, her competence (as a nurse carrying a light across a dark room assures a fractious child), that it was real; the house was full; the garden blowing.
GL Facendo refulxi-las agullas, mirando para o seu arredor pola ventá, mirando para a sala, para o mesmo James, ela aseguráballe, sen a menor sombra de dúbida, coa súa risa, co seu porte, co seu xeito (coma unha enfermeira cunha lámpada nun cuarto escuro dá seguridade a un neno asustado), que aquilo era real; a casa estaba chea; o xardín ondeaba con vida.
Fonte: CAR (467)
transitive verb
equilibrar
EN In many of the mountains great pillars of granite look as if they had been thrown into the air and poised themselves marvellously as they fell.
GL En moitas das montañas os grandes penedos de granito dispóñense coma se primeiro os botasen ó ar para despois equilibrárense a si mesmos ó tempo que caían.
Fonte: GAL (348)
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