wax
 noun
 cera
EN Almost as white as wax, with the marks and signs in her face as numerous and as fine as if they had been etched by a needle, with soft white draperies relieved by a faded green scarf on the delicate tone of which the years had further refined, she was the picture of a serene and exquisite but impenetrable sphinx, whose head, or indeed all whose person, might have been powdered with silver.
GL Case tan branca coma a cera, coas marcas e e as liñas na cara tan finas e numerosas coma se fosen gravadas cunha agulla, coa suave e branca vestimenta atenuada por un descolorido pano verde, dun delicado ton que se consagrara cos anos, era a imaxe dunha esfinxe serena, exquisita, pero impenetrable, coa cabeza, ou mesmo con todo o corpo, empoeirado de prata.
 Fonte: BES (476)
intransitive verb
prosperar
EN These examples demonstrate that the notion of pure and applied science waning and waxing at the expense of each other just doesn't hold water.
GL Estes exemplos dan conta de que non é certo que a investigación fundamental prospere ou decaia segundo decaia ou prospere a investigación aplicada.
Fonte: C20 (213)
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