calas
English translation: test boring
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| 5 | coves |
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| 4 | " Scrapings" |
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| 3 | trenchs |
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| 3 | test boring |
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trenchs Explanation: No sé si es la palabra específica, de todas maneras éste es el significado. Otra opción: "ditch". |
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coves Explanation: Hole made in a wall to try its thickness. VOX Spanish/english dictionary |
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test boring Explanation: Simon and Schuster´s International Dictionary Spanish/English: cala: 3. (mas) test boring (in a wall) Funk & Wagnalls English dictionary: bore v. 1. to make a hole in or through with a drill. - n. 1. a whole made by or as if by boring DRAE: cala 4. f. Rompimiento hecho para reconocer el grueso de una pared o su fábrica o para descubrir bajo el pavimento cañerías, conducciones de agua, electricidad, etc. If you don´t want to take de risk you can always use "perforation", "bore" or similar. Suerte |
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" Scrapings" Language variant: "scrapings" Explanation: It sounds to me that we're talking about examining the window panes and trying to identify some substance by scraping off a sample of the material. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2008-07-12 19:04:12 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- " Examination of Paint Chips and Scrapings with the ..." links.jstor.org/sici?=0022-025(195401%2F02)44%3A5%3C647%3AEOPCAS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://www.fbi.gov/hq/lab/fsc/backissu/oct2007/stouder.htm |
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