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  • The phrase granito de arena , "small grain of sand," refers to a Guatemalan figure speech to describe the collective actions of many.

    Chronicle of War, Evidence of Crime Nicolas Rapold 2011

  • This is the case for the Afyon-marbles, cipollino, granito verde della sedia di San Lorenzo, porfido verde di grecia or serpentine, bianco e nero tigrato, breccia corallina, and rossa brecciato.

    Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Stone Report 1 2003

  • Any summer beverage made from fruit juice can be turned into a _granito_, by half freezing, in either of the following ways:

    Choice Cookery Catherine Owen

  • Any of these water-ices can be half frozen as _graniti_, and served in glasses as _granito_, the only exceptions being the almond and pistachio water-ices.

    Choice Cookery Catherine Owen

  • Italians call this _granito_, and it is a form of ice not often met with in this country.

    Choice Cookery Catherine Owen

  • The horses 'feet clattered sharply on the _pavé_ in the stillness of the narrow deserted streets; and the huge granito-built houses overhanging them, gloomy at all hours, appeared doubly inhospitable now that all lights were extinguished, the doors closed, and none ready to be opened at the call of weary travellers.

    Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. Thomas Forester

  • Lo que a ella le gusta de este trabajo es compartir las actividades con toda su familia, pues cada miembro pone un granito de arena en el taller, sin embargo también debe dedicarles tiempo a sus pequeños hijos para evitar algunos accidentes en el taller.

    Kiva Loans 2009

  • El pasado sábado 28 de noviembre se celebró una gran noche de gala latina en el hermoso restaurante Absinthe de la ciudad de Naples, donde muchos asistentes aportaron un granito de arena al Primer Festival Rock&arte 2009.

    naplesnews.com Stories 2009

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    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • "_Uno stato di granito_!" repeated the vice-governatore, looking at the podestà with some doubt in the expression of his countenance -- "it must be a painful existence which these poor people endure, to toil for their food in such a region.

    The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet James Fenimore Cooper 1820

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