La Palabra del Día: El cristal
El cristal
crystal, glass; lens; window pane
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Cuando mi perra era un perrita, le gustaba poner su cabeza fuera de la ventanilla de mi coche. A veces, quería usar el aire acondicionado, así que no bajaba el cristal. Desgraciadamente, mi perra aprendió como bajar el cristal….arrrggghhh….
When my dog was a puppy, she liked to put her head out the window of my car. Sometimes, I wanted to use my air conditioning, so I didn’t roll down the window. Unfortunately, my dog learned how to roll down the window…arrrggghhhh…
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¡No te rías de mis cristales gruesos, puedo ver mejor que tú!. ¿Dónde está mi hueso, ha visto alguien mi hueso?
Don't laugh at my thick lenses, I can see better than you! Where's my bone, has anybody seen my bone?
Me hace feliz ver a una pareja que no tenga la suerte de gozar de gran belleza. Es como dicen 'La belleza depende del cristal con que se mire'.**
It makes me happy to see a couple who might not have been blessed with good looks, as they say beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
(if I wanted to better translate the might not have should I have used tenga instead of tiene?)
Edit gracias a Gintar y SP 
Para nuestro aniversario de boda de cristal (20 años) recibimos estos cristales muy especiales y desde entonces abrazamos el trago en vez del uno a la otra . . . . . .
For our crystal wedding anniversary (20 years) we received these very special glasses and since then we embrace the booze instead of each other . . . . . .
If I live in a glass house, I would be careful and not throw stones.
Si vivo viviera en una casa de cristal, me tendría cuidado y no tirar tiraría piedras.
Real crystal always shines in the sun and turns into the 7 colors of the rainbow.
El cristal auténtico siempre brilla en el sol y se convierte en los siete colores del arco iris.
Una de mis hijastras colecciona cosas con símbolos de la flor de lis, y hoy descubro descubrí una flor de lis de cristal. Ahora quiero comprar una para que pueda regalársela en Navidad.
One of my stepdaughters collects things with fleur-de-lis symbols, and today I discovered a crystal fleur-de-lis. Now I want to buy one so that I can give it to her on Christmas.
La especialidad de me esposa es trabajar con cristal.
A specialty of my wife's is to work with glass.
¿Qué pasó al cristal? Lo hizo.
What happen to the window pane? He did it.
Hugh Hefner was given the choice between two crystals...which one do you think he chose?
A Hugh Hefner estuvo dando se le dio la elección entre de dos cristales...¿cuál crees que eligió?
Corrected: A Hugh Hefner se le dio la elección entre dos cristales...¿cuál crees que eligió?
¡Esto contestará la pregunta! - This will answer the question!
Me gusta las películas de Indiana Jones, pero al Cráneo de cristal, no tanto mucho.
I like the Indian Jones movies, but not so much The Crystal Skull.
Mi abuela me dio una ponchera de cristal para mi boda.
My grandmother gave me a crystal punch bowl for my wedding.
Me gustaría tener unos zapatos de cristal como Cenicienta 
I wish I had glass shoes like Cinderella !
Con mis poderes de araña puedo limpiar los cristales fácilmente.
With my spider powers I can easily wash the windows.
Val Saint Lambert es una fábrica de cristal belga muy bien conocida, pero desgraciadamente los diseños están son un poco anticuados.
Val Saint Lambert is a very well-known Belgian crystal factory, but unfortunately its designs are a little bit out of date.
Cisne de cristal
¿Alguien sabe cómo reemplazar un cristal?
Does anyone know how to replace a windowpane?
