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The same look of an unruly child behind his tortoise-shell glasses. | La misma mirada de niño rebelde, tras sus gruesos lentes de pasta. |
Worked bone, tortoise-shell, horn, antlers, coral, mother-of-pearl and other animal carving material, and articles of these materials, n.e.s. | Hueso, concha "caparazón" de tortuga, cuerno, asta, coral, nácar y demás materias animales para tallar, trabajadas, y manufacturas de estas materias, incl. las obtenidas por moldeo, n.c.o.p. |
The roof–made of granite that is at some points eight metres thick–is arched like a tortoise-shell. | El techo, hecho de granito, asemeja un caparazón de tortuga y en algunos puntos tiene hasta ocho metros de espesor. |
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