grail

objetivo supremo, santo grial

Algo muy deseado que se intenta encontrar o alcanzar durante mucho tiempo.

En inglés sencillo: Something people want very much and spend a long time trying to find or achieve.

• For her, winning gold was the ultimate grail.
• A cure remains the holy grail of their research.
• Collectors have spent years searching for this grail.

Cómo se usa: the holy grail of something (A cheap, reliable battery is the holy grail of this research.)

Sinónimos: ultimate goal, dream, prize

Expresiones frecuentes: holy grail, ultimate grail, grail of research

Santo Grial

Copa sagrada relacionada con Jesús que los caballeros buscan en relatos antiguos.

En inglés sencillo: The sacred cup associated with Jesus that knights search for in old stories.

• The knight searched for the grail.
• Stories about the grail inspired many writers.
• In the legend, only one knight finds the grail.

Sinónimos: Holy Grail

Expresiones frecuentes: holy grail, seek the grail, grail legend

gradual

Libro con la música y la letra de los cantos usados en los servicios religiosos de la Iglesia católica.

En inglés sencillo: A book containing music and words sung during services in the Roman Catholic Church.

• The choir sang from the grail.
• The library owns a medieval grail.
• Several chants are missing from this damaged grail.

Sinónimos: gradual

Expresiones frecuentes: church grail, medieval grail, grail manuscript

grava, gravilla

Pequeños trozos sueltos de piedra o tierra.

En inglés sencillo: Small loose pieces of earth or stone.

• Grail covered the narrow path.
• Their feet scattered the loose grail.
• Rain washed grail down the slope.

Sinónimos: gravel, grit

Expresiones frecuentes: loose grail, grail path, grail and dust