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| пробирный камень; критерий (any test of genuineness or value: The touchstone for professional practice are the professional codes of ethics that govern medicine in face-to-face relationships with patients. Granada Spanish Dict. A standard or criterion by which something is judged or recognized: they tend to regard grammar as the touchstone of all language performance. NOED. pupil behaviour is a touchstone of the quality of the school system. NOTD Alexander Demidov); пробный камень; базальт; эталон (meili); стандарт; лакмусовая бумажка (There is a danger that Moscow looks set to make the issue of ballistic missile defence a touch-stone for its broader relationship with Washington. BBC Alexander Demidov); мерило (AlexandraM); краеугольный камень (первый камень, который кладут в основание строения, принимает на себя основную тяжесть и определяет расположение здания Mila79); ориентир (ad_notam) | |||
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| точка отсчёта (Liv Bliss); проверка (Liv Bliss) | |||
| базанит; лидийский камень; лидит | |||
| пробирный камень (для анализа благородных металлов) | |||
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| Осело́к (шут при дворе герцога Фредерика в комедии Шекспира "Как вам это понравится") | |||
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| (A.Rezvov); a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis (merriam-webster.com A.Rezvov); a test or criterion for determining the quality or genuineness of a thing (merriam-webster.com A.Rezvov); a black siliceous stone related to flint that is used to test the purity of gold and formerly silver by the streak left on the stone when rubbed by the metal (merriam-webster.com A.Rezvov) | |||
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touchstone : 26 phrases in 5 subjects |
| General | 19 |
| Geology | 1 |
| Makarov | 1 |
| Proverb | 4 |
| Religion | 1 |