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Significados de piece de resistance em inglês

The outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection.

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Examples for "showpiece"
Examples for "showpiece"
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All just seven days out from the showpiece of the hurling year.
The Irish Times
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It was by far the tallest building on the block, a showpiece.
Blind Man's Alley
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She's just a showpiece for him, and she looks great in clothes.
Accident
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Now, 26 years on, this club has another showpiece event to relish.
The Irish Times
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Australia's story at football's showpiece event is one of triumph and despair.
The Guardian
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Might help keep them alive or become a bona fide collector's item.
News.com.au
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It was a real collector's item, and would probably become a classic.
Immortality Inc.
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It'll become a collector's item, worth much more than the original cost.
The Tarn of Eternity
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The archetypal tale and the exquisite artwork make a collector's item of M.C.
The Irish Times
5
Instead, they become a kind of collector's item.
Wired
Uso de piece de resistance em inglês
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One becomes sated with an interminable piece de resistance of full dress.
Gala-Days
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Of course, the piece de resistance is that gotcha Giuliani scene.
News.com.au
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The ' piece de resistance' of the back wing, is the eyespot.
Moths of the Limberlost: A Book About Limberlost Cabin
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Exquisite interiors aside, the piece de resistance must be the Croc bowling alley.
News.com.au
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For the piece de resistance I goaded him into chin-ups.
The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl
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And then came the piece de resistance, performed by his boyfriend, the German DJ.
Life
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By A. London: 1852) the piece de resistance was not the happiest selection.
Essays in Literature and History
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Doctor's delicacies but the piece de resistance was undoubtedly the big platter of sea trout.
Anne's House of Dreams
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Each family is an authority in itself as to the choice of the piece de resistance.
Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book / Numerous New Recipes Based on Present ...
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The piece de resistance was a hunko de boeuf boile, flanked with some old clinging stuff.
Literary Lapses
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The piece de resistance at Jackalope is the damn beautiful pool and spa overlooking the vines.
News.com.au
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But the piece de resistance would have to be the double walk in-robes in the master bedroom.
News.com.au
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That means you'll please get the wood while I clean the ' piece de resistance' of our dinner.
Boy Scouts in Southern Waters; Or, Spaniard's Treasure Chest
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Tropical Truth 4: And of course, the final truth about Australia, the piece de resistance; all the chores.
The South African
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Now followed the piece de resistance.
Bohemian San Francisco / Its restaurants and their most famous r...
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I refer to the sharks' fins, and birds' nest-theEastern counterpart of the Western piece de resistance-theterrapin.
America, Through the Spectacles of an Oriental Diplomat