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con capocchia
with heads
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brillavano anche granchi piccoli come la capocchia di uno spillo. È meraviglioso, ma è proprio così. gli animali del mare guardavano il cavo telegrafico.
the dark night brooded above; but in the ocean the millions and millions of small living creatures lighted it. crawfish, not even as big as a pinhead, gave out light. it is quite wondrous, but now that's the way it is.
si tratta di un chiodo di ferro, di circa 22 cm di lunghezza, munito all’estremità di una capocchia, e all’altra di una punta intaccata e piegata.
it is an iron nail about 22 cm long, with a head at one end and a nicked and bent point at the other. an ancient tradition holds that the relic was found, together with the true cross, by saint helena, constantine’s mother, in ad 326, when she went to golgotha, where the crosses of the savior and the two thieves had been found.
punte, chiodi, puntine da disegno, rampini, graffette ondulate o smussate ed articoli simili, di ghisa, ferro o acciaio, anche con capocchia di altra materia, esclusi quelli con capocchia di rame
nails, tacks, drawing pins, corrugated nails, staples (other than those of heading 8305) and similar articles, of iron or steel, whether or not with heads of other material, but excluding such articles with heads of copper