grano1

¹ = grain.

Ex. Most of these (like the photo on the right) are aluminum oxide, but a few grains of spinel have also been found.

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* grano de arena = grain of sand.

* grano de arroz = grain of rice.

* grano de cacao = cacao bean, cocoa bean.

* grano de café = coffee bean.

* grano de sal = grain of salt.

* hacer una montaña de un grano de arena = get + worked up about nothing, fret about + nothing.

* hacer una montaña de un grano de arena = make + a mountain out of a molehill.

* ir al grano = cut to + the chase.

* separar el grano de la paja = divide into + Adjetivo + sheep and + Adjetivo + goats, sort the + Adjetivo + sheep from the + Adjetivo + goats, separate + the wheat from the chaff, sort out + the wheat from the chaff, sift + the wheat from the chaff.

* un grano de arena en el desierto = a drop of water in a bucket.

* un grano de arena en el desierto = a drop in the ocean.