Usage examples of "arena" in Spanish with translation to English

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Viene una tormenta de arena. A dust storm is coming.
Sólo quería poner mi granito de arena... Just my 2 cents...
Mary tiene forma de reloj de arena. Mary is hourglass-shaped.
De un grano de arena hace una montaña. He makes a mountain out of a molehill.
Mi tío me regaló un reloj de arena. My uncle gave me an hourglass.
Hace una montaña de un grano de arena. He makes a mountain out of a molehill.
No hagas una montaña de un grano de arena. Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
El reloj de arena marcará el final de la pelea. The hourglass will indicate the end of the fight.
No creo que la gente deba hacer una montaña de un grano de arena. I don't think people should make a mountain of a mole hill.
Le estoy enseñando a mi gato a hacer sus necesidades en la caja de arena. I'm teaching my cat to relieve itself in the sandbox.
Probé esto y lo otro, mezclar polvos amarillos y blancos para obtener marrón, mezclar cristales con polvos y obtener arena, combinar líquidos con sólidos y hacer barro. I tried this and that, blending yellow with white powders and obtaining brown, mixing crystals with powders and getting dust, combining liquids with solids and making mud.
En un buen día de primavera, cuando Jan estaba excavando en la caja de arena en el patio, encontró una pequeña caja. Dentro de la caja había una navaja brillante con una inscripción misteriosa. On a nice spring day, when Jan was digging in the sandbox in the backyard, he found a small box. In the box was a shining switchblade with a mysterious inscription.
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