temper
/ˈtɛmpɚ/ verbo C2En español: templar, temperar, atemperar, revenir
- To moderate or control. · Temper your language around children.
- To strengthen or toughen a material, especially metal, by heat treatment; anneal.
- To adjust the temperature of an ingredient (e.g. eggs or chocolate) gradually so that it remains smooth and pleasing.
- To sauté spices in ghee or oil to release essential oils for flavouring a dish in South Asian cuisine.
- To mix clay, plaster or mortar with water to obtain the proper consistency.
- To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.
He/she/it tempers · Pasado tempered · Participio pasado tempered · Forma en -ing tempering
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De la biblioteca
“Did anybody ever see such a temper!” exclaimed the horrified Mrs.
“Marilla Cuthbert, you don’t mean to say that you are upholding her in such a terrible display of temper as we’ve just seen?” demanded Mrs.
I promise you that to make up for her want of loyalty, I will be most inflexibly severe;” then casting an expressive glance at his betrothed, which seemed to say, “Fear not, for your dear sake my justice shall be tempered with mercy,” and receiving a sweet and approving smile in return, Villefort departed with paradise in his heart.
After a time, perceiving the meekness and gentleness of the beast’s temper, he summoned courage enough to approach him.
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