English to afrikaans meaning of

As 'n selfstandige naamwoord kan "albasters" verwys na klein balletjies van gekleurde glas of ander materiaal wat as speelgoed of in speletjies gebruik word. Dit kan ook verwys na 'n persoon se verstandelike vermoëns, gesonde verstand of gesonde verstand, soos in die uitdrukking "om 'n mens se albasters te verloor."

Sentence Examples

  1. Like glass marbles, rolling and rolling and scratching.
  2. Because he was awake, through the thick walls he heard the rattle of bullets ricocheting like marbles in a bathtub, the muffled thuds, the thump of something hitting his locked door, the yelling and screaming faint through the soundproofing.
  3. Giving a mental shrug, Tarkyn returned his attention to the marbles just as quiet little Rain on Water flicked a cracking marble into his and shot it off out of the ring.
  4. I shouted and fought to get my bearings while the marbles rolled to a stop in my skull.
  5. The sound was like marbles rolling across a stainless-steel sheet.
  6. Let the unfortunates rail the others may play marbles.
  7. Through the walls I hear the boys wrestle over marbles while their mother insists they work on their McGuffey Readers.
  8. Within no time, I was coming back out of the study window, powerboat key in my blue jeans pocket next to my two lucky marbles.
  9. Two thousand summers have imparted to the monuments of Grecian literature, as to her marbles, only a maturer golden and autumnal tint, for they have carried their own serene and celestial atmosphere into all lands to protect them against the corrosion of time.
  10. And his eyes were still opened, only they looked like marbles, not real eyes.