crystal-clear

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crystal clear

or crys·tal-clear (krĭs′təl-klîr′)

adj.

Absolutely clear; pellucid: a crystal clear sky; gave me crystal clear directions.

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crystal-clear

adj

1. very clear

2. absolutely obvious

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

crys′tal-clear′

adj.

perfectly clear, transparent, or lucid.

[1510–20]

Translations

crystal-clear

[ˈkrɪstlˈklɪəʳ] ADJ (lit) [water] → cristalino; (= obvious) → evidente, más claro que el agua

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

crystal-clear

[ˌkrɪstlˈklɪəʳ] adj (water, wine) → cristallino/a (fig) → chiaro/a (come il sole)

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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Then, while Billy wandered in a vain search for abalones, Saxon lay and dabbled in the crystal-clear water of a roak-pool, dipping up handfuls of glistening jewels--ground bits of shell and pebble of flashing rose and blue and green and violet.

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As she sang these first two lines, with her bunch of roses and lilacs in her hand, Christine, raising her head, saw the Vicomte de Chagny in his box; and, from that moment, her voice seemed less sure, less crystal-clear than usual.

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The cabinet condemned the false allegations and hostile statements made by the Iraqi Prime Minister against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, asserting that they are baseless and inaccurate, and are not based on realistic diagnosis of the causes of terrorism, which have become crystal-clear to everyone.

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