to build on a grand scale
1grand — grand1 W3S2 [grænd] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : Old French; Origin: large, great , from Latin grandis] 1.) big and very impressive ≠ ↑humble ▪ a grand country house ▪ The party was a grand affair. ▪ New Yorkers build on a grand scale …
2Grand Central Terminal — Grand Central Station redirects here. For the connected New York City Subway station, see Grand Central – 42nd Street (New York City Subway). For other uses, see Grand Central Station (disambiguation). Grand Central Terminal …
3Grand Théâtre de Genève — is an opera house in Geneva, Switzerland.As is the case with many other opera houses, the Grand Théâtre de Genève is both a venue and an institution. The venue is a majestic building, towering over Place Neuve, officially opened in 1876, partly… …
4Scale (string instruments) — For the musical (rather than instrumental) scale, see Pythagorean tuning. In a string instrument, the scale length (often simply called the scale ) is the sounding length of the strings. On instruments with strings which are not stopped (harp,… …
5Grand' Place/Grote Markt — The Grand Place the heart of Brussels has served as the city s central commercial, governmental, meeting, and judgment place. The marshy ground here was gradually drained and a sandbank in the vicinity of today s Hôtel de Ville offered a… …
6N scale — This article is about the model railway track size. For the handheld video game system/mobile telephone, see N Gage. U.S. Prototype model of an N scale (1:160) Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 2 6 6 2 Mallèt shown with a pencil for size N scale is a… …
7List of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City characters — A number of recurring characters appear during various missions or cut scenes in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, set in 1986. Prominent characters are listed here. Contents 1 Major characters 1.1 Tommy Vercetti 1.2 Sonny Forelli …
8Geology of the Grand Canyon area — The geology of the Grand Canyon area exposes one of the most complete sequences of rock anywhere, representing a period of nearly 2 billion years of the Earth s history in that part of North America. The major sedimentary rock layers exposed in… …
9china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …
10China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …
