To shine?
"You'll never shine if you don't glow"[Smash Mouth - All Star]
To shine. To glitter.
To sparkle. To glisten.
To gleam. To spark.
I can't find on the dictionary the correct translation for brillare, referring to the following things:
1) The color of Nichaoimh's slippers (see photo).
2) The ordinary people that were at Mountjoy prison.
3) The humor of the functionary at the Italian embassy.
4) The RFC 2616 (HTTP/1.1), 793 (the old sweet TCP) and those drafts. Ok, few people will understand this point. :)
5) Ryanair, for allowing me to go to the CeBIT another time with other 9 nerds.
6) The websites that I'm checking daily: 1 2 3 4 5 6
7) Giulia's TOEFL score!
Two thumbs up for Giulia's TOEFL Score. That girl rocks!!!!!
Those are sweet slippers Mino - Do you want a matching pair?
Posted by Matt | 4:15 PM
Hi Mino,
Brilliant is the English cognate for brillare.
From Dictionary.com:
bril·liant (brlynt)
adj.
1. Full of light; shining. See Synonyms at bright.
2. Relating to or being a hue that has a combination of high lightness and strong saturation.
3. Sharp and clear in tone.
4. Glorious; magnificent: the brilliant court life at Versailles.
5. Superb; wonderful: The soloist gave a brilliant performance.
6. Marked by unusual and impressive intellectual acuteness: a brilliant mind; a brilliant solution to the problem. See Synonyms at intelligent.
n.A precious gem, especially a diamond, finely cut in any of various forms with numerous facets.
[French brillant, present participle of briller, to shine, from Italian brillare, perhaps from brillo, beryl, from Latin bryllus. See beryl.]brilliant·ly adv.
brilliant·ness n.
Posted by Ms. Jen | 5:05 PM