Translation
to shine, to gleam
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Examples
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The sun is shining over the sea.
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Stars shone in the black sky.
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Her eyes shone with joy.
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The gold shone in the light of the fire.
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After the rain the whole garden will shine.
is intransitive: the light comes off the thing itself, and there is no object. To make something shine, add the causative and get i. The adjective has picked up the same figurative reach as English brilliant, so a is a clever one rather than a luminous one. Keep it apart from , which is what a source of light does, and from , which describes how bright something looks. Gold , a lamp , a room is .
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 3, lesson 13: brili, renkonti, libro and 6 more words.