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Flashcards by Javier Quintanilla, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Javier Quintanilla
about 2 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| shine: give out light, be bright. She cleaned the glasses until they shone. | shine: give out light, be bright. She cleaned the glasses until they shone. |
| glow: give out heat and/or light without flames. The embers were still glowing. | glow: give out heat and/or light without flames. The embers were still glowing. |
| beam: give out heat and light. It's a fabulous day, the sun is beaming! | beam: give out heat and light. It's a fabulous day, the sun is beaming! |
| gleam: give out a soft and bright light. She had polished the ornaments so that they gleamed. | gleam: give out a soft and bright light. She had polished the ornaments so that they gleamed. |
| blaze: give out a bright light. The sun blazed down on the beach. | blaze: give out a bright light. The sun blazed down on the beach. |
| glisten: shine brightly (for polished or wet surfaces). Her eyes were glistening with tears. | glisten: shine brightly (for polished or wet surfaces). Her eyes were glistening with tears. |
| glitter: shine brightly with flashes of light. Her necklace was glittering with diamonds. | glitter: shine brightly with flashes of light. Her necklace was glittering with diamonds. |
| sparkle: shine brightly with flashes of light. The diamond sparkles in the light. | sparkle: shine brightly with flashes of light. The diamond sparkles in the light. |
| glint: shine brightly with small flashes of light. The gold rims of his glasses glinted in the sun. | glint: shine brightly with small flashes of light. The gold rims of his glasses glinted in the sun. |
| flash: give out a sudden bright light. The lightning flashed across the sky. | flash: give out a sudden bright light. The lightning flashed across the sky. |
| glare: shine with a strong light in a way unpleasant to the eyes. The sun glared out of the blue sky. | glare: shine with a strong light in a way unpleasant to the eyes. The sun glared out of the blue sky. |
| dazzle: shine so brightly that it stops you from seeing properly for a short time. The driver might have been dazzled by the headlights of the oncoming car. | dazzle: shine so brightly that it stops you from seeing properly for a short time. The driver might have been dazzled by the headlights of the oncoming car. |
| shimmer: give out a soft trembling light. The moonlight was shimmering on the sea. | shimmer: give out a soft trembling light. The moonlight was shimmering on the sea. |
| glimmer: give out a faint unsteady light. We could see lights glimmering in the distance. | glimmer: give out a faint unsteady light. We could see lights glimmering in the distance. |
| flicker: shine (or burn) unsteadily. The lights flickered for a moment. | flicker: shine (or burn) unsteadily. The lights flickered for a moment. |
| twinkle: shine unsteadily. The stars were twinkling in the sky. | twinkle: shine unsteadily. The stars were twinkling in the sky. |
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