shine
/ʃaɪn/ verbe C2En français : cirer, faire briller, polir
- To cause (something) to be smooth and shiny by rubbing; put a shine on (something); polish (something). · He shined my shoes until they were polished smooth and gleaming.
- To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.
He/she/it shines · Prétérit shined · Participe passé shined · Forme en -ing shining
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Dans la bibliothèque
“He’s a fine looking fellow,” said another; “if he had only a comb and hair-grease, he’d take the shine off the gentlemen in white kids.”
Oh, how it did shine in the sunlight!
She said, “All things are prospering with me, and I have only one wish, that there may be a heavy fall of rain, in order that the plants may be well watered.” Not long after, he went to the daughter who had married the tilemaker, and likewise inquired of her how she fared; she replied, “I want for nothing, and have only one wish, that the dry weather may continue, and the sun shine hot and bright, so that the bricks might be dried.” He said to her, “If your sister wishes for rain, and you for dry weather, with which of the two am I to join my wishes?”
He looked around; he was in a court surrounded by high walls; he heard the measured tread of sentinels, and as they passed before the light he saw the barrels of their muskets shine.
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