Usage examples of "brillants" in French with translation to English

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Le principal défaut des gens brillants est qu'ils ne savent pas perdre. Brilliant people have one major drawback - they don't know how to lose.
Il a un avenir brillant. He has a bright future.
C'est une brillante idée. That's a brilliant idea.
Les peuples, comme les métaux, n'ont de brillant que les surfaces. People, like metal, only shine on the surface.
Tu as un brillant avenir. You have a bright future.
Soudain, elle eut une inspiration brillante. Suddenly she had a brilliant inspiration.
C'est une personne brillante. She is very bright.
Il était un scientifique brillant et emblématique. He was a brilliant and emblematic scientist.
Elle avait l'oeil brillant et noir. She had bright black eyes.
Aucun autre élève dans la classe n'est aussi brillant que lui. No other student in the class is so brilliant as he is.
Il n'est pas du tout brillant. He is by no means bright.
Russel était un philosophe brillant, mais la plus simple des tâches pratiques le dépassait. Russell was a brilliant philosopher, but even the simplest practical task was quite beyond him.
Edison n'était pas un étudiant brillant. Edison was not a bright student.
C'est parce que la lumière se propage plus rapidement que le son que certains ont l'air brillant avant d'avoir l'air con. It is because light travels faster than sound that some people look brilliant before sounding stupid.
Je vois un futur brillant pour toi. I see a bright future for you.
C'est parce que la vitesse de la lumière est supérieure à celle du son, que certains ont l'air brillant avant d'avoir l'air con. It is because light travels faster than sound that some people look brilliant before sounding stupid.
Une idée brillante me vint à l'esprit. A bright idea occurred to me.
J'ai vu quelque chose de très brillant voler dans le ciel nocturne. I saw something very bright fly across the night sky.
Une coccinelle rouge et brillante se posa sur le bout de mon doigt. A bright red ladybug landed on my fingertip.
Le soleil du matin est si brillant que je ne peux pas le regarder. The morning sun is so bright that I cannot see it.
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