light was bright on the walls
English translation: light was bright on the walls
| 06:49 Mar 9, 2008 |
| English language (monolingual) [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / children's literature | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: chaman4723 India Local time: 08:05 | ||||||
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brightly illuminated walls Explanation: In the middle of the chamber they saw many candles in brass candlesticks standing right on the floor. (** Here, I would probably change "right" to "upright," or alternatively omit altogether). Their light was bright on the walls, and the boys could see that the chamber was square in shape. ⇒⇒⇒ The brightly illuminated walls revealed/indicated to the boys that the chamber was square in shape. |
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30 mins confidence:
their bright light reflected off the walls Explanation: or: their bright light was flickering on the walls |
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2 hrs confidence:
the walls glowed brightly in the candlelight Explanation: this is perhaps slightly better English and sounds "literary", but your expression is perfectly acceptable. There are plenty of other ways of expressing this: the light shone brightly on the walls the walls were brightly lit the walls were lit up by... a bright glow of candlelight lit up the walls.... etc... |
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19 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +7
peer agreement (net): +7light was bright on the walls Explanation: I think there is no better way to put it than this. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day1 hr (2008-03-10 07:55:54 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The expression is poetic yet without exaggeration Example sentence(s):
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