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  • (Wanted to make a word joke there, regarding the word "bril", i.e. the slang for "brilliant", but also the dutch word for "glasses", but couldn't quite figure it out)

    January 14th, 2004 2004

  • I think the first comment by sable_twilight is bril.

    An open letter to cis feminists 2008

  • And to have the entire original cast come back with that is just . . . bril.

    Waaaassssssup? Change … - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • At three yards in height, he was an impressive figure even among alectors, with his bril-liant white face, flashing purple eyes, and hair so deep and black that, paradoxically, it seemed to radiate light.

    Alector's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2005

  • He was standing about a yard away, unsmiling, the bril liant eyes slightly narrowed, his damp hair curling on to his forehead.

    Rome's Revenge Craven, Sara 2001

  • He started to tell the tale of the fight that long-ago morning, and of the Duke and his bril - liant Allheart knights marching the powries in from the field.

    Mortalis Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 1999

  • He started to tell the tale of the fight that long-ago morning, and of the Duke and his bril - liant Allheart knights marching the powries in from the field.

    Mortalis Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 1999

  • And I understood that to be the Son of God was not equal to being a Prince of Heaven but instead was my apprenticeship in learning how to speak simply and with wisdom, rather than by bewildering others with the bril - liance of one's words; it was to know'most difficult of all-when the Lord was speaking through me and when He was not.

    The Gospel according to the Son Mailer, Norman 1997

  • I saw a white light that shone like the bril - liance of heaven, but it was far away.

    The Gospel according to the Son Mailer, Norman 1997

  • The woman's smile appeared without warning-sudden, bril - liant, and effusive.

    The Elf Queen of Shannara Brooks, Terry 1992

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  • "This is bril"

    October 18, 2016