Meanings (ES + gloss)
breve • corto
Of short duration; happening quickly.
Her reign was brief but spectacular.
It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests wh…
conciso • escueto • sucinto
Concise; taking few words.
His speech of acceptance was brief but moving.
She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human sy…
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