glance

echar un vistazo, mirar brevemente

Mirar a alguien o algo durante muy poco tiempo.

En inglés sencillo: To look at someone or something for a very short time.

• I glanced at my phone.
• She glanced over her shoulder and smiled.
• He glanced around the room before sitting down.

Cómo se usa: glance at someone/something (She glanced at the clock before leaving.); glance over something (He glanced over the list of names.)

Sinónimos: take a quick look

Expresiones frecuentes: glance at something, glance over something, glance around

brillar, destellar

Brillar por un momento o producir destellos cuando la luz se mueve sobre una superficie.

En inglés sencillo: To shine briefly or sparkle as light moves across a surface.

• Light glanced on the water.
• The morning sun glanced off her silver bracelet.
• Moonlight was glancing across the small waves.

Cómo se usa: glance on something (Sunlight glanced on the river.)

Sinónimos: gleam, sparkle, glint

Expresiones frecuentes: glance on something, glance off something, glance across something

sulfuro

Mineral oscuro y brillante que contiene azufre y un metal.

En inglés sencillo: A dark, shiny mineral containing sulfur and a metal.

• The sample contains copper glance.
• Lead glance has a shiny metallic surface.
• They found silver glance in the old mine.

Expresiones frecuentes: copper glance, silver glance, lead glance