Italian

barlume

noun

Luce debole e incerta; in senso figurato, tenue traccia o accenno (di speranza, significato, ecc.).

English: glimmer, flicker; (figuratively) trace, hint

  • Pensava più spesso a O'Brien, con un barlume di speranza. — He thought more often of O'Brien, with a glimmer of hope.
  • Data la futilità finale dei nostri sforzi, l'effimero barlume di significato che l'arte ci regala ha forse un valore? — Given the ultimate futility of our efforts, does the fleeting glimmer of meaning that art gives us have any value?
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