Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
mente sopraffina
English translation:
brilliant/fine mind
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Italian term
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mente sopraffina
I have a doubt on how to put this term in english, do you say "First-Class brain" or "Outstanding brain"?
is there any other way to say it better?
thank you in advance
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brilliant/fine mind
See common collocation dictionary:
http://www.freecollocation.com/search?word=mind
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Note added at 2 days 1 hr (2019-07-08 09:39:47 GMT)
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In terms of Google hits:
"Brilliant mind" - 2,160,000 G-hits
"Fine mind" - 70,700 G-hits
The reason "fine mind" is less common is due to register, nuance and contextual use, not because it is any less correct than "brilliant". But either works in IMO here.
"Virgos are blessed with a BRILLIANT MIND, even though they take quite a lot of time to make a decision."
"“Helen Keller is the eighth wonder of the world,” Mark Twain declared after meeting her. “She was born with a FINE MIND and a bright wit,..."
first-class mind
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Different class - Politics - The Economist
https://www.economist.com/britain/2000/06/29/different-class
29 Jun 2000 - Perhaps Mrs Thatcher (a second in chemistry from Oxford) was right when she observed that all a first-class mind allowed a man to do was to ...
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https://www.wordreference.com/iten/mente
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Travel, wine and scuba specialist.
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First-class brain
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Native in: Italian (Variants: Swiss , Standard-Italy)
Works in: Italian to English, French to English, English
refined mind or cultivated mind
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