Smurlos Wrote:I have a livejournal. ...Plus I used to enjoy reading others' blogs as they had abilities to write with a flare whereas mine sounded like the boring droning on story of "today i did this and then this and then this" etc. etc.
I hope you won't find me pompous my friend, but I think you mean
FLAIR (in French "avoir du Flair means having a nose" for something, ferreting, sensing things to come)
Flare is something else, like a blaze or flared trousers? Very '70s!
flair
noun
1 (often flair for something) a natural ability or talent for something ==> She has a flair for maths.
2 stylishness; elegance ==> He always dresses with flair.
[19c: French, meaning 'sense of smell', from Latin flagrare, altered from fragrare to smell sweet; compare fragrant (see under fragrance).]
flare
verb (flared, flaring)
1 intrans to burn with sudden brightness.
2 intrans to explode into anger.
3 tr & intr to widen towards the edge.
noun
1 a sudden blaze of bright light.
2 a device composed of combustible material that produces a sudden blaze of intense light, and is activated to give warning, emergency illumination (eg on an airfield), or a distress signal (eg at sea).
3 in chemical plants and oil refineries: a device for burning off superfluous combustible gas or oil, in order to ensure its safe disposal.
4 short for solar flare.
5 a a widening out towards the edges ==> sleeves with a wide flare;
b a flared edge.
[16c.]