[Vocabulary] seeing your inspired faces

[englishhobby]

Does the phrase the phrase in bold sound good? Could you improve a little this extract from the speech of the jury I am preparing for a language competition?


It was great to see you come up with all these wonderful ideas (and creative costumes). And the best part was seeing your inspired faces!

 

[Rover_KE]

You should ask this question in the Other Languages forum, englishhobby.

What language is it, anyway? I don't recognise the script.

 

[Tdol]

Inspired faces doesn't work for me.

 

[englishhobby]

You should ask this question in the Other Languages forum, englishhobby.

What language is it, anyway? I don't recognise the script.

There was something wrong with the font. I have changed it.

 

[englishhobby]

Inspired faces doesn't work for me.

How would you express the idea that the children were very much inspired and enthusiastic about the language competition which I could "read" on their faces?

 

[lotus888]

It was great seeing all of you come up with all these wonderful ideas and creative costumes. The best part was seeing the inspired enthusiasm on your faces!



--lotus

 

[Roman55]

I am not a teacher.

'Inspired enthusiasm' doesn't work for me either. It's the children who are inspired and enthusiastic, so what shows on their faces must be nouns -inspiration and enthusisam-, not adjectives.

 

[lotus888]

Inspired enthusiasm is a noun phrase.


--lotus

 

[Tdol]

Seeing you look so inspired would work better for me. Seeing the children's faces light up more so.

 

[Roman55]

Inspired enthusiasm is a noun phrase.


--lotus

I am not a teacher.

Englishhobby said that the children were inspired and enthusiastic about the competition. 'Inspired enthusiasm' doesn't have the same meaning, noun phrase or not.

 

[englishhobby]

May be this: It was great seeing your faces light up with inspiration (enthusasm) ?