LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL

Meaning of LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL in English

a sign of progress, feeling hopeful because you will soon be finished After four years of study, I could see light at the end of the tunnel. I would soon graduate.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL — light in the heart of darkness, hope that there will be an end to a crisis
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL — an indication that a period of difficulty is ending. → light
Concise Oxford English vocab
LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL — something that shows you are nearly at the end of a long and difficult time or situation
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL — See ↑ HOPE 6
Longman Activator English vocab
LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL — a sign of progress, feeling hopeful because you will soon be finished After four years of study, I could see …
English Idioms vocabulary
LIGHT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cigarette lighter (= something that produces a flame for lighting cigarettes ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TUNNEL — I Horizontal or nearly horizontal underground or underwater passageway. Tunnels are used for mining, as passageways for trains and motor …
Английский словарь Британика
TUNNEL — I. ˈtən ə l noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English tonel, from Middle French tonel, tonnel …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIGHT — I. ˈlīt, usu -īd.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English liht, light, from Old English lēoht, līht; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
END — I. ˈend noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English ende, from Old English; akin to Old High German enti end, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AT — I. ət, (ˈ)at, usu -d.+V preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English æt; akin to Old High German az at, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TUNNEL — (v. t.) To form into a tunnel, or funnel, or to form like a tunnel; as, to tunnel fibrous plants …
Английский словарь Webster
TUNNEL — — tunneler; esp. Brit., tunneller , n. — tunnellike , adj. /tun"l/ , n. , v. , tunneled, tunneling or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIGHT
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
END — end 1 — ender , n. /end/ , n. 1. the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TUNNEL — I. ˈtə-n ə l noun Etymology: Middle English tonel cask, tun, from Anglo-French, from tone tun Date: 1508 1. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LIGHT — I. ˈlīt noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lēoht; akin to Old High German lioht light, Latin luc-, lux …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TUNNEL — vt to catch in a tunnel net. 2. tunnel (·noun) the opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; …
Webster English vocab
LIGHT
Webster English vocab
AT — prep the relations of time, age, or order; as, at ten o'clock; at twenty-one; at once; at first. 2. at …
Webster English vocab
TUNNEL — [tun.nel] n [ME tonel tube-shaped net, fr. MF, tun, fr. OF, fr. tonne tun, fr. ML tunna] (1548) 1: a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TUNNEL — horizontal or nearly horizontal subsurface passageway that occurs naturally or is made by man. Man-made tunnels are used for various …
Britannica English vocabulary
LIGHT — electromagnetic radiation that can be detected by the human eye. In terms of wavelength, electromagnetic radiation occurs over an extremely …
Britannica English vocabulary
TUNNEL — tunnel BrE AmE ˈtʌn ə l ▷ tunnel|ed, ~led d ▷ tunnel|ing, ~ling ɪŋ ▷ tunnel|s z ▶ ˌ tunnel …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TUNNEL — / ˈtʌnl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a passage built underground, for example to allow a road …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIGHT — / laɪt; NAmE / noun , adjective , verb , adverb ■ noun FROM SUN / LAMPS 1. [ U …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
END
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TUNNEL — I. tun ‧ nel 1 W3 /ˈtʌnl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIGHT — I. light 1 S1 W1 /laɪt/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ light , ↑ lighter , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
END — I. end 1 S1 W1 /end/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ end , ↑ ending ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AT — at S1 W1 /ət; strong æt/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: æt ] 1 . used …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TUNNEL — n. & v. --n. 1 an artificial underground passage through a hill or under a road or river etc., esp. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIGHT — adj., adv., & v. --adj. 1 of little weight; not heavy; easy to lift. 2 a relatively low in weight, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIGHT — n., v., & adj. --n. 1 the natural agent (electromagnetic radiation of wavelength between about 390 and 740 mm) that …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
END — n. & v. --n. 1 a the extreme limit; the point beyond which a thing does not continue. b an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TUNNEL — n. & v. n. 1 an artificial underground passage through a hill or under a road or river etc., esp. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIGHT — adj., adv., & v. adj. 1 of little weight; not heavy; easy to lift. 2 a relatively low in weight, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIGHT — n., v., & adj. n. 1 the natural agent (electromagnetic radiation of wavelength between about 390 and 740 mm) that …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
END — n. & v. n. 1 a the extreme limit; the point beyond which a thing does not continue. b an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TUNNEL — n. & v. --n. 1. an artificial underground passage through a hill or under a road or river etc., esp. …
Oxford English vocab
LIGHT — 1. n., v., & adj. --n. 1. the natural agent (electromagnetic radiation of wavelength between about 390 and 740 mm) …
Oxford English vocab
END — n. & v. --n. 1. a the extreme limit; the point beyond which a thing does not continue. b an …
Oxford English vocab
LIGHT — I. BRIGHTNESS OR ILLUMINATION /laɪt/ ( lights, lighting, lit, lighted, lighter, lightest) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TUNNEL — ( tunnels, tunnelling, tunnelled) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Note: in AM, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
END — ( ends, ending, ended) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The end …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AT — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TUNNEL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES carpal tunnel syndrome maze of streets/paths/tunnels etc ▪ the maze of narrow streets ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
END
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
END — (LAST POINT) [noun] [C] - the point in space or time beyond which something no longer exists, or a part …
Cambridge English vocab
END — See: AT LOOSE ENDS, AT ONE'S WITS' END, BURN THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS, GO OFF THE DEEP END, HAIR …
Slang English vocab
TUNNEL — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ long , short ▪ narrow , wide ▪ dark ▪ winding ▪ the end of the …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LIGHT — INDEX: not dark 1. light from the sun, a fire, an electric light etc 2. to make a place light …
Longman Activator English vocab
END — INDEX: 1. the last part of an event or period of time 2. the last part of a book, film, …
Longman Activator English vocab
END — See: AT LOOSE ENDS, AT ONE'S WITS' END, BURN THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS, GO OFF THE DEEP END, HAIR …
Словарь английских идиом
END — I verb 1 BAD : The film was ended at eight-thirty. GOOD : The film ended at eight-thirty. ◆◆◆ The …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
TUNNEL — 1. сущ. 1) тоннель through a tunnel ≈ через тоннель to bore, construct, dig a tunnel ≈ построить, проложить, прокопать …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIGHT
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
END — конец, окончание - happy * счастливый конец; счастливая развязка - to put an * to smth. положить конец чему-либо, покончить …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AT — I (полная форма); (редуцированная форма) предл. 1) (самое общее значение нахождения в некоторой точке пространства) у, в, за, на He …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TUNNEL — tunnel.ogg 1. ʹtʌnl n 1. 1> тоннель, туннель railway tunnel - железнодорожный тоннель to drive a tunnel through a mountain …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LIGHT — light.ogg _I 1. laıt n 1. 1> свет the light of the sun of the moon, of a candle - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
END — end.ogg 1. end n _I 1. конец, окончание happy end - счастливый /благополучный/ конец; счастливая развязка to put /to set/ …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
AT — at.ogg æt (полная форма); ət (редуцированная форма) prep 1. в пространственном значении указывает на 1> нахождение около какого-л. предмета у, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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