I. adjective
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
set the world on fire/alight
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And now we have Sliver which was the subject of much wrangling and hasn't exactly set the world on fire.
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But if Rhodes hasn't set the world on fire with his batting, he certainly has with his fielding.
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Either way, the speed and acceleration is not going to set the world on fire.
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It was a lovely accomplishment, of course, but nothing to set the world on fire with.
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None of the three papers was going to set the world on fire.
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The sonorities glow, and the whole thing is user-friendly without setting the world on fire.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A single standard lamp was alight .
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But it stayed alight and soon began to burn merrily.
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Further timber was then heaped round the base, soaked in paraffin and then set alight .
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He broke in, set a parachute alight and then went back to start a better one.
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Mr Chittenden had already doused himself in a flammable liquid and set himself alight .
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Often she fell asleep with the candle still alight .
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She waited until he grew nearer and then walked up to him, her face alight .
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Something else was alight in the undergrowth.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
set
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The sun set alight the water drops that speckled their leaves and shadowed the ground beneath them.
world
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They could have set the world alight .
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The film itself didn't set the world alight , but critics and movie-makers were impressed with the young stars.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A returning female alights within a few feet of where she last left her baby.
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As the tram was between stops, they were unable to alight .
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Before I could alight from the carriage she was hastily walking away.
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Then a great orange-and-black butterfly alighted on her knee.
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We alighted from the aircraft steps on to the only paved surface on the island.
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When Carver alighted outside the Hilton in Park Lane the limo drove past at speed.