I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a cigarette lighter (= something that produces a flame for lighting cigarettes )
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Does anyone have a match or a cigarette lighter?
a fine/light mist
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A fine mist began to settle on the water.
a gentle/light/soft tap
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There was a gentle tap on the door.
a light heart (= feeling happy )
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Paul left for home with a light heart.
a light lunch (= a small lunch )
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After a light lunch, he would take a nap each afternoon.
a light meal (= with not a lot of food )
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a light meal of salad
a light sleep (= a sleep from which you can easily be woken )
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I fell into a light sleep.
a light source (= something that produces light )
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The statue is illuminated by a hidden light source.
a light switch
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He reached for the light switch.
a light user (= someone who uses something only a little )
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Light users of the service will receive a reduction in their bill.
a lighted candle
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A procession moved through the village carrying lighted candles.
a light/heavy load (= not much or a lot of work )
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Hans has a heavy teaching load this semester.
a light/pale colour (= not dark or strong )
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Light colours make a room look larger.
a light/short sentence (= a short time in prison )
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We’re hoping that he gets off with a light sentence.
a light/slight/faint breeze
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The curtains lifted in the light breeze.
a lit/lighted/burning cigarette
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Someone dropped a lit cigarette and started the fire.
a lit/lighted/burning cigarette
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Someone dropped a lit cigarette and started the fire.
a small/light breakfast
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She ate a light breakfast of toast and coffee.
a street light/lamp
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It was getting dark, and the street lamps were already on.
a trick of the light
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At first he thought someone was coming towards him, but it was just a trick of the light .
a warning light
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Red warning lights were flashing.
artificial light/lighting
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Energy is being wasted by using artificial lighting when daylight is adequate.
artificial light/lighting
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Energy is being wasted by using artificial lighting when daylight is adequate.
blinding flash/light/glare etc
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the desert with its strange twisted plants and its blinding light
brake light
brilliant light
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She closed her eyes against the brilliant light .
chick lit
Christmas lights (= lights in the streets at Christmas, or on the Christmas tree )
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We went to see the Christmas lights in New York.
cigarette lighter
dark/light grey
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dark grey trousers
dark/light/pale/bright blue
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a dark blue raincoat
dark/light/pale/bright green
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a dark green dress
electric light/kettle/cooker etc
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the heat from a small electric fire
faint light
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the faint light of dawn
fairy lights
first light
gentle/light/moderate exercise (= not involving too much physical effort )
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Try to do some gentle exercise as part of your daily routine.
glaring light
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the glaring light of high noon
green light
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The government has given the green light to Sunday trading.
halogen bulb/lamp/light etc
hazard lights
heavy/light oil
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2,000 barrels of heavy oil are produced a day.
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The oil corporation announced the discovery of another field of light oil.
heavy/light polling (= with many or few people voting )
heavy/light trading (= a lot of trading or a little trading )
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Shares dropped 10% in heavy trading.
heavy/light
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She was wearing a heavy coat and a thick scarf.
leaded lights
light a candle
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She lit a candle in the church.
light a cigarette
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Will went outside and lit a cigarette.
light a lamp
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Elizabeth lit the lamps and started rebuilding the fire.
light aircraft
light ale
light and airy
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All the hotel’s bedrooms are light and airy.
light beer especially AmE (= lower in alcohol or calories than normal beer )
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He claims light beer has no flavor.
light bulb
light clothing (= made from thin materials )
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You’ll only need light clothing during the day.
light comedy (= about subjects that are not very serious )
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He is clearly talented at light comedy.
light duties (= not involving hard physical work )
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He'd been wounded, sent home and put on light duties.
light entertainment (= shows etc that are funny and easy to understand rather than serious )
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He believes that children can appreciate more than just light entertainment.
light heavyweight
light industry (= industries that involve the production of small goods )
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Jobs in light industry are increasing.
light industry
light meter
light pen
light pollution
light railway
light reading (= things that are easy and enjoyable to read )
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a bit of light reading for my holiday
light show
light sleeper (= someone who wakes easily )
light snacks
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Drinks and light snacks are served at the bar.
light snow (= when only a small amount falls )
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A light snow had begun to fall.
light wine (= without a lot of alcohol )
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The wine is light and refreshing.
light work (= work that is not physically hard )
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He had been ill, but she found him some light work to do.
light year
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a star 3,000 light years from Earth
light years ahead (= much more advanced )
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This design is light years ahead in performance and comfort.
light
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The traffic is fairly light at this time of day.
light
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The punishment seemed very light.
light (= with little water coming down )
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A light rain began to fall.
light/gentle (= not strong )
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Winds tomorrow will be light.
lighting rig
lightning lights (up) sth
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Lightning lit up the room briefly.
light/pale brown
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a light brown jacket
light/sandy (= containing a lot of sand )
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Some plants prefer sandy soils.
neon lights/signs (= ones that use neon )
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the neon lights of Las Vegas
painted...in a bad light (= described him in a way that made him seem bad )
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The article painted him in a bad light .
parking light
pilot light
reversing light
sb's eyes light up (= become excited )
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His eyes lit up when I mentioned the word money.
sb’s face lights up/brightens (= they start to look happy )
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Denise’s face lit up when she heard the news.
security light
see/present sth in a positive light (= see or present something as good )
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If you spend a year travelling after school, employers often see this in a positive light.
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The merger was presented to the world in a positive light.
shaft of light/sunlight
sound-level/light etc meter
Southern Lights
start/light a fire
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It was too damp to light a fire.
strip light
strip lighting
strobe light
tail light
the light of the moon
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The clouds blocked out the light of the moon.
the morning sun/light/mist
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the warmth of the morning sun
thin/light cotton
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a thin cotton dress
traffic lights
travel light (= not take many things with you )
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The idea was to travel light, so Travis allowed her to pack only one change of clothing.
UV light/radiation/rays etc
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the sun's harmful UV rays
wall-mounted clock/heater/lights etc
weak light
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He had only a weak light to see by.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
artificial
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Few people have not woken to the sounds of the dawn chorus nor seen moths drawn to artificial lights as daylight fades.
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It should be cultivated in moderately diffused or artificial light .
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Official sketches show a small warren of rooms, lit by artificial lights and stuffed with compact biological systems.
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Among these is James Casebere, who photographs miniature architectural constructions in artificial light .
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Their facial features are indistinguishable, brightly lit though they are by harsh artificial lights.
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The algae were cultivated under artificial light .
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The room is safe, enclosed, protected from the harsh glare of artificial light .
bad
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I've seen him at a distance, I've seen him in bad light .
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In an effort to restrain himself, he tried to imagine things in the worst possible light .
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They perch too far away in bad light .
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Middlesex forfeited their first innings and Durham were 11 without loss in their second innings when bad light ended play.
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Another break for bad light gave the fast men a breather.
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Leapor places all of these concerns in the worst possible light .
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The Wednesday result shouldn't be considered in too bad a light .
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Rain and bad light brought several interruptions, made batting difficult, and took the game into a second day.
bright
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Under bright overhead lights at one end of the shed a chair had been positioned, banked on three sides by sandbags.
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The double glazing had a metal layer that helped to create the reflective view from outside and cut down bright light inside.
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He crept to the door and opened it, blinking at the bright light .
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Keep the plant in bright light .
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Zen was sitting on a stool under a bright light in a small white-curtained cubicle, thinking about Trotsky and the ice-man.
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My only wish is that the bright lights were dimmed a bit for the dinner crowd.
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Some absorb the gas quickly, whereas others circulate it slowly and can not respond to floods of bright light .
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Photophobic children are often recommended to wear dark or tinted glasses to ease the discomfort caused by bright light .
brilliant
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As I climb, I think of the butterflies, the dreams of the holy men, fluttering in a brilliant light .
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And then there was a brilliant light and the Beast turned into a handsome prince.
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Within the box, suspended at its centre, glows a point of brilliant , pale-blue light .
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It casts a brilliant light on everyone around him.
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I awoke next morning to a brilliant pearly light , but when I went to the window, no sea was visible.
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I would be washed clean by the brilliant blue light , by the warm, golden sun.
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Beams of brilliant light jerked across the far wall and, slowly, the bars began to char.
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Over 20, 000 residents are awakened by a brilliant flash of light and heat to find their city in flames.
cold
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The cold green fluorescent lights are blazing, and Kim is at work taping ankles.
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The red maples have just shed their seeds, and two species of fireflies flash their cold white lights on warm evenings.
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Then they unrolled as a silver-white fleece, under the silent cold light of the moon.
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Through the frosted window blazed the cold light of winter morning; sidelight, the most harsh.
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A cold grey light made its way round the corners of the curtains and trickled into the room.
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He switched off his lamp to watch the cold , silver light settle over the church and headstones.
different
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It makes you think about those sullen high schoolers in a different light , see their lives along a time line.
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The girls regarded it in a different light .
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They get to see women in a different light .
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The Dark Elves see Khaine in a different light .
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The officer was city-bred and educated, so that the false teeth appeared to him in a different light .
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I view parallels to Piggy and Simon in a different light .
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It involves reflecting light of a quite different color-invisible light in the form of X ray radiation-off certain crystals.
dim
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Flickering beams of dim light came with it, caressing the machinery which shielded their source from direct view.
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Only a dim light glowed in the direction of the stairs.
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Looking at him in the dim light I saw he was clad only in vest and pants.
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No one dared to object to him directly about his dim light , though some people grumbled about it in loud whispers.
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There were only two dim lights flickering from two iron brackets high up on the wall.
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They sat at the table in dim light going over pronunciations.
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The two men looked at each other in the dim light , their faces grey and weary.
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Not so beautiful by day, perhaps, but in dim light they look like movie stars.
electric
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The electric light was an invention with profound existential consequences.
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There were electric lights burning at the entryway.
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There is no electric light , and the floor is compacted earth.
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I let out an involuntary gasp. Electric lights sprang on all over the ceiling in an irregular pattern.
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A moment later, all the electric lights went out.
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Travellers very often notice that electric light and trams are brought into streets which as yet have no houses.
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It foresaw electric light , credit cards, shopping malls and electronic broadcasting.
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When lit only by the electric lights, the large figures in the foreground appear thicker, more dimensional.
faint
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A faint sliver of light showed along the bottom of the door on his right.
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A laser transmitted faint light signals to an electronic detector.
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Standing all day on the wet clay floor under the dropping ceiling in the faint light cast by tallow candles was grim.
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After a sharp turn in the path, they are suddenly approaching a faint square of light .
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M56 is not at all prominent, but shows up as a faint patch of light .
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When I saw the faint glow of light in the distance, it scarcely registered with me.
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A faint yellow light filtered through the thin curtains.
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A faint light now appears behind the beaded curtain of one of the houses that face the courtyard.
fluorescent
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There was no floodlighting here, only a small fluorescent light over the entrance.
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While the other tour members chatted and compared equipment Mom stood to one side, her face pale under the fluorescent lights .
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Down below were the pink seashell murals lit by fluorescent lights, and distant black and white movies on the screen.
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I bought nine fluorescent light fixtures-bulbs, ballast, and wire.
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There was a skim of grease that shone in the fluorescent light of the Kitchen.
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On the desk was what appeared to be a fluorescent light box the size of a briefcase.
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Lightning flashed again, brilliant as a fluorescent light .
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Strips of fluorescent lights struggled against the gloominess of the space.
green
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General Thurman still had to receive a final green light from the president once he had worked out a plan.
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But after waiting years for the building permits, Rohr got the green light to build just as the market turned down.
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A solitary street-lamp shed feeble green light , leaving most of the street in shadow.
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The coaches may have been flashing the green light , but all the players saw was a blinking red.
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An enormous structure, resembling a Calder mobile, and hung with green and blue lights , revolves slowly.
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The action got a green light Monday from the Food and Drug Administration.
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Upon the dashboard of a black Cadillac sedan parked in a nearby side-road a green light began to flash furiously.
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There was this eerie green light .
harsh
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Chapter Twenty one Urquhart flicked the main switch and she blinked as the room was washed by the harsh overhead light .
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In the harsh light , its most notable feature is a small metal grate over a drain in the very center.
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The harsh lights that the photographers had used still glared down on the scene.
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The president of the bank was a hard-faced aesthete with cheekbones so deeply indented that he appeared skull-like under harsh ceiling lights .
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The space underneath was filled with a harsh light of burnished gold.
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Their facial features are indistinguishable, brightly lit though they are by harsh artificial lights.
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The presence of Jen was like a harsh light in his eyes.
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The refugees stumbled toward military buses, blinking at the harsh lights .
natural
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Table 11.2 shows times when natural light is recommended or advised against.
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Saconi was in there at one of the tables, blithe and ambivalent in the diffused natural light .
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Whilst we stress the artificial nature of most time-cues, it would be misleading to suggest that natural light is without effect.
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A special feature is a cantilevered bay window which is designed to create more space and to give plenty of natural light .
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Other requirements: Light: Needs very good light , especially natural light.
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Soane created a beautifully spacious building, awash in natural light .
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Modern school buildings make as much use as possible of natural light , incorporating as they do large windows.
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He worked out of doors, with natural light and a white background.
new
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The neutron observations may help cast new light on solar flares and solar activity.
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Hajdu sheds new , revelatory light on the complex relationship between Strayhorn and Ellington.
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This guy Rufus appears in a new light .
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The Agency is always willing to consider a man in a new light .
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What had to be understood was the process which led to the evolution of society seen in this new light .
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And marketing executives began looking at the Hispanic population in a new light .
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Campaigners now hope parish councillors will abandon their scheme for 30 new lights and accept alternative proposals instead.
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That throws a whole new light on it.
poor
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Her tests for the relation between grammatical structure and context formation similarly show the unschooled Wolof children in a poor light .
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The poor light barely reached the chamber's four walls.
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The curtains in the flat were drawn, cutting down even the poor light that remained from outside.
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Then, having ensured that the match would finish so late, Moin complained about the poor light .
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Delgard paused at the top of the stairs, allowing his eyes to adjust to the poor light .
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Even if, in the poor light , you did see it, you would dismiss it.
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Should children attempt to read in poor light ?
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He glanced at his watch, bringing it close to his face because of the poor light .
positive
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Yet the presentational imperative to project the policies of government in a positive light masked the existence of inner doubts.
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You can always interpret things in a more positive light or a more negative light.
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It was as if a door had opened before him into a dim but positive light .
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Books portraying black men in a positive light are simply not part of the growth industry.
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This may help one to see the beauty and wisdom of the natural world in a much more positive light .
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By contrast, 57 percent viewed Dole in a positive light , while only 27 percent saw him in a negative light.
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Present everything in a positive light .
red
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The Governor's sanctum was a leviathan suffused with the same dreary red light .
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The deeper they live, the less red light penetrates compared with blue.
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There were red lights in her curls which she had never noticed and her complexion was without flaw.
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The greener the water, the less red or blue light penetrates.
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Down below, two points of red light appear, one at a time like a wink in reverse.
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The bigger issue is, will San Franciscans still be allowed to run red lights across Market Street?
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One red light came on faintly.
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The flashing red light went out, to be replaced by a steady light of a soothing green.
soft
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On the landing a soft light shone into the dark from the corridor, as in memory.
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A soft pinkish light played against the curtains.
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In the soft evening light , I retraced my steps back to town, soothed by the songs of blackbirds and chaffinches.
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The soft light of dusk was thinning, leaving trees and buildings blackened agalnst the evening sky.
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Through the curtains a soft grey light is creeping.
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She took her place at his side again, and watched the exquisitely etched face in the soft light .
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His olive skin seemed to glint in the soft light of the hallway; the flat behind him was almost totally dark.
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As the students are talking, a wave of soft , vague light , of sleepy distraction, passes over Primo.
strong
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It will even tolerate strong light , when the colour of the leaves will intensify.
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These more primitive readings in sharar throw a particularly strong light on the occurrence of the institution narrative there.
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Too strong light should be avoided, as it has the habit of developing leaves above the water.
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The color of the lower surface is more intense in stronger light .
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Other requirements: Light: Needs strong light .
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Her work still casts a strong light .
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Given strong light , the plant will grow stronger, with deep coloration.
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Often these were accompanied by strong flashes of light .
■ NOUN
street
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The road was closed for a while because of a dangerous street light .
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Also on the list: Third Street light rail: Check.
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The street lights are still on, but the sky ain't black no more.
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As they approached the corner, the street lights came on.
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Gas was used in houses and for street lights from the early nineteenth century.
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The track awakes in the half light of dawn, when there are still misty halos around the street lights.
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Just then, the street lights come on.
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The city also gave an additional $ 20, 000 for banners to be hung from street lights .
traffic
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The letters are divided into traffic light colours to signal to customers whether their endowment will pay off their mortgage.
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I usually posted myself then at a busy intersection where a traffic light controlled commuter flow from Newark.
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Anger is like a red light at the traffic lights.
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Cars have been stolen at traffic lights .
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Up ahead the traffic lights were on red but he didn't slow up.
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Julie didn't answer, but drove on towards the traffic lights , glancing again in the rear-view mirror.
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She slowed down at the traffic lights by Sloane Street.
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The woman was killed while she was out walking with her husband, when two cars collided at traffic lights .
warning
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The warning light came on, and it's thought that was the point at which the pilot radioed for help.
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Looking right then left he saw the signals with their warning lights reassuring him of their presence.
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But when the pilot switched on his flight systems, a red warning light glowed.
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Barriers and warning lights were put up and further warning lights were placed a short distance away.
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It is because at this time the warning light is more easily visible in the twilight than in the daylight.
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The bulb had obviously been hit hard soas to break its filament, to ensure no warning light came on.
■ VERB
bathe
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The fields and woods were bathed in golden light overlaid with a blue haze of heat.
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We looked like Superman escorting Howdy Doody, and I bathed in the light of his company.
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Multi-bracketed candelabra placed along the centre helped the sconce torches to bathe the room in light .
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Even the water tower in Addison, a northern suburb, is bathed in blue light .
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The castle was bathed in a flickering light .
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Conversely, Cafe Pinot bathes in the light of learning shed by the L.A.
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But then the sun broke through and the field, the altar, the tree, was bathed in a pure light .
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He threw open a side door off the first-floor hall, and we were bathed in light .
cast
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Overhead, a bulb casts an eerie bluish light .
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Biophysics is certainly able to cast significant light on processes occurring within living cells.
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The sun had just gone down, and our apartment was cast in a pale-pastel light .
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Moreover Pound's anti-Semitism, later so notorious, certainly casts a sinister light on his readiness to broach these issues.
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It casts a brilliant light on everyone around him.
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Street lights are not too bad because they don't shine directly into your face and only cast a fairly soft light.
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Her work still casts a strong light .
fade
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Some likened it to facing the fast bowler Curtly Ambrose in a fading light .
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In the fading light of the patio, Yolanda can not make out the expression on the dark face.
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The lights were fading - the lights had all gone out.
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There was a fading light I had never quite seen.
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I turned to warn Tam and Richie, whom I could just see in the fading light .
flash
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It's like she flashed a bright light in my eyes, and I have to look away.
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The door opened and flashed with light and then it slammed.
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They'd paint them pink and mark them with big, yellow, flashing lights .
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Properly crafted, such legislation raises legitimate questions about the extent and nature of U.S. involvement and flashes warning lights .
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He wanted to know why I was flashing the light .
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For the remainder of the evening, Barbara and A. B. Everage honked their horn and flashed their lights .
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The nomes had learned to be worried by things with flashing blue lights on top.
see
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Out in the street afterwards they wandered around the corner into Leicester Square to see the Christmas lights .
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Freedom of press, seen in this light , becomes a questionable guarantee.
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She toiled up the stairs, and saw that a light showed on the landing above.
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But then I saw this bright light at the window.
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People won't admit it, they're too busy grabbing to see that the lights have fused.
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Then I seen in the light , like inside it, with the light all around, a person.
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But, like the National Health Service, education could be seen in a different light .
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Rather than seeing a light at the end of the sanctions tunnel, Hussein felt increasingly boxed in.
shed
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In this chapter, some of the evidence will be reviewed which sheds some light on three questions.
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Hajdu sheds new, revelatory light on the complex relationship between Strayhorn and Ellington.
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Sometimes they can have a mythical dimension, images that shed a new light on traditions of wisdom or legend.
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A streetlight beside an elementary school shed just enough light to let me make sense out of the map.
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Unfortunately, he didn't, nor was the lecturer, when asked, able to shed any light on the subject.
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Can you shed any light on my quest?
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A solitary street-lamp shed feeble green light , leaving most of the street in shadow.
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Podesta's role sheds light on both questions.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a ray of hope/light etc
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Amid the crushing disappointment of the general election there was a ray of light for the Conservatives.
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Besides, today there had been a ray of hope.
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But only when a ray of light attempts to pierce this darkness does the real, eerie action unroll.
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But the Red Or Dead catwalk show offered a ray of hope.
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Each time a ray of light passes through a lens it is slightly weakened.
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The Government's resignation is a victory, a ray of hope to take into the dark days ahead.
ambient temperature/light etc
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Homeothermy or Homoiothermy Temperature regulation in tachymetabolic species in which core temperatures remain roughly steady despite ambient temperature changes.
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If you space heat then you will have an ambient temperature of 75-80°F and even higher humidity.
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It really comes into its own with flash as the metering balances the flash against the ambient lighting conditions with great results.
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Odour emissions are affected by wind direction, temperature inversion, ambient temperatures and humidity.
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The ambient temperature for each day of the study was determined from local weekly weather statistics.
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The ambient temperature in Celsius is roughly equal to the number of cricket chirps in 8 seconds plus 5.
at first light
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The search continued at first light.
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They left camp at first light and were in the mountains by nightfall.
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A small flock of evening grosbeaks flew over, and at first light I heard chickadees and goldfinches.
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It was black as night at new moon and white as frost at first light.
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Mountain rescue teams continued the hunt overnight, and a full-scale search resumed at first light.
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The ambush would leave its position the next morning, at first light, to return.
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The Caribou took off at first light.
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We have had trouble at first light with the Khmer Rouge.
be all sweetness and light
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The negotiations were not all sweetness and light.
be bathed in light/sunshine etc
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He threw open a side door off the first-floor hall, and we were bathed in light.
big/light/fussy etc eater
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During the time she was living with the Abramses, Katelyn was happy and a big eater , Carter said.
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While never a big eater , he did tend to snack it through the day and night.
cast light on/onto sth
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The convergence of the techniques will cast light on perspectives and how they are controlled.
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The different ways in which superantigens activate T cells casts light on the pathogenesis of infectious disease.
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The incident has cast light on the creeping privatisation of the drug war.
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The investigation explores the possibility of using probate inventories to cast light on this and related questions.
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We use this to cast light on a metaphor of which we are given no other interpretation.
dim your headlights/lights
dip your headlights/lights
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He put his foot on the accelerator and dipped his headlights.
drenched in/with light
give sb/sth the green light
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The board just gave us the green light to begin research.
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Doctors gave him the green light yesterday to start against New Orleans on Sunday night.
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Everyone has given it the green light.
guiding light/hand/star
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And that is what Aeneas's young son did under the guiding hand of Alecto.
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Eddie was his hero, his guiding light.
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Father Peter, its guiding light, was also its provider of funds and sustenance.
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That will be the guiding light of the next Labour government.
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To followers, he is more than just a guiding light - he is the Messiah.
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Under Mr Yarrow's guiding hand, the reputation of the school was untarnished, these five long years.
hide your light under a bushel
in the cold light of day
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I knew that, in the cold light of day, he held all the aces.
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Night-time madness isn't appealing, seen in the cold light of day.
jump a light
leading light
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Another was a leading light opera singer in the local community.
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By now, Braudel had become one of its leading lights, and from 1956 to 1968 he was virtually its editor.
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Harrison, a man of simple birth and high intelligence, crossed swords with the leading lights of his day.
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On renouncing alcohol he was pardoned and he set sail for Darlington where he became a leading light in the Society.
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She loves gym workouts, swimming and playing netball - she is a leading light in a local women's team.
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The merchants were the leading lights of the popolo grasso or rich bourgeoisie.
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This victory may set Stretch up with a world-title elimination fight with Britain's other leading light middleweight, Chris Pyatt.
light years ago
light years ahead/better etc than sth
light/comic relief
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After a day's work, it was a bit of light relief to use it.
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After this beginning some light relief must have been welcome.
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All we can say is that, between them, the team eventually raises £3,450 for Comic Relief charities.
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Cold people shake Comic Relief canisters.
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For comic relief , obviously; but we also suspect a topical reference worth considering as evidence in the dating game.
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Her only light relief was Tony, who took her out every night.
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If it afforded the guardians a little light relief , the minutes do not suggest that the complaint was taken anything but seriously.
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Then, for light relief , this page: murder and murder trials.
light/fair/dark complected
make short/light work of sth
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But she made light work of polishing off the shopping at a supermarket near her West London home.
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Carmen would have made short work of Michael too.
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Fourth placed Guisborough made short work of the opposition at Saltburn.
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Guernsey made short work of the opposition when they won the event on home soil in 1990.
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It is fair to warn anglers that thousands of crabs soon make short work of rag and lugworm.
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It made short work of our Windows performance tests, WinTach, clocking up an impressive index of over 9.3.
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The second game we pull away early and make short work of it.
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Willie Thorne made light work of the promising Nottinghamshire youngster, Anthony Hamilton, as he eased into the last 16.
naked light/flame/sword etc
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A very powerful naked light bulb hung from the office ceiling.
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Both men were armed, each carrying a naked sword and dirk.
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He is like a naked light.
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Obviously this is untrue - it is not the naked light that Blanche can not stand, it is the truth.
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She likes to cover up the truth like she covers over the naked light.
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She turned, all flaxen and pink and white, haloed by the naked light bulbs round the mirror.
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This gives a double meaning to Blanche's hatred of naked light.
play a hose/light on sth
play of light
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I have a wonderful play of light and shade, and the tungsten light gives a very similar effect.
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Make notes as you watch the play of light in various areas as the sun tracks east to west across the sky.
pool of water/blood/light etc
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A pool of light, expanding circles, merging, dragging me down.
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A guard found him lying in a pool of blood, and a doctor saved him.
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After they are replaced, the spent fuel rods are cooled for several years in pools of water at the plants.
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His black telephone sat captive in a pool of light, ready for interrogation.
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She leaves the coach and wanders through fields for many miles until between trees she sees a deep black pool of water.
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The kind of pool of light depends on whether the bulb fitted inside is a spot, flood or an ordinary bulb.
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Then on the fifth day, mid-morning, a pool of light as pale and clear as moonstone appeared on the horizon.
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There was a pool of blood on the tarmac now, around his head.
punch sb's lights out
run a (red) light
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An old man who worked in a poultry store was stopped for running a light.
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For every motorist who runs a red light, there are five pedestrians who do it.
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It was going to sea with only its running lights on.
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Jones still faces a misdemeanor charge of reckless driving and an infraction for running a red light.
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Men are more likely to run a red light, forget to signal, or drink and drive.
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The running lights flashed off and a thick silence filled up the day.
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The bigger issue is, will San Franciscans still be allowed to run red lights across Market Street?
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When you run a red light, a few coins save a fine.
see the light
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But soon he could only see the lights of the boat in the distance.
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Each has attracted his or her share of supporters who could also see the light once it was pointed out to them.
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Five minutes later he saw the lights of a village pub.
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From two blocks away you can see the light radiating up into the sky.
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It was uncanny and Maggie was never so glad to see the light from her own room and get Ana back indoors.
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One must have experienced deeply, known greatness - seen the light, as he said.
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Sadly, for it was a lively, largely autobiographical piece, it would never see the light of day.
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You were sitting in your seat, pressed back by the acceleration, and you saw the light beams curve.
see the light of day
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Business contracts go through armies of lawyers before they see the light of day.
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Most observers predict the bill won't see the light of day until at least January.
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And eventually, Guinness as we know it, rich subtle and dark, is ready to see the light of day.
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Get to the back of the drawers and cupboards - areas which don't often see the light of day.
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I am not too worried about the new council tax because I doubt whether it will see the light of day.
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I never sold a garment or got an order from this source, I wonder if they saw the light of day.
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Many of Brindley's ideas were regarded as the hair-brained schemes of a madman which would never see the light of day.
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Sadly, for it was a lively, largely autobiographical piece, it would never see the light of day.
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The implication must be that a lot of bids are being planned but never see the light of day.
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There's so much good stuff that has never seen the light of day.
shed light
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A fretful wind was not enough to open them and shed light on the ruptured earth in which they lay.
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An analysis of the results should shed light on the workings of the Northern Ireland labour market.
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Brophy said the man was not considered a suspect, but investigators hope he can shed light on what started the blaze.
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Eastin and her task force hope to shed light on the challenge by early next year.
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Podesta's role sheds light on both questions.
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The extent of Hygeberht's authority perhaps sheds light on Offa's principal area of interest.
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Therefore they shed light on the comparative institutional questions with which we are concerned.
show sb in a good/bad etc light
streak of lightning/fire/light etc
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A streak of lightning split the sky.
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Sometimes there is hope, a streak of light, a blur on a piece of film.
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The three women were wreaking havoc with their guns that fired streaks of light.
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There was another streak of lightning overhead.
string of pearls/lights/beads etc
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A string of lights on the prom Dancing mad in the storm Who lives in such a place?
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A string of pearls was around her neck, and the bones of her right hand clutched a Bible.
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Beads can choke babies if swallowed, and long strings of beads can also half-strangle older children.
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Careful inspection of the image showed what looked like a string of pearls embedded in a bright haze.
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There was a cavity beneath with a string of pearls in it.
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When the harbor across the bay becomes a string of lights, foghorns take up the bass.
the Southern Lights
the bright lights
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First I turned off the brightest lights.
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He gestured toward the street, the bright lights of Osaka shining before us.
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In the bright lights of the foyer his face was clearly illuminated.
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Instead Elizabeth spent a year at business college in St Albans before joining the bright lights of London's magazine world.
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It had to be the cold air and the bright lights against the darkness.
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Self- imposed pressure Lately, she has wondered if her message is getting lost in the bright lights of television.
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Under the bright lights in the train, both boy and man look pale, lifeless.
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Young Gilbey's passion was cars and he skipped going to university to move to the bright lights of London.
throw a light/shadow
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Begin from a fighting stance, perhaps by throwing a light snap punch into the opponent's face from the front hand.
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But the flames were growing higher, throwing light, casting dancing shadows.
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Fossils do throw light on the history of the lateral line and tail.
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Geographical comparison of patterns of lawbreaking sometimes throws light on more general differences in social and economic conditions.
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He uses relativity to throw light on time and eternity, and indeterminacy to comment on free will.
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The role of premises is to throw light on a subject; the role of evidences is to give weight to it.
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Understanding the nature and activities of such organisations helped throw light upon issues of town identity and representation.
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Where once they flew in such flocks that they threw shadows over the earth, they now survive in a few straggling colonies.
throw light on sth
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A comparison of the two will throw light on the crisis of conscience on both occasions.
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But I have not found anything in the careful judgment of Mustill L.J. which throws light on the issues presently under consideration.
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But my frantic, full-beamed Mayday signal only threw light on a de-iced porthole.
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Epidemiological studies sometimes threw light on preventable causes of cancer.
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Experiments to throw light on the processes at work must themselves be long-term.
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Geographical comparison of patterns of lawbreaking sometimes throws light on more general differences in social and economic conditions.
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It also seeks to throw light on the role assumed by planters and the planting lobby in society at large.
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Life-positions throw light on why it is that some people tend to be winners and some losers in life.
trip the light fantastic
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Among their routines as they trip the light fantastic at the Dolphin Centre in Darlington are the old time and modern dances.
turn the light out
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He turned the light out as the clergyman left the room.
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I take the car up as far as it will go, then turn the lights out.
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They turned the lights out and sat in fear.
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Would you mind turning the light out, Robert?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Light was coming into the room through a crack in the door.
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a gas lamp that gives as much light as a 100 watt bulb
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a sudden flash of blinding light
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In the fading light she could just make out the shape of a tractor.
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She sat reading by the light of the fire.
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That light 's really bright.
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The light isn't good enough to take a photograph.
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The light was fading, and I was afraid we wouldn't be home before dark.
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The 5-inch model of the starship came complete with blinking lights.
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the cold blue light of the Arctic
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The valley was bathed in the soft light of dawn.
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We could see light coming from under the door.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He switched on the light , opened the door, and went into the dim public space.
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He switched the light on and looked at the clock.
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Just then, the street lights come on.
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The blaze of lights in the evening was part of it, and the singing and shivering the rails made.
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The speed of light through our apparatus should vary as the speed of the relative ether current varies.
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This can be put in its least intuitively reasonable light if we assume just two firms.
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You will be aware that normally, of course, reflected light is of the same color as incident light.
II. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
aircraft
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Read in studio Police have now named the three rugby fans who were killed when their light aircraft crashed into a field.
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In the light aircraft groups, there is a similarity of performance.
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Probably because of the very much greater stick forces and lower rates of pitch occurring in most light aircraft .
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All gliders and light aircraft have to recover satisfactorily with the standard method.
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Furthermore if Grimbergen is closed, where do the present 150 plus light aircraft presently based there go?
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Today, Cessna is out of the light aircraft market for ever and Piper is on its knees.
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This may well be one of those rare occasions when light aircraft pilots have the opportunity to shape something that affects them.
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Ivars has built over the years a series of light aircraft , most employing a faithful Cirrus Minor I engine.
entertainment
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In the seventies, it seemed that a light entertainment show on television was not complete without a clutch of catchphrases.
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But as message movies began to muscle out light entertainment , Reynolds became disposable.
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Moving the Nine O'clock News would free a peak slot to attract more viewers with dramas and light entertainment .
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Both videos are situations comedies made by a top television light entertainment director and an experienced cast of comedy actors.
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Music that could never be taken as light entertainment .
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The licencee must also pick a selection of other programme categories such as drama, light entertainment and sport.
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The video has been made using a highly-experienced cast of comedy actors and a top television light entertainment director.
industry
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Chester, in particular, is making loud noises about converting some of its greenbelt for housing and light industry .
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Out of this there soon came the normal development of light industry .
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These communities have an average population of between 200 and 700 and an economic base of agriculture plus some light industry .
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About 80 per-cent of farmworkers were women, he said, and over 90 percent of workers in light industry .
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Now it is a prosperous place, making its living from light industry and the visitors who come to tour the battlefields.
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Other engineering and light industries are filling many of the old mills and clothing factories.
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The metal and machine industries benefited most directly, while the stimulus spread to the textile and other light industries.
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They also have new light industries .
lunch
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No relaxing by the pool or light lunch over Football Focus for my lads.
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They were seated, as was their custom, in the summer-house, where they had just finished a light lunch .
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There is a smart àlacarte restaurant for dinner and light lunches are served in the bar.
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At the 52-storey building, the 1,000 staff are served light lunches and snacks by manager Tony Gatland and his staff.
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Vegetarian dishes and other special diets are no problem for Judy and snacks and light lunches will be provided on request.
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Why not fix to have a light lunch here one day if ever in Edinburgh.
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Dishy meals Whether you want inspiration for a light lunch or an impressive supper, we can provide it.
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Choice of ALaCarte Restaurant or the Pavilion Lounge which serves light lunches and traditional beers.
note
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Shame on you! she scolded herself, banking down the passion, trying for a lighter note .
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Keep all your meetings and get togethers on a light note by banning anyone talking shop.
rail
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This route has been earmarked for a possible future extension of the Midland Metro light rail transit system.
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Prescott said this could even include light rail or metro projects.
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Chiarelli sees light rail as an alternative to widening the busy Airport Parkway which parallels the route near South Keys.
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Thus, the comparative analysis of achievable stopping patterns by bus, light rail and suburban rail is well done.
railway
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We will encourage new schemes, using light railways and trams in cities.
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Kitsons' own designs for light railways , such as the Leek &038; Manifold in Staffordshire, were rugged and powerful.
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The only other opportunity in the foreseeable future is likely to be the new light railway in London's Docklands.
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If those words are retained in the legislation, those railways would still require a light railway order at some time.
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The company have retained the leisurely atmosphere of the turn-of-the-century light railway being situated off the major tourist circuits.
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Both produced passenger levels far greater than forecast and have encouraged more planning of urban light railways .
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Local authorities are demonstrating a growing interest in light railways as a cheap, energy-efficient transport solution in urban areas.
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Who knows, someday we might see the Minsterley and Shropshire-Montgomeryshire lines restored as light railways to solve Shrewbury's commuter problems!
rain
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A light rain began to fall.
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The clouds were turbulent and gray, a cool, light rain still falling.
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As he walked along, light rain began to fall.
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East Anglia: Patchy light rain .
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The prohibition was lifted in some counties last week after light rain fell over much of the state.
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Corbett trudged down the beaten, muddy track; the sky was overcast and a light rain began to fall.
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We had the window open, and it had just started to rain the lightest rain imaginable.
relief
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I have to be allowed a bit of light relief .
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The fighter pilot taking a little light relief .
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However, the Full Moon in Scorpio on May 16 should bring everyone to their senses and give some light relief .
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It seems that the staff were inclined to regard the women as light relief from the sombre business of teaching science.
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After this beginning some light relief must have been welcome.
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Her only light relief was Tony, who took her out every night.
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Then, for light relief , this page: murder and murder trials.
touch
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But it works, as do the disc brakes all round, positively and with a light touch .
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Some one had given his arm a light touch out of fear and respect.
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This performance needed more pace, a lighter touch throughout from the orchestra and much greater clarity from the first violins.
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There may be subjective numbness and slightly impaired pain and light touch sensation over the outer aspect of the foot. 3.
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A novel about novel-writing, which handles its tricky subject with a light touch .
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Does she love light touch or avoid it?
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It was in that kind of environment that the Takeover Panel started its life from small beginnings and with a light touch .
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The H-19 had hydraulic controls which required a light touch .
wind
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Conditions in Nidri or Porto Heli are ideal, with lighter winds and flat water.
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Clear skies and light winds helped cleanup crews Sunday.
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The wet grass glittered and near-by a nut-tree sparkled iridescent, winking and gleaming as its branches moved in the light wind .
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We are dead in the water, heading into a light wind and surface current.
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A Feeling 850 Club gives sporty sailing in a sensitive boat for up to 6; she's very fast in light winds .
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A light wind sprang up, and the smoke of their guns drifted over the valley towards the cemetery.
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We don't provide formal instruction, but novices pick up a lot by sailing out and back in light winds .
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There was a light wind and a wide sky.
work
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But she made light work of polishing off the shopping at a supermarket near her West London home.
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Mentally and physically handicapped do light work according to their capability, but get the same wages as everybody else.
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He sustained injuries to his back and was thereafter only able to undertake light work .
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Most of the work is manual, and buffaloes are used only for light work in the mud of the paddy-fields.
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The lighter work to which men tended to shift as they got older was generally worse paid.
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And the £170,000 military breakdown gear made light work of pulling the battered truck out of the waters.
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The Safrane made light work of the uncrowded road to the beer-producing town of Pilsen.
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Willie Thorne made light work of the promising Nottinghamshire youngster, Anthony Hamilton, as he eased into the last 16.
years
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But not your place, of course: we're a good four hundred light years from your usual stamping grounds.
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Only a few thousand light years .
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Those late 1940s now seem light years away from the customs prevailing in present day society.
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The political culture then was light years from the one today.
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You will be light years ahead.
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That will permit the search to reach out to 100 light years , covering about 300 stars.
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We shall be seeing that quantum effects can occur over distances of many metres, or even light years .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a ray of hope/light etc
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Amid the crushing disappointment of the general election there was a ray of light for the Conservatives.
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Besides, today there had been a ray of hope.
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But only when a ray of light attempts to pierce this darkness does the real, eerie action unroll.
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But the Red Or Dead catwalk show offered a ray of hope.
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Each time a ray of light passes through a lens it is slightly weakened.
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The Government's resignation is a victory, a ray of hope to take into the dark days ahead.
be all sweetness and light
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The negotiations were not all sweetness and light.
be bathed in light/sunshine etc
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He threw open a side door off the first-floor hall, and we were bathed in light.
big/light/fussy etc eater
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During the time she was living with the Abramses, Katelyn was happy and a big eater , Carter said.
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While never a big eater , he did tend to snack it through the day and night.
cast light on/onto sth
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The convergence of the techniques will cast light on perspectives and how they are controlled.
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The different ways in which superantigens activate T cells casts light on the pathogenesis of infectious disease.
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The incident has cast light on the creeping privatisation of the drug war.
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The investigation explores the possibility of using probate inventories to cast light on this and related questions.
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We use this to cast light on a metaphor of which we are given no other interpretation.
dim your headlights/lights
dip your headlights/lights
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He put his foot on the accelerator and dipped his headlights.
give sb/sth the green light
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The board just gave us the green light to begin research.
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Doctors gave him the green light yesterday to start against New Orleans on Sunday night.
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Everyone has given it the green light.
hide your light under a bushel
jump a light
light a fire under sb
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They had come in the night and lit a fire under the stage.
light years ago
light years ahead/better etc than sth
light/comic relief
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After a day's work, it was a bit of light relief to use it.
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After this beginning some light relief must have been welcome.
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All we can say is that, between them, the team eventually raises £3,450 for Comic Relief charities.
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Cold people shake Comic Relief canisters.
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For comic relief , obviously; but we also suspect a topical reference worth considering as evidence in the dating game.
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Her only light relief was Tony, who took her out every night.
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If it afforded the guardians a little light relief , the minutes do not suggest that the complaint was taken anything but seriously.
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Then, for light relief , this page: murder and murder trials.
make short/light work of sth
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But she made light work of polishing off the shopping at a supermarket near her West London home.
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Carmen would have made short work of Michael too.
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Fourth placed Guisborough made short work of the opposition at Saltburn.
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Guernsey made short work of the opposition when they won the event on home soil in 1990.
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It is fair to warn anglers that thousands of crabs soon make short work of rag and lugworm.
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It made short work of our Windows performance tests, WinTach, clocking up an impressive index of over 9.3.
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The second game we pull away early and make short work of it.
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Willie Thorne made light work of the promising Nottinghamshire youngster, Anthony Hamilton, as he eased into the last 16.
play a hose/light on sth
play of light
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I have a wonderful play of light and shade, and the tungsten light gives a very similar effect.
▪
Make notes as you watch the play of light in various areas as the sun tracks east to west across the sky.
pool of water/blood/light etc
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A pool of light, expanding circles, merging, dragging me down.
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A guard found him lying in a pool of blood, and a doctor saved him.
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After they are replaced, the spent fuel rods are cooled for several years in pools of water at the plants.
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His black telephone sat captive in a pool of light, ready for interrogation.
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She leaves the coach and wanders through fields for many miles until between trees she sees a deep black pool of water.
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The kind of pool of light depends on whether the bulb fitted inside is a spot, flood or an ordinary bulb.
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Then on the fifth day, mid-morning, a pool of light as pale and clear as moonstone appeared on the horizon.
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There was a pool of blood on the tarmac now, around his head.
punch sb's lights out
run a (red) light
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An old man who worked in a poultry store was stopped for running a light.
▪
For every motorist who runs a red light, there are five pedestrians who do it.
▪
It was going to sea with only its running lights on.
▪
Jones still faces a misdemeanor charge of reckless driving and an infraction for running a red light.
▪
Men are more likely to run a red light, forget to signal, or drink and drive.
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The running lights flashed off and a thick silence filled up the day.
▪
The bigger issue is, will San Franciscans still be allowed to run red lights across Market Street?
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When you run a red light, a few coins save a fine.
see the light
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But soon he could only see the lights of the boat in the distance.
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Each has attracted his or her share of supporters who could also see the light once it was pointed out to them.
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Five minutes later he saw the lights of a village pub.
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From two blocks away you can see the light radiating up into the sky.
▪
It was uncanny and Maggie was never so glad to see the light from her own room and get Ana back indoors.
▪
One must have experienced deeply, known greatness - seen the light, as he said.
▪
Sadly, for it was a lively, largely autobiographical piece, it would never see the light of day.
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You were sitting in your seat, pressed back by the acceleration, and you saw the light beams curve.
see the light of day
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Business contracts go through armies of lawyers before they see the light of day.
▪
Most observers predict the bill won't see the light of day until at least January.
▪
And eventually, Guinness as we know it, rich subtle and dark, is ready to see the light of day.
▪
Get to the back of the drawers and cupboards - areas which don't often see the light of day.
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I am not too worried about the new council tax because I doubt whether it will see the light of day.
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I never sold a garment or got an order from this source, I wonder if they saw the light of day.
▪
Many of Brindley's ideas were regarded as the hair-brained schemes of a madman which would never see the light of day.
▪
Sadly, for it was a lively, largely autobiographical piece, it would never see the light of day.
▪
The implication must be that a lot of bids are being planned but never see the light of day.
▪
There's so much good stuff that has never seen the light of day.
shed light
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A fretful wind was not enough to open them and shed light on the ruptured earth in which they lay.
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An analysis of the results should shed light on the workings of the Northern Ireland labour market.
▪
Brophy said the man was not considered a suspect, but investigators hope he can shed light on what started the blaze.
▪
Eastin and her task force hope to shed light on the challenge by early next year.
▪
Podesta's role sheds light on both questions.
▪
The extent of Hygeberht's authority perhaps sheds light on Offa's principal area of interest.
▪
Therefore they shed light on the comparative institutional questions with which we are concerned.
show sb in a good/bad etc light
streak of lightning/fire/light etc
▪
A streak of lightning split the sky.
▪
Sometimes there is hope, a streak of light, a blur on a piece of film.
▪
The three women were wreaking havoc with their guns that fired streaks of light.
▪
There was another streak of lightning overhead.
string of pearls/lights/beads etc
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A string of lights on the prom Dancing mad in the storm Who lives in such a place?
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A string of pearls was around her neck, and the bones of her right hand clutched a Bible.
▪
Beads can choke babies if swallowed, and long strings of beads can also half-strangle older children.
▪
Careful inspection of the image showed what looked like a string of pearls embedded in a bright haze.
▪
There was a cavity beneath with a string of pearls in it.
▪
When the harbor across the bay becomes a string of lights, foghorns take up the bass.
the Southern Lights
throw a light/shadow
▪
Begin from a fighting stance, perhaps by throwing a light snap punch into the opponent's face from the front hand.
▪
But the flames were growing higher, throwing light, casting dancing shadows.
▪
Fossils do throw light on the history of the lateral line and tail.
▪
Geographical comparison of patterns of lawbreaking sometimes throws light on more general differences in social and economic conditions.
▪
He uses relativity to throw light on time and eternity, and indeterminacy to comment on free will.
▪
The role of premises is to throw light on a subject; the role of evidences is to give weight to it.
▪
Understanding the nature and activities of such organisations helped throw light upon issues of town identity and representation.
▪
Where once they flew in such flocks that they threw shadows over the earth, they now survive in a few straggling colonies.
throw light on sth
▪
A comparison of the two will throw light on the crisis of conscience on both occasions.
▪
But I have not found anything in the careful judgment of Mustill L.J. which throws light on the issues presently under consideration.
▪
But my frantic, full-beamed Mayday signal only threw light on a de-iced porthole.
▪
Epidemiological studies sometimes threw light on preventable causes of cancer.
▪
Experiments to throw light on the processes at work must themselves be long-term.
▪
Geographical comparison of patterns of lawbreaking sometimes throws light on more general differences in social and economic conditions.
▪
It also seeks to throw light on the role assumed by planters and the planting lobby in society at large.
▪
Life-positions throw light on why it is that some people tend to be winners and some losers in life.
trip the light fantastic
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Among their routines as they trip the light fantastic at the Dolphin Centre in Darlington are the old time and modern dances.
turn the light out
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He turned the light out as the clergyman left the room.
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I take the car up as far as it will go, then turn the lights out.
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They turned the lights out and sat in fear.
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Would you mind turning the light out, Robert?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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light yogurt
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a light blue shirt
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a light breeze
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a light dessert
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a light white wine
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Heat rises because hot air is lighter than cold air.
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I try to have a light workout every day.
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Jones received only a light punishment.
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Modern tennis rackets are much lighter than old-fashioned wooden ones.
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She has light brown hair.
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She prepared a light lunch of salad and cheese.
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She was light as a feather to carry, and her hands were cold as ice.
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Some ministers are suggesting that there should be much lighter penalties for first-time offenders.
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The hallway led to a light and spacious studio.
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The kitchen is light and airy, with a fantastic view.
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The sentence was surprisingly light for such a serious offence.
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The studio was light and spacious.
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The traffic's much lighter than usual.
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They both have brown hair, but Tina's is slightly lighter.
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This is a nice jacket and we also do it in a light green.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All light aircraft maintenance workshops would most certainly have one for synchronizing and timing port and starboard magnetos on piston engines.
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Anyway, say packagers, their wrappings have become lighter.
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He opened the window and a light fresh breeze clutched at the curtains.
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He was making sure they were not exposed to any form of light source, however muted.
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M., the two cars sped along the autostrada toward Brescia in a light mist.
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Now it was light enough to leave.
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The lighter electro-mechanical version had 60 movements, 30 of them in the head, and was also cable-controlled.
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The best rocket exhaust is a very light , very hot gas.
III. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
brightly
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The castle was brightly lit , she saw.
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They are surrounded by high metal fences, guarded by police all day, and brightly lit by spotlights through the night.
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Some other species are easily fooled by artificial light . Brightly lit city areas can give songbirds insomnia.
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The room was quite brightly lit by two gas brackets, one at each side of a shining black stove.
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The platform is brightly lit and filled with people waiting for the train to pull in.
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In the dressing room afterwards, brightly lit by the new Tantallum electric lamps, the atmosphere was just as electric.
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Instead, patronize brightly lit all-night delicatessens.
dimly
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Some streets are dimly lit by smoking torches, but the houses have only the shadowy light of candles and oil-lamps.
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An old wood stove decorates the center of the dimly lit hall.
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The stack swung in farther, revealing a long, damp passageway, dimly lit with strip lights.
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In her dimly lit living-room she had a gumball machine welcoming Kenny and me and the many other children who visited often.
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The room was dimly lit by indirect illumination.
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Mira Sorvino stars in this dim-witted, dimly lit monster flick about gigantic cockroaches living in the New York subway system.
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The sonar room was heavily insulated against all outside noise and dimly lit by subdued yellow lighting.
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Finally, you arrive in the paint scraper aisle, a dimly lit gulag in the rear of the store.
up
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Balancing awkwardly on her elbows, she lit up .
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Finally they turned out the lights and the screen lit up .
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Neighbours raised the alarm when they saw flames light up the early-hours darkness in Ferry Road, Edinburgh.
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He is outspoken, witty, occasionally vulgar, and when he smiles his whole face lights up .
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I had lit up a cigarette on leaving aunt's house, without realising it.
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Only when she mentions the name Miranda do their eyes light up with respect.
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Only long-stay patients will be able to light up after May 31.
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And the fog lighting up around him.
■ NOUN
candle
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The first candles were being lit , and the stars were out.
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A smoke candle was lit inside the test chamber.
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Last night Lois put a candle inside and lit up a happy mouth of three significant teeth.
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In a moment the candle was lit again, and I recognized my attacker.
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We groped around in the darkness, found a fat tallow candle and I lit it with my tinder.
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The candle was then lit by her partner, and placed between her lips.
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She was smiling and her whole face shone as if candles had been lit inside her.
cigar
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He lit one of the cigars which he smoked nonstop and blew rich smoke upwards.
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In the fresh air I light my first cigar of the day, and break the match before I drop it.
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He shouldn't be lighting a cigar .
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His own father would lie down after dinner, light a cigar , and listen to classical music.
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In a sullen silence he lit a cigar and helped himself to a stiff measure of brandy.
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Hill lit his first cigar of the afternoon and thought how popular his investigation should be.
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He shifted in his seat, half at his ease, and lit a cigar .
cigarette
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He declined the cigarette , he lit for himself a small cigar.
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She flopped down on an unmade king-sized bed, staring at me as she took up a cigarette and lit it.
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Dexter looked up expectantly, a loop of ash dangling from the end of the cigarette he had lit in her absence.
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He took out a cigarette and lit it, finding it hard to look into her probing eyes.
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Dunne rolled another cigarette and lit it.
fire
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Once the fire is lit , it has to be kept going and refuelled as necessary.
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His house looked mysterious by candlelight, as if small votive fires had been lit for some ritual.
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There was a scrape as she brought a taper forth from a tin box and leaned towards the fire to light it.
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When the fire was lit , the sorcerer threw a powder on the flames and said a magic charm.
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The fire was lit and our group won.
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In the morning, she rose early and already the fires were lit and breakfast cooking on the range.
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The hearth was drifted up with cinders that had been left uncleared when today's fire was lit .
flame
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The night sky was lit by flames from burning cars, the smoky air stinging with tear gas.
fuse
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Last month it lit the fuse on one of the biggest news stories of the year.
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United lit the fuse for a quality cup tie by giving everything they had against the big boys from the premier league.
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Increases light a fuse for smokers Cigarettes, beer and wine all go up.
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Pat Nevin lit the fuse by making it 2-0.
gas
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He lit the gas mantle and light beamed.
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Stephan lit the gas lantern and placed it near the door.
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The room was quite brightly lit by two gas brackets, one at each side of a shining black stove.
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She lit the gas and filled the kettle, then warmed her hands over the lid while the water boiled.
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He also lit the portable gas fire.
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She was able to light the gas and make tea in the big brown family teapot.
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She lights the gas stove, and makes herself a breakfast of muesli, wholemeal toast and decaffeinated coffee.
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He lit one of the gas mantles above the fireplace.
match
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I find her some matches and try and light one, but it won't light.
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Eulah Mae saw her sharply strike a match against a square match box to light a cigarette over a fresh beer.
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Thus my belief that striking the match will light it is justified inferentially.
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Louis struck a match and lit his pipe.
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The little match girl lit another match.
pipe
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Louis struck a match and lit his pipe .
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More solemn shadows flared as he lit his pipe , the sound of the drawing air strained and high.
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He lights a long pipe and draws in the smoke before handing it to me.
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He had difficulty sleeping and sometimes would call out in the night for me to help him light his pipe .
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Only Donald was moving in the room - lighting his pipe , shaking a paper open.
■ VERB
bring
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The chief means of proactive enforcement is routine sampling, which will bring to light or confirm the existence of persistent pollutions.
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It brought to light chronic problems with staff and aging equipment.
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This programme of research has already brought to light unnoticed phenomena of children's different abilities to communicate in the classroom.
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These three cases are instances of a civilization working over its own heritage something rarely brought fully to light .
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The film also brings to light the fascinating ideological battles that took place within the party.
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Identification Definitions of pollution are bound up with the process by which pollution is formally brought to light and identified.
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This brings to light a characteristic which most Constitutions exhibit.
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There are still other texts which have yet to be critically edited and brought to light .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a ray of hope/light etc
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Amid the crushing disappointment of the general election there was a ray of light for the Conservatives.
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Besides, today there had been a ray of hope.
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But only when a ray of light attempts to pierce this darkness does the real, eerie action unroll.
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But the Red Or Dead catwalk show offered a ray of hope.
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Each time a ray of light passes through a lens it is slightly weakened.
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The Government's resignation is a victory, a ray of hope to take into the dark days ahead.
ambient temperature/light etc
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Homeothermy or Homoiothermy Temperature regulation in tachymetabolic species in which core temperatures remain roughly steady despite ambient temperature changes.
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If you space heat then you will have an ambient temperature of 75-80°F and even higher humidity.
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It really comes into its own with flash as the metering balances the flash against the ambient lighting conditions with great results.
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Odour emissions are affected by wind direction, temperature inversion, ambient temperatures and humidity.
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The ambient temperature for each day of the study was determined from local weekly weather statistics.
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The ambient temperature in Celsius is roughly equal to the number of cricket chirps in 8 seconds plus 5.
at first light
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The search continued at first light.
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They left camp at first light and were in the mountains by nightfall.
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A small flock of evening grosbeaks flew over, and at first light I heard chickadees and goldfinches.
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It was black as night at new moon and white as frost at first light.
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Mountain rescue teams continued the hunt overnight, and a full-scale search resumed at first light.
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The ambush would leave its position the next morning, at first light, to return.
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The Caribou took off at first light.
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We have had trouble at first light with the Khmer Rouge.
be all sweetness and light
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The negotiations were not all sweetness and light.
big/light/fussy etc eater
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During the time she was living with the Abramses, Katelyn was happy and a big eater , Carter said.
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While never a big eater , he did tend to snack it through the day and night.
drenched in/with light
give sb/sth the green light
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The board just gave us the green light to begin research.
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Doctors gave him the green light yesterday to start against New Orleans on Sunday night.
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Everyone has given it the green light.
guiding light/hand/star
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And that is what Aeneas's young son did under the guiding hand of Alecto.
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Eddie was his hero, his guiding light.
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Father Peter, its guiding light, was also its provider of funds and sustenance.
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That will be the guiding light of the next Labour government.
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To followers, he is more than just a guiding light - he is the Messiah.
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Under Mr Yarrow's guiding hand, the reputation of the school was untarnished, these five long years.
hide your light under a bushel
in the cold light of day
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I knew that, in the cold light of day, he held all the aces.
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Night-time madness isn't appealing, seen in the cold light of day.
leading light
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Another was a leading light opera singer in the local community.
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By now, Braudel had become one of its leading lights, and from 1956 to 1968 he was virtually its editor.
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Harrison, a man of simple birth and high intelligence, crossed swords with the leading lights of his day.
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On renouncing alcohol he was pardoned and he set sail for Darlington where he became a leading light in the Society.
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She loves gym workouts, swimming and playing netball - she is a leading light in a local women's team.
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The merchants were the leading lights of the popolo grasso or rich bourgeoisie.
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This victory may set Stretch up with a world-title elimination fight with Britain's other leading light middleweight, Chris Pyatt.
light a fire under sb
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They had come in the night and lit a fire under the stage.
light years ago
light years ahead/better etc than sth
light/comic relief
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After a day's work, it was a bit of light relief to use it.
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After this beginning some light relief must have been welcome.
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All we can say is that, between them, the team eventually raises £3,450 for Comic Relief charities.
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Cold people shake Comic Relief canisters.
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For comic relief , obviously; but we also suspect a topical reference worth considering as evidence in the dating game.
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Her only light relief was Tony, who took her out every night.
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If it afforded the guardians a little light relief , the minutes do not suggest that the complaint was taken anything but seriously.
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Then, for light relief , this page: murder and murder trials.
light/fair/dark complected
make short/light work of sth
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But she made light work of polishing off the shopping at a supermarket near her West London home.
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Carmen would have made short work of Michael too.
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Fourth placed Guisborough made short work of the opposition at Saltburn.
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Guernsey made short work of the opposition when they won the event on home soil in 1990.
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It is fair to warn anglers that thousands of crabs soon make short work of rag and lugworm.
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It made short work of our Windows performance tests, WinTach, clocking up an impressive index of over 9.3.
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The second game we pull away early and make short work of it.
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Willie Thorne made light work of the promising Nottinghamshire youngster, Anthony Hamilton, as he eased into the last 16.
naked light/flame/sword etc
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A very powerful naked light bulb hung from the office ceiling.
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Both men were armed, each carrying a naked sword and dirk.
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He is like a naked light.
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Obviously this is untrue - it is not the naked light that Blanche can not stand, it is the truth.
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She likes to cover up the truth like she covers over the naked light.
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She turned, all flaxen and pink and white, haloed by the naked light bulbs round the mirror.
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This gives a double meaning to Blanche's hatred of naked light.
play of light
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I have a wonderful play of light and shade, and the tungsten light gives a very similar effect.
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Make notes as you watch the play of light in various areas as the sun tracks east to west across the sky.
pool of water/blood/light etc
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A pool of light, expanding circles, merging, dragging me down.
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A guard found him lying in a pool of blood, and a doctor saved him.
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After they are replaced, the spent fuel rods are cooled for several years in pools of water at the plants.
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His black telephone sat captive in a pool of light, ready for interrogation.
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She leaves the coach and wanders through fields for many miles until between trees she sees a deep black pool of water.
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The kind of pool of light depends on whether the bulb fitted inside is a spot, flood or an ordinary bulb.
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Then on the fifth day, mid-morning, a pool of light as pale and clear as moonstone appeared on the horizon.
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There was a pool of blood on the tarmac now, around his head.
streak of lightning/fire/light etc
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A streak of lightning split the sky.
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Sometimes there is hope, a streak of light, a blur on a piece of film.
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The three women were wreaking havoc with their guns that fired streaks of light.
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There was another streak of lightning overhead.
string of pearls/lights/beads etc
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A string of lights on the prom Dancing mad in the storm Who lives in such a place?
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A string of pearls was around her neck, and the bones of her right hand clutched a Bible.
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Beads can choke babies if swallowed, and long strings of beads can also half-strangle older children.
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Careful inspection of the image showed what looked like a string of pearls embedded in a bright haze.
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There was a cavity beneath with a string of pearls in it.
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When the harbor across the bay becomes a string of lights, foghorns take up the bass.
the Southern Lights
the bright lights
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First I turned off the brightest lights.
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He gestured toward the street, the bright lights of Osaka shining before us.
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In the bright lights of the foyer his face was clearly illuminated.
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Instead Elizabeth spent a year at business college in St Albans before joining the bright lights of London's magazine world.
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It had to be the cold air and the bright lights against the darkness.
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Self- imposed pressure Lately, she has wondered if her message is getting lost in the bright lights of television.
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Under the bright lights in the train, both boy and man look pale, lifeless.
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Young Gilbey's passion was cars and he skipped going to university to move to the bright lights of London.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I leaned forward to light her cigarette.
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Osborn's Christmas display is lighted by some 30,000 colored bulbs.
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Ricky sat down and lit a cigarette.
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The fire won't light .
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The old man lit a cigarette and took a puff.
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The old man struck a match and lit his pipe.
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The room was lit by dozens of candles.
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We searched around for twigs and fallen branches, so we could light a fire.
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What are you going to use to light the stage?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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From the other, funnels of smoke poured with flames licking behind them, lighting the dark smoke garishly.
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She waved for them to start and felt her face flush as she sat down and lit the candle.
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The airline clearly agrees and is resolved to defend the freedom to light up.
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The corridor inside was a grey conduit for numerous pipes and fittings, lit by plain white bulbs.
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They could light no fire, and Ratagan prophesied gloomily that their camp that night would be cheerless.
IV. adverb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a ray of hope/light etc
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Amid the crushing disappointment of the general election there was a ray of light for the Conservatives.
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Besides, today there had been a ray of hope.
▪
But only when a ray of light attempts to pierce this darkness does the real, eerie action unroll.
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But the Red Or Dead catwalk show offered a ray of hope.
▪
Each time a ray of light passes through a lens it is slightly weakened.
▪
The Government's resignation is a victory, a ray of hope to take into the dark days ahead.
ambient temperature/light etc
▪
Homeothermy or Homoiothermy Temperature regulation in tachymetabolic species in which core temperatures remain roughly steady despite ambient temperature changes.
▪
If you space heat then you will have an ambient temperature of 75-80°F and even higher humidity.
▪
It really comes into its own with flash as the metering balances the flash against the ambient lighting conditions with great results.
▪
Odour emissions are affected by wind direction, temperature inversion, ambient temperatures and humidity.
▪
The ambient temperature for each day of the study was determined from local weekly weather statistics.
▪
The ambient temperature in Celsius is roughly equal to the number of cricket chirps in 8 seconds plus 5.
at first light
▪
The search continued at first light.
▪
They left camp at first light and were in the mountains by nightfall.
▪
A small flock of evening grosbeaks flew over, and at first light I heard chickadees and goldfinches.
▪
It was black as night at new moon and white as frost at first light.
▪
Mountain rescue teams continued the hunt overnight, and a full-scale search resumed at first light.
▪
The ambush would leave its position the next morning, at first light, to return.
▪
The Caribou took off at first light.
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We have had trouble at first light with the Khmer Rouge.
be all sweetness and light
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The negotiations were not all sweetness and light.
be bathed in light/sunshine etc
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He threw open a side door off the first-floor hall, and we were bathed in light.
big/light/fussy etc eater
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During the time she was living with the Abramses, Katelyn was happy and a big eater , Carter said.
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While never a big eater , he did tend to snack it through the day and night.
cast light on/onto sth
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The convergence of the techniques will cast light on perspectives and how they are controlled.
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The different ways in which superantigens activate T cells casts light on the pathogenesis of infectious disease.
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The incident has cast light on the creeping privatisation of the drug war.
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The investigation explores the possibility of using probate inventories to cast light on this and related questions.
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We use this to cast light on a metaphor of which we are given no other interpretation.
dim your headlights/lights
dip your headlights/lights
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He put his foot on the accelerator and dipped his headlights.
drenched in/with light
give sb/sth the green light
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The board just gave us the green light to begin research.
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Doctors gave him the green light yesterday to start against New Orleans on Sunday night.
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Everyone has given it the green light.
guiding light/hand/star
▪
And that is what Aeneas's young son did under the guiding hand of Alecto.
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Eddie was his hero, his guiding light.
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Father Peter, its guiding light, was also its provider of funds and sustenance.
▪
That will be the guiding light of the next Labour government.
▪
To followers, he is more than just a guiding light - he is the Messiah.
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Under Mr Yarrow's guiding hand, the reputation of the school was untarnished, these five long years.
hide your light under a bushel
in the cold light of day
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I knew that, in the cold light of day, he held all the aces.
▪
Night-time madness isn't appealing, seen in the cold light of day.
jump a light
leading light
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Another was a leading light opera singer in the local community.
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By now, Braudel had become one of its leading lights, and from 1956 to 1968 he was virtually its editor.
▪
Harrison, a man of simple birth and high intelligence, crossed swords with the leading lights of his day.
▪
On renouncing alcohol he was pardoned and he set sail for Darlington where he became a leading light in the Society.
▪
She loves gym workouts, swimming and playing netball - she is a leading light in a local women's team.
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The merchants were the leading lights of the popolo grasso or rich bourgeoisie.
▪
This victory may set Stretch up with a world-title elimination fight with Britain's other leading light middleweight, Chris Pyatt.
light a fire under sb
▪
They had come in the night and lit a fire under the stage.
light years ago
light years ahead/better etc than sth
light/comic relief
▪
After a day's work, it was a bit of light relief to use it.
▪
After this beginning some light relief must have been welcome.
▪
All we can say is that, between them, the team eventually raises £3,450 for Comic Relief charities.
▪
Cold people shake Comic Relief canisters.
▪
For comic relief , obviously; but we also suspect a topical reference worth considering as evidence in the dating game.
▪
Her only light relief was Tony, who took her out every night.
▪
If it afforded the guardians a little light relief , the minutes do not suggest that the complaint was taken anything but seriously.
▪
Then, for light relief , this page: murder and murder trials.
light/fair/dark complected
make short/light work of sth
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But she made light work of polishing off the shopping at a supermarket near her West London home.
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Carmen would have made short work of Michael too.
▪
Fourth placed Guisborough made short work of the opposition at Saltburn.
▪
Guernsey made short work of the opposition when they won the event on home soil in 1990.
▪
It is fair to warn anglers that thousands of crabs soon make short work of rag and lugworm.
▪
It made short work of our Windows performance tests, WinTach, clocking up an impressive index of over 9.3.
▪
The second game we pull away early and make short work of it.
▪
Willie Thorne made light work of the promising Nottinghamshire youngster, Anthony Hamilton, as he eased into the last 16.
naked light/flame/sword etc
▪
A very powerful naked light bulb hung from the office ceiling.
▪
Both men were armed, each carrying a naked sword and dirk.
▪
He is like a naked light.
▪
Obviously this is untrue - it is not the naked light that Blanche can not stand, it is the truth.
▪
She likes to cover up the truth like she covers over the naked light.
▪
She turned, all flaxen and pink and white, haloed by the naked light bulbs round the mirror.
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This gives a double meaning to Blanche's hatred of naked light.
play a hose/light on sth
play of light
▪
I have a wonderful play of light and shade, and the tungsten light gives a very similar effect.
▪
Make notes as you watch the play of light in various areas as the sun tracks east to west across the sky.
pool of water/blood/light etc
▪
A pool of light, expanding circles, merging, dragging me down.
▪
A guard found him lying in a pool of blood, and a doctor saved him.
▪
After they are replaced, the spent fuel rods are cooled for several years in pools of water at the plants.
▪
His black telephone sat captive in a pool of light, ready for interrogation.
▪
She leaves the coach and wanders through fields for many miles until between trees she sees a deep black pool of water.
▪
The kind of pool of light depends on whether the bulb fitted inside is a spot, flood or an ordinary bulb.
▪
Then on the fifth day, mid-morning, a pool of light as pale and clear as moonstone appeared on the horizon.
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There was a pool of blood on the tarmac now, around his head.
punch sb's lights out
run a (red) light
▪
An old man who worked in a poultry store was stopped for running a light.
▪
For every motorist who runs a red light, there are five pedestrians who do it.
▪
It was going to sea with only its running lights on.
▪
Jones still faces a misdemeanor charge of reckless driving and an infraction for running a red light.
▪
Men are more likely to run a red light, forget to signal, or drink and drive.
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The running lights flashed off and a thick silence filled up the day.
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The bigger issue is, will San Franciscans still be allowed to run red lights across Market Street?
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When you run a red light, a few coins save a fine.
see the light
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But soon he could only see the lights of the boat in the distance.
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Each has attracted his or her share of supporters who could also see the light once it was pointed out to them.
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Five minutes later he saw the lights of a village pub.
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From two blocks away you can see the light radiating up into the sky.
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It was uncanny and Maggie was never so glad to see the light from her own room and get Ana back indoors.
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One must have experienced deeply, known greatness - seen the light, as he said.
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Sadly, for it was a lively, largely autobiographical piece, it would never see the light of day.
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You were sitting in your seat, pressed back by the acceleration, and you saw the light beams curve.
see the light of day
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Business contracts go through armies of lawyers before they see the light of day.
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Most observers predict the bill won't see the light of day until at least January.
▪
And eventually, Guinness as we know it, rich subtle and dark, is ready to see the light of day.
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Get to the back of the drawers and cupboards - areas which don't often see the light of day.
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I am not too worried about the new council tax because I doubt whether it will see the light of day.
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I never sold a garment or got an order from this source, I wonder if they saw the light of day.
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Many of Brindley's ideas were regarded as the hair-brained schemes of a madman which would never see the light of day.
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Sadly, for it was a lively, largely autobiographical piece, it would never see the light of day.
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The implication must be that a lot of bids are being planned but never see the light of day.
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There's so much good stuff that has never seen the light of day.
shed light
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A fretful wind was not enough to open them and shed light on the ruptured earth in which they lay.
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An analysis of the results should shed light on the workings of the Northern Ireland labour market.
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Brophy said the man was not considered a suspect, but investigators hope he can shed light on what started the blaze.
▪
Eastin and her task force hope to shed light on the challenge by early next year.
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Podesta's role sheds light on both questions.
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The extent of Hygeberht's authority perhaps sheds light on Offa's principal area of interest.
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Therefore they shed light on the comparative institutional questions with which we are concerned.
show sb in a good/bad etc light
streak of lightning/fire/light etc
▪
A streak of lightning split the sky.
▪
Sometimes there is hope, a streak of light, a blur on a piece of film.
▪
The three women were wreaking havoc with their guns that fired streaks of light.
▪
There was another streak of lightning overhead.
string of pearls/lights/beads etc
▪
A string of lights on the prom Dancing mad in the storm Who lives in such a place?
▪
A string of pearls was around her neck, and the bones of her right hand clutched a Bible.
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Beads can choke babies if swallowed, and long strings of beads can also half-strangle older children.
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Careful inspection of the image showed what looked like a string of pearls embedded in a bright haze.
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There was a cavity beneath with a string of pearls in it.
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When the harbor across the bay becomes a string of lights, foghorns take up the bass.
the Southern Lights
the bright lights
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First I turned off the brightest lights.
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He gestured toward the street, the bright lights of Osaka shining before us.
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In the bright lights of the foyer his face was clearly illuminated.
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Instead Elizabeth spent a year at business college in St Albans before joining the bright lights of London's magazine world.
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It had to be the cold air and the bright lights against the darkness.
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Self- imposed pressure Lately, she has wondered if her message is getting lost in the bright lights of television.
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Under the bright lights in the train, both boy and man look pale, lifeless.
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Young Gilbey's passion was cars and he skipped going to university to move to the bright lights of London.
throw a light/shadow
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Begin from a fighting stance, perhaps by throwing a light snap punch into the opponent's face from the front hand.
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But the flames were growing higher, throwing light, casting dancing shadows.
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Fossils do throw light on the history of the lateral line and tail.
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Geographical comparison of patterns of lawbreaking sometimes throws light on more general differences in social and economic conditions.
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He uses relativity to throw light on time and eternity, and indeterminacy to comment on free will.
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The role of premises is to throw light on a subject; the role of evidences is to give weight to it.
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Understanding the nature and activities of such organisations helped throw light upon issues of town identity and representation.
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Where once they flew in such flocks that they threw shadows over the earth, they now survive in a few straggling colonies.
throw light on sth
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A comparison of the two will throw light on the crisis of conscience on both occasions.
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But I have not found anything in the careful judgment of Mustill L.J. which throws light on the issues presently under consideration.
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But my frantic, full-beamed Mayday signal only threw light on a de-iced porthole.
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Epidemiological studies sometimes threw light on preventable causes of cancer.
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Experiments to throw light on the processes at work must themselves be long-term.
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Geographical comparison of patterns of lawbreaking sometimes throws light on more general differences in social and economic conditions.
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It also seeks to throw light on the role assumed by planters and the planting lobby in society at large.
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Life-positions throw light on why it is that some people tend to be winners and some losers in life.
trip the light fantastic
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Among their routines as they trip the light fantastic at the Dolphin Centre in Darlington are the old time and modern dances.
turn the light out
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He turned the light out as the clergyman left the room.
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I take the car up as far as it will go, then turn the lights out.
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They turned the lights out and sat in fear.
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Would you mind turning the light out, Robert?