"light" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

light verbo

light + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 22
light one's way • light one's pipe • light one's face • light a cigarette • light a candle • light a cigar • light a match • light a fire • ...
verbo + light
Kolokacji: 3
try to light • finish lighting • begin lighting
(1) try, finish, begin
Kolokacji: 3
1. try to light = spróbuj do światła try to light
2. finish lighting = oświetlenie końca finish lighting
3. begin lighting = zacznij oświetlenie begin lighting
  • Vance shrugged his shoulders and began lighting a cigarette.
  • Heffer began lighting a new cigarette, possibly from his thoughts.
  • All down the line, the gunners began lighting the sacks he'd had prepared last night.
  • Three years later Engelhorn became tenant of the public gasworks and began lighting the city's streets with gas.
  • In 1986, the archdiocese installed flood lamps around the cathedral and began lighting it nightly, at a cost of $8,000 a year.
  • Husband sat back in his chair and began lighting his pipe for the third time.
  • In a couple of hours, dawn glow would begin lighting the sky.
  • Marya came in again and began lighting the stove.
  • He crossed and began lighting a set of candles on the far side of the altar.
  • A peasant woman came into the hut and began in a leisurely way lighting the stove to get the dinner.
light + preposición
Kolokacji: 35
light up • light out • light on • light from • light with • ...
light + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 45
dimly lit • brightly lit • well lit • brilliantly lit • softly lit • ...

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