Nov 10, 2014 · The cartwheels, in the true gymnastic sense, may not be literal - the light fandango they were skipping may have just been some serious arm-waving & swaying whilst barely managing to remain upright, to the strains of The Doors, Stones or Beatles - but they most definitely did not 'skip' it as in 'not participate' - they were obviously both ...

Jan 10, 2015 · In the light of the full moon, the lake looked magical, like something out of a dream. In light of the full moon falling on Tuesday, we've moved our nighttime treasure hunt to Wednesday. To explicitly answer your questions: Both in light of and in the light of can be grammatical. (The very fact that you found both in use should have told you this.)

Mar 24, 2016 · In LDOCE, 'light' is considered a synonym of 'pale' which means having more white in it than usual, and I also thought pale and light are interchangeable when it came to colors. I'm reading 'English Vocabulary in Use', intermediate level by Cambridge University Press which is based on British English, in which there is a note that says,

Sometimes light bulbs do shatter when they fail. In that case it would be more appropriate to say the bulb has blown. When light bulbs shatter as the failure mode then there has probably been a power surge. If you are interested I can tell you more …

May 21, 2015 · Imagine you are in a dark room, and you need to see something. Someone in the room has a flashlight. You might say, "Shine the light over here, so I can see what I'm doing." If there is a confusing situation, someone might "shed light on" the situation. This isn't literal light, but it's information that makes something less confusing.

In the common tongue, "heat" and "light" are conceived as related but distinct things, e.g., "an explanation that gives more heat than light." To the average speaker, you do not dry clothes outside on even a sunny February day because it is not warm enough to be effective. Heat rather than light is the criterion.

Dec 14, 2017 · It is true that "small" is not used with uncountable nouns. Even with countable nouns, you would use "few" instead if you want to say that there were not very many, because when "small" is used with plural nouns, it implies that …

Jun 18, 2014 · "Appetizers" are generally understood to mean the light food before a meal (though in the context of a banquet where the snacks in OP's picture do actually precede a meal, I suppose "appetizers" would be appropriate)

Feb 24, 2021 · These are two different meanings of the word "light". The uncountable noun refers to the general concept of light. "I shone light on his face" means "I caused some beam of light to go onto his face". But the countable noun refers to a thing that produces light; so, a lamp, a torch/flashlight, a candle, etc. "I shone the light on his face" might ...

Jan 25, 2021 · I'd say the test is wrong. "off" and "out" are both correct. In fact, I think "out" is even a little better. "The lights went off" is what you would expect to happen when you flip the switch at the end of a work day, for instance, but if "the lights went out", we have no idea why, and the test question included "surprising", so I'd have chosen "o