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A n1 ( brightness) lumière f ; a beam of light un faisceau de lumière ; by the light of à la lumière de [fire] ; à la clarté de [moon] ; in a good light sous une bonne lumière ; to read in a poor light lire avec peu de lumière ; in full light en pleine lumière ; in the light of day lit, fig au grand jour ; I'd like to drive back in the light j'aimerais rentrer avant la nuit ; to cast ou throw ou shed light on lit projeter or répandre de la lumière sur ; fig éclaircir ; to hold sth up to the light tenir qch à la lumière ; against the light à contre-jour ; with the light behind her le dos tourné à la lumière ; the light was failing la nuit tombait ;2 (gleam, bright point) lumière f ; ( in eye) lueur f ; a light on the horizon une lumière à l'horizon ; the city lights les lumières de la ville ;3 ( electrical appliance) (in building, on machine, in oven) lumière f ; ( in street) réverbère m ; ( on ship) feu m ; to put ou switch ou turn a light on allumer une lumière ; to put ou switch ou turn a light off éteindre une lumière ; to leave a light on laisser une lumière allumée ; are all the lights off ou out? est-ce que toutes les lumières sont éteintes? ; a light came on/went out une lumière s'est allumée/s'est éteinte ; to turn a light up/down augmenter/réduire une lumière ; the lights went up/down Theat les lumières se sont allumées/éteintes ; shine the light over here! éclaire par ici! ;4 (part of gauge, indicator, dashboard) voyant m (lumineux) ; a red light comes on/goes off un voyant rouge s'allume/s'éteint ;5 Aut ( headlight) phare m ; ( rearlight) feu m arrière ; ( inside car) veilleuse f ; to put one's lights on/off allumer/éteindre ses phares ; to have/leave one's lights on avoir/laisser ses phares allumés ; to check one's lights vérifier les phares ; to flash one's lights at sb faire un appel de phares à qn ;6 ( flame) to put a light to allumer [fire, gas] ; to set light to mettre le feu à ; to give sb a light offrir du feu à qn ; have you got a light? tu as du feu? ;7 fig ( aspect) jour m ; to see sth in a good/bad /new light voir qch sous un bon/mauvais/ nouveau jour ; I hadn't thought of it in that light je n'y avais pas pensé sous cet angle-là ; looking at it in that light… vu sous cet angle… ; to appear in a bad light apparaître sous un jour défavorable ; in the light of compte tenu de ; to review sth in the light of réexaminer qch à la lumière de [evidence, experience] ; to see sb/sth in a different light voir qn/qch sous un jour différent ;8 fig ( exposure) to bring to light découvrir [fact, evidence, truth, crime] ; to come to ou be brought to light être découvert ;1 Transp feu m, feux mpl ; the lights are red/green le feu est au rouge/au vert ; to stop at the lights s'arrêter au feu ; cross at the lights traversez aux feux ; the lights aren't working les feux ne marchent pas ; to shoot ○ ou jump ○ the lights griller ○ un feu rouge ;2 ( decorative display) illuminations fpl ;3 Culin mou m.D adj1 ( bright) [evening, room, house] clair ; it is light enough to do il fait assez clair pour faire ; to get ou grow lighter [sky] s'éclaircir ; it was getting ou growing light il commençait à faire jour ; while it's still light pendant qu'il fait encore jour ;2 ( pale) [colour, fabric, wood, skin] clair ; [hair] blond ; light blue/grey bleu/gris clair inv ; light blue socks des chaussettes bleu clair ;3 ( not heavy) [material, substance, mist, snow, wind, clothing, plane, sleep, meal, beer, cake] léger/-ère ; [rain] fin ; [drinker] modéré ; [business, trading] peu actif/-ive ; to have a light touch [pianist] avoir un toucher léger ; [writer, cook] avoir une certaine légèreté ; a light sprinkling ou dusting un saupoudrage ; a light soprano une soprano légère ; to be a light sleeper avoir le sommeil léger ; she is 2 kg lighter elle pèse 2 kg de moins ; this sack of coal is 5 kg light il manque 5 kg à ce sac de charbon ;4 ( not severe) [damage, punishment, sentence] léger/-ère ;5 ( delicate) [knock, tap, footsteps] léger/-ère ; [kiss, movement] délicat ; to be light on one's feet avoir la démarche légère ;6 ( not tiring) [work] peu fatigant ; [exercise, training] léger/-ère ; light duties petits travaux mpl ; light housework petits travaux ménagers ; to make light work of sth faire qch sans peine ;7 ( not intellectually demanding) [music, verse] léger/-ère ; a bit of light relief un peu de divertissement ; some light reading for the beach quelque chose de facile à lire pour la plage ;8 ( not important) [affair] pas sérieux/-ieuse ; it is no light matter c'est une chose sérieuse ; to make light of traiter [qch] à la légère [rumour, problem] ; ne pas attacher d'importance à [injury] ;9 ( cheerful) [mood, laugh] enjoué ;1 ( set fire to) allumer [candle, gas, oven, cigarette] ; enflammer [wood, paper] ; tirer [firework] ; craquer [match] ; to light a fire faire un or du feu ; to light the fire allumer le feu ; a lighted match une allumette enflammée ;2 ( illuminate) [torch, lamp, sun] éclairer.the light of sb's life le rayon de soleil de qn ; many hands make light work Prov à plusieurs la besogne va vite ; to do sth according to one's lights sout faire qch comme on l'entend ; to go light on ○ sth y aller mollo ◑ avec qch ; to go out like a light s'endormir tout de suite ; to see the light comprendre.■ light on:▶ light on [sth] [eyes, person] tomber sur.■ light up ○:▶ light up1 ( light cigarette) allumer une cigarette ; ( light pipe) allumer une pipe ;2 [lamp] s'allumer ;▶ light up [sth], light [sth] up1 [smoker] allumer [cigarette, cigar, pipe] ;■ light upon = light on.
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