{"id":12820,"date":"2025-03-19T23:17:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T21:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/?p=12820"},"modified":"2025-03-16T23:47:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T21:47:48","slug":"collocations-describing-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/archives\/12820","title":{"rendered":"Collocations: describing light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12822\" src=\"http:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Light.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Light.jpg 612w, https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Light-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Light-483x300.jpg 483w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>glow dark<\/strong> (\u0441\u0432\u0435\u0442\u0438\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u0432 \u0442\u0435\u043c\u043d\u043e\u0442\u0435)<br \/>\n<em>The watch hands glow in the dark. (\u0421\u0442\u0440\u0435\u043b\u043a\u0438 \u0447\u0430\u0441\u043e\u0432 \u0441\u0432\u0435\u0442\u044f\u0442\u0441\u044f \u0432 \u0442\u0435\u043c\u043d\u043e\u0442\u0435.)<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>candles flicker<\/strong> (\u0441\u0432\u0435\u0447\u0438 \u043c\u0435\u0440\u0446\u0430\u044e\u0442)<br \/>\n<em>The candles flickered in the breeze. (\u0421\u0432\u0435\u0447\u0438 \u043c\u0435\u0440\u0446\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u043d\u0430 \u0441\u043a\u0432\u043e\u0437\u043d\u044f\u043a\u0435.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>a beam of light<\/strong> (\u043b\u0443\u0447 \u0441\u0432\u0435\u0442\u0430)<br \/>\n<em>A beam of light shone through the window. (\u041b\u0443\u0447 \u0441\u0432\u0435\u0442\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0438\u043a \u0447\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0437 \u043e\u043a\u043d\u043e.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>pitch dark<\/strong> (\u043a\u0440\u043e\u043c\u0435\u0448\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0442\u044c\u043c\u0430)<br \/>\n<em>It was pitch dark outside, and we couldn&#8217;t see a thing. (\u0421\u043d\u0430\u0440\u0443\u0436\u0438 \u0431\u044b\u043b\u0430 \u043a\u0440\u043e\u043c\u0435\u0448\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0442\u044c\u043c\u0430, \u0438 \u043c\u044b \u043d\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0433\u043e \u043d\u0435 \u0432\u0438\u0434\u0435\u043b\u0438.)<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>the faint glow of<\/strong> dawn (\u0441\u043b\u0430\u0431\u044b\u0439 \u043e\u0442\u0431\u043b\u0435\u0441\u043a \u0440\u0430\u0441\u0441\u0432\u0435\u0442\u0430)<br \/>\n<em>The faint glow of dawn appeared on the horizon. (\u0421\u043b\u0430\u0431\u044b\u0439 \u043e\u0442\u0431\u043b\u0435\u0441\u043a \u0440\u0430\u0441\u0441\u0432\u0435\u0442\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u044f\u0432\u0438\u043b\u0441\u044f \u043d\u0430 \u0433\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0437\u043e\u043d\u0442\u0435.)<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>tinged with<\/strong> gold (\u043e\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0448\u0435\u043d\u043e \u0437\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0442\u0438\u0441\u0442\u044b\u043c \u0446\u0432\u0435\u0442\u043e\u043c)<br \/>\n<em>The sky was tinged with gold as the sun set. (\u041d\u0435\u0431\u043e \u043e\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0441\u0438\u043b\u043e\u0441\u044c \u0437\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0442\u0438\u0441\u0442\u044b\u043c \u0446\u0432\u0435\u0442\u043e\u043c, \u043a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430 \u0437\u0430\u0445\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043b\u043e \u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>a ray of sunlight<\/strong> (\u043b\u0443\u0447 \u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0435\u0447\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0441\u0432\u0435\u0442\u0430)<br \/>\n<em>A ray of sunlight streamed through the clouds. (\u041b\u0443\u0447 \u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0435\u0447\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0441\u0432\u0435\u0442\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0431\u0438\u043b\u0441\u044f \u0441\u043a\u0432\u043e\u0437\u044c \u043e\u0431\u043b\u0430\u043a\u0430.)<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>a glare of the sun<\/strong> (<em>\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0435\u043f\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0441\u0432\u0435\u0442 \u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0430 <\/em>)<br \/>\n<em>The glare of the sun made it hard to see. (\u041e\u0441\u043b\u0435\u043f\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0441\u0432\u0435\u0442 \u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0430 \u0437\u0430\u0442\u0440\u0443\u0434\u043d\u044f\u043b \u0437\u0440\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435.)<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>stars twinkle<\/strong> (\u0437\u0432\u0435\u0437\u0434\u044b \u043c\u0435\u0440\u0446\u0430\u044e\u0442)<br \/>\n<em>The stars twinkled brightly in the night sky. (\u0417\u0432\u0451\u0437\u0434\u044b \u044f\u0440\u043a\u043e \u043c\u0435\u0440\u0446\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u0432 \u043d\u043e\u0447\u043d\u043e\u043c \u043d\u0435\u0431\u0435.)<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>a pinpoint of light<\/strong> (\u043a\u0440\u043e\u0448\u0435\u0447\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0442\u043e\u0447\u043a\u0430 \u0441\u0432\u0435\u0442\u0430)<br \/>\n<em>In the distance, we saw a tiny pinpoint of light. (\u0412\u0434\u0430\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0435 \u043c\u044b \u0443\u0432\u0438\u0434\u0435\u043b\u0438 \u043a\u0440\u043e\u0448\u0435\u0447\u043d\u0443\u044e \u0442\u043e\u0447\u043a\u0443 \u0441\u0432\u0435\u0442\u0430.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>glow dark (\u0441\u0432\u0435\u0442\u0438\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u0432 \u0442\u0435\u043c\u043d\u043e\u0442\u0435) The watch hands glow in the dark. (\u0421\u0442\u0440\u0435\u043b\u043a\u0438 \u0447\u0430\u0441\u043e\u0432 \u0441\u0432\u0435\u0442\u044f\u0442\u0441\u044f \u0432 \u0442\u0435\u043c\u043d\u043e\u0442\u0435.) candles flicker (\u0441\u0432\u0435\u0447\u0438 \u043c\u0435\u0440\u0446\u0430\u044e\u0442) The candles flickered in the breeze. (\u0421\u0432\u0435\u0447\u0438 \u043c\u0435\u0440\u0446\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u043d\u0430 \u0441\u043a\u0432\u043e\u0437\u043d\u044f\u043a\u0435.) a beam of light (\u043b\u0443\u0447 \u0441\u0432\u0435\u0442\u0430) A beam of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/archives\/12820\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1263],"tags":[1255,1296,1297],"class_list":["post-12820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collocations","tag-b2","tag-colour","tag-light"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12820"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12823,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12820\/revisions\/12823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}