English in a Minute: Phrases with 'light'
Learning English Vocabulary
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🗓️ 13 November 2025
⏱️ 1 minutes
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What does it mean to see the light? Learn that and more with Georgie.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, radio podcasts. |
| 0:06.0 | You're listening to BBC LearningEnglish.com. |
| 0:10.7 | I'm here to shed light on some phrases to use with the word light. |
| 0:18.6 | If you shed light on something, you give more information about it to make it easier to understand. |
| 0:23.6 | The X-ray scan shed light on the causes of his back pain. |
| 0:28.6 | If you see the light, you finally understand something you didn't before and change your attitude or behaviour. |
| 0:35.6 | Grandma has resisted buying a mobile phone for years, |
| 0:39.5 | but she's finally seen the light, |
| 0:41.2 | and now we can have weekly video calls. |
| 0:44.0 | A light at the end of the tunnel is an idiom, |
| 0:46.5 | meaning there's hope after a period of difficulty. |
| 0:50.0 | After four years of financial hardship, |
| 0:52.5 | she could finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. |
| 0:55.9 | And finally, if you are out like a light, it means you fall asleep instantly. |
| 1:01.1 | I just put the baby to bed and he was out like a light. He must have been exhausted. |
| 1:06.8 | Now, why not try practicing these phrases this week? |
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