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| lighten [sth]⇒ vtr | (make less dark) | erhellen Vt |
| | | aufhellen Vt, sepa |
| | | Licht in etwas bringen Rdw |
| | Opening the curtains lightened the room enough to read. |
| lighten [sth] vtr | (colour: make paler) | heller machen Adj + Vt |
| | | aufhellen Vt, sepa |
| | | bleichen Vt |
| | I want to lighten my hair colour a little bit. |
| lighten [sth] vtr | (make less heavy) | [etw] leichter machen Adj + Vt |
| | The cart driver asked the passengers to get off and walk up the hill, to lighten the load for the horse. |
| lighten [sth] vtr | figurative (make less onerous) | etwas erleichtern Vt |
| | | etwas abnehmen Vt, sepa |
| | | etwas verringern Vt |
| | What can I do to lighten your workload? |
| lighten [sth] vtr | figurative (mood: make less serious) | aufheitern Vt, sepa |
| | | erhellen Vt |
| | | aufhellen Vt, sepa |
| | Dave's jokes always lighten the atmosphere. |
| lighten⇒ vi | (become less dark) | hell werden Adj + Vt |
| | | erhellen Vt |
| | | aufhellen Vt, sepa |
| | When it began to lighten we saw there were a few clouds. |
| lighten vi | (become less heavy) | leichter werden Adj + Vt |
| | | an Gewicht verlieren Rdw |
| | The tank will lighten as the water evaporates. |
| lighten vi | figurative (mood: become less serious) | aufhellen Vi, sepa |
| | | aufheitern Vi, sepa |
| | | erhellen Vr |
| | When my daughter looks sad I tickle her until her expression lightens. |
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| lighten up vi phrasal | informal, figurative (be less serious) | entspannen Vr |
| | | lockerer werden Adj + Vi |
| | | etwas nicht so ernst nehmen VP |
| | He should lighten up and not take work so seriously. Lighten up, the situation is not as bad as you think it is! |
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Wörterbuch v1 Englisch-Deutsch © WordReference.com 2012:
light·en1 [ˈlaıtn]- I v/i
- 1. hell werden, sich erhellen
- 2. blitzen
- II v/t erhellen
light·en2 [ˈlaıtn]I v/t
- 1. leichter machen, erleichtern (beide auch fig)
- 2. Schiff (ab)leichtern
- 3. aufheitern
II v/i leichter werden (auch fig Herz etc)
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