light it up

基本解释

We sat talking until it was lighting-up time, and indoors pools of lamplight were being kindled with spills along the succession of lavender-smelling rooms.
我们坐着，一直聊到晚上的开灯时间，室内游泳馆被照亮了，沿着充满薰衣草芳香的一排屋子有溢出的水。
The people have Christmas trees with beautiful decorations on it and candles lighting up. They send presents and cards. And they have a big dinner and set off fireworks.
每家都准备一棵大圣诞树，在圣诞树上挂上各种漂亮的装饰品，燃上蜡烛，在树下放着互相赠送的礼物和卡片。人们欢聚一堂，吃大餐，燃放烟火。
So once our station got to the lighting phase, we beefed it up quite a bit because it turns out Grand Central is actually pretty dark and dingy.
因此到了须要给车站打灯光阶段的时候，我们刻意加强了不少灯光，因为中央车站确实显得太过昏黑黯淡。
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As it happened, the smell vanished as soon as the place warmed up, and it was her husband who performed all the tasks: lighting the stubborn Rayburn stove and forcing open the kitchen window, activating the bathroom plumbing and disposing of the broken-backed mice in the traps.
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