Advanced: Collocations II

I set my alarm so that I could wake up at
_______ light, before anyone else was stirring. 

• first
• soon
• the
• early

It is hoped that the current research will ____________ light,  on the hitherto unknown causes of this terrible disease. 

• shed
• bring
• take
• cause

Clara always makes a point of________ light, with just a change of
clothes rolled up in a small backpack. 

• booking
• travelling
• packing
• eating

The principal announced that the culprit would be _______off lightly, as long as he or she owned up immediately.

• set
• met
• let
• get

The full story didn’t ________ to light until a fifty-year-old diary was unearthed in an attic.

• bring
• go
• split
• come

The cut was bleeding quite badly, but Nicki was determined to ________light of it, and said it was just a scratch.

• make
• dismiss
• resume
• take

Will’s ________ lit up as he entered the room and saw the long tablegroaning with food. He suddenly realised how ravenous he was.

• mouth
• face
• forehead
• eyebrows

Well, I got my first job soon after leaving school. It seems light _______ away now, but I can still remember how excited I was.

• time
• speed
• years
• lime

_______ the light of recent events, the government will shortly bemaking an announcement on the action it plans to take.

• On
• Through
• At
• In

With mounting rage, Daisy tore up the letter, threw the pieces into the grate, and________ light to them with a match.

• set
• put
• gave
• brought