ray of light
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrayandlight
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ray
noun
uk/reɪ/us/reɪ/
a narrow beam of light, heat, etc. travelling in a straight line from its place ...
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light
noun
uk/laɪt/us/laɪt/
the brightness that comes from the sun, fire, etc. and from electrical devices, and that allows things to ...
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(Definition ofrayandlightfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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But onerayoflightemerged.
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I saw a redeemingrayoflight.
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This was the onerayoflight.
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There is onerayoflight.
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I see one smallrayoflighton the horizon.
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They saw it as arayoflight.
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This is onerayoflight, and there is another.
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He is a largerayoflighton the horizon.
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It begins at the eye, in the case of the visual ray, or the luminous object, in the case of arayoflight.
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The onlyrayoflightin this dismal analysis is that the euphoria over the deterministic nature of progress has passed.
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But he did not cast a singlerayoflightupon the matter.
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In all this sorry saga there has been onerayoflight.
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We may see onerayoflightin this dismal scene.
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That, however, is the onlyrayoflighton an otherwise dark and dismal scene.
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Not arayoflighthas been vouchsafed, not a morsel of information granted.
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Despite these criticisms the report is still arayoflightin the darkness of dogmatism.
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He could not see arayoflightin any direction at all.
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Just occasionally there is arayoflightwhich relieves it.
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However, it may be that there is arayoflightsomewhere.
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I think my noble friend saw a tinyrayoflightthere.
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The onlyrayoflightis the prospect of the balance of payments deficit falling to £15 billion.
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That was the first realrayoflightshed on our canal system for nearly a hundred years.
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A mirror transmits arayoflightto a detector.
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However, there was arayoflightin respect of services where we came first in innovation intensity, so we are getting something right.
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