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Discover LudwigThe phrase "light the candle" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when something needs to be illuminated, or when an element of ritual needs to be observed. For example, "As part of the ceremony, the kids lit the candles and made a wish."
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I light the candle again.
"Light the candle!" shouts some card from the gallery.
I light the candle and set it by the hole.
"She said you can light the candle and have the crow look at it, or you can light the candle under the crow," he explained with glee.
"We're going to light the candle," he said, peering through the porthole.
The rest are sincere, nice people who "can't light the candle," as someone said of John Connally in 1980.
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Come light the candles".
It's time to light the candles.
Why does the shiksa always have to light the candles?..."....
He talks to Laurel, letting her light the candles.
A little girl came up to light the candles.
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