Matching Pairs Metaphors and Idioms (input)Online version Academic Wordskills - 09 (Metaphors and Idioms) by Филипп Леонидович 1 in the light of 2 to illuminate 3 to shed (new) light on smth 4 in the shadow of 5 to shine a light on 6 glaring 7 to remain in the dark 8 to elucidate 9 to highlight to provide a clearer explanation for smth bad and being too obvious to continue in a state of not knowing something to focus on in the situation where something bad has happened or is happening to emphasize something important to explain and make clearer (from the Latin "lucid" meaning "light") because of (e.g. recent studies) to show more clearly something that is hard to understand