candle

1. A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin.

   light a candle

   blow out the candles on the birthday cake

   Kerze

   свеча́svečá, све́чкаsvéčka

   сві́чкаsvíčka

2. The protruding, removable portion of a filter, particularly a water filter.

3. A fast-growing, light-colored, upward-growing shoot on a pine tree in the spring. As growth slows in summer, the shoot darkens and is no longer conspicuous.

4. (idiomatic)Indicates how high or low church something is by height on the candle.

   That vicar used to be an evangelical, but she's crept up the candle in recent years.

5. (obsolete)A unit of luminous intensity, now replaced by the SI unit candela.

1. He lit a candle in the dark.

   У темряві він запалив свічку.

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2. I want you to light the candle.

   Я хочу, щоб ти запалив свічку.

   ruЯ хочу, чтобы ты зажёг свечу.

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3. Tom took the candle from Mary and blew it out.

   Том взяв у Мері свічку й задув її.

   ruТом взял у Мэри свечу и задул её.

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4. The candle went out by itself.

   Свічка сама згасла.

   ruСвеча сама погасла.

   deDie Kerze ging von selber aus.

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5. Please light a candle.

   Запали свічку, будь ласка.

   ruЗажги свечу, пожалуйста.

   deBitte mache eine Kerze an.

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