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Regina Tuyen Le
2021-10-13 10:10
Lighten (one's) load verb phrase
To help to make one's duty, problem or situation less difficult, upsetting, or overwhelming
Sharing your problems with others is the best way to lighten your load physically and mentally.
The support and encouragement from my family and friends lightened my load when my husband passed away.
David didn't know that his help lightened my load a lot.
The bailout is intended to lighten the financial load of people who have lost their jobs because of Covid-19.
When you experience extreme and undesirable situations, it is probably essential to take extreme actions
Manage to earn enough money to buy food and other essential things
To begin to decline or deteriorate decline; to get worse very quickly
The verb "lighten" should be conjugated according to its tense.
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1. To punch a hole in one's ticket to show that they have paid for a ride
2. To do something that allows one to go further in a competition or to be promoted at work
1. Please, tell me if I forget to punch your ticket.
2. With a view to punching my ticket to the final, I did whatever it takes to win this round.
