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1 (to move or do sth) softly and quietly (idiom)

1 lightly

2 softly

1 (idiom) what lowly people think counts for little

1 light weapon

1 lightweight (boxing etc)

1 as lithe as a swallow (of athlete or beautiful girl)

1 Diet Pepsi

2 Pepsi Light

1 to make more youthful

2 to promote younger staff

1 young people

2 youngster

1 to hit the ball lightly (sport)

2 putt (golf)

1 lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude

2 caustic and sharp-tongued

1 lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude

2 caustic and sharp-tongued

1 to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial

2 to keep silent about major charges while admitting minor ones

1 lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things

2 naive

3 doesn't know who's who

4 no sense of priorities

1 light element (such as hydrogen)

1 lit. to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (idiom); a laughable attempt to seize power

1 to value material gain over righteousness

1 to invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the unimportant and neglect the important)

2 lacking a sense of perspective

3 to put the cart before the horse

1 to invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the incidental and neglect the main point)

2 lacking a sense of perspective

3 to put the cart before the horse

1 scholars tend to disparage one another (idiom)