the spotlight - Longman Dictionary

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthe spotlightthe spotlightATTENTIONa lot of attention in newspapers, on television etcin/under the spotlight ... thespotlightFromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishthespotlightthespotlightATTENTIONalotofattentioninnewspapers,ontelevisionetcin/underthespotlight  Educationisonceagainunderthespotlight.put/turnthespotlightonsomething  Anewreporthasturnedthespotlightontheproblemofpovertyintheinnercities.→spotlightExamplesfromtheCorpusin/underthespotlight•Butthishadneverrequiredhimtoputhimselfinthespotlight.•Compactdiscpricesunderthespotlight.•Hisblueeyesshimmerinthespotlights.•Justoneloneancestorstandinginthespotlightwithoutanyoneoranythingelsethecurrentgenerationcanblame.•OnceRaymosawaslendermanstandinginthespotlightinfrontofthesandbags.•Anhourlater,itwasMrBush'sturninthespotlight.•Politicians,uncomfortableinthespotlight,publiclybacksomesortofreformpackagethatmighttakeawayafewoftheirperks. Exercises Exercises Vocabularyexerciseshelpyoutolearnsynonyms,collocationsandidioms. IntermediateandAdvancedlevelgrammarpracticewithprogresstests. Listeningandpronunciation,exampreparationandmore! Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics Judaism Tennis Photography Newspapers,printing,publishing Seealltopics Wordoftheday endure tobeinadifficultorpainfulsituationforalongtimewithoutcomplaining