Mr. Ferguson said the prisoner concocted the story to get a lighter sentence.

费格森先生说该囚犯为了获轻罚编造了这个故事。

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On a lighter note , we end the news today with a story about a duck called Quackers.

为了轻松一下，我们最后讲一个名叫“嘎嘎”的鸭子的故事来结束今天的新闻报道。

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He gave one of them a lighter.

他把一个打火机给了他们中的一个。

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Pink is a lighter kind of red.

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This is a really good topic to do the class before an exam because it's a little bit of a lighter topic.

这对于考试之前的一节课来说,是一个非常好的课题,因为这是一个稍微轻松一点的课题。

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he gave one of them a lighter.

然后，他送了他们每人一个打火机。

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For a lighter option, the brewery's Iron Rail IPA has a nice balance of hops and fruit flavours.

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On a lighter note, we talked about the phenomenon of Tiger parenting on this program.

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Now Pete held a lighter to the bowl, circling it expertly with the flame.

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