Well, before Lucifer was the bad guy the Romans used the name to designate the planet Venus as it rose before the sun in the morning, heralding the light of day.

在Lucifer这个词还没变“坏”以前，罗马人用它来指称金星，因为金星在清晨先于太阳升起，预示着白日光明的来临。

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And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night.

日间，耶和华在云柱中领他们的路，夜间，在火柱中光照他们，使他们日夜都可以行走。

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But how light-hearted I was yesterday and the day before!

不过，前天和昨天，我却感觉无比轻松！

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In China, the Shanghai Composite ended down 0.1% at 2225.30 in light trading before a four-day holiday weekend.

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My recent piece on Google saw light just before their analysts' day conference and the Merrill Lynch meeting at which Google's chief financial officer put his foot in his mouth and red-dogged the Street.

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