Emotions & feelings
light up
become visibly happier
If someone's face lights up, it suddenly shows happiness or excitement.
Hear it in real life
What did she say when you told her the news?
Her face lit up, and she gave me a big hug.
Her face lit up when she heard that her brother was coming home.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: Her face turned up when she saw the gift.
Say: Her face lit up when she saw the gift.
Use “light up” for a face suddenly showing happiness; “turn up” does not have that meaning.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
someone lights up; someone's face lights up
Compare it
Where this one sits next to the phrases it gets mixed up with.
Your turn: say it out loud
Her face lit up when she heard that her brother was coming home.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
light up
become visibly happier
“Her face lit up when she heard that her brother was coming home.”
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