Significados de catch alight em inglês

Virgin rainforest, no matter how fierce the sun, is too wet to catch alight.

But I've known guys catch alight, ninety percent burns, and they didn't feel nothing, either.

Yes, 'twould be as well; if a single spark were to reach her, she would catch alight like an old olive branch.

All of which would seem to suggest that, unless Pakistan catch alight or Jayawardene scores big, the likeliest final is England v Australia.

It tastes like a supermodel's tears and is so potent it can catch alight if someone at the next table strikes a match.

Occasionally the trees caught alight and afforded striking spectacles at night.

Then the Harlequin's costume caught alight, flames leaping everywhere at once.

One person died in Wilderness when his Ford Kuga caught alight.

It fell after a number of shacks caught alight yesterday.

At first the flame merely singed the paper's edges, but then it caught alight.

Parts of the hedge itself were also catching alight, consuming.

One of the vehicles had caught alight in the collision.

Within seconds, the pre-school store next door had caught alight.

Then the hay in the upper story caught alight, and the heat below became intolerable.

Some of the construction materials have caught alight in this time but have been extinguished.

According to reports, the vehicle caught alight and fire rescue services were called onto the scene.