>>>accomplice, exultant, remorseless, sedate, apprehension, ponderous, revulsion.
>>>Sweet is to sour as ... is to light.
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>>If "light" refers to weight and/or nimbleness then you need an approximate opposite meaning heavy and/or plodding. I agree with Dmitry: ponderous is the only viable option.
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>So... in Genesis 1:3 "Let there be light...." means "let's all shed some extra pounds?"
I know you're joking, but ...
Nope. The Hebrew word is "ohr" (pronounced like "ore" in English). The Hebrew word for "light" in the sense of weight (as well as difficulty) is "kahl" (pronounced sort of like the first syllable of "college").
Tamar
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