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| English | Russian |
| light a fuse | зажечь фитиль (Gilbert) |
| light the fuse | зажечь фитиль (No matter how many songs a composer may have created, whether 5 or 500, mental mind-games are often employed to light the fuse Lily Snape) |
| light the fuse | поджечь фитиль (МДА) |
| light the fuse | накалить обстановку (МДА) |