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Usages of гореть
На улице темно, но фонари уже горят.
It is dark outside, but the streetlights are already on.
Ночью в коридоре горит маленькая лампа, чтобы мне было не страшно.
At night a small lamp is on in the hallway so that I am not afraid.
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