Adjectives / Adverbs | |||||||
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| green adj. | grün - Farbe | ||||||
| green adj. | frisch | ||||||
| green adj. | ungebrannt - Kaffee | ||||||
| green adj. | saftfrisch | ||||||
| green adj. [fig.] | naiv | ||||||
| green adj. [fig.] | unerfahren | ||||||
| green adj. [TECH.] | ungesintert | ||||||
| green-eyed adj. | grünäugig | ||||||
| green-eyed adj. - jealous [fig.] | neidisch | ||||||
| grass-green adj. | grasgrün | ||||||
| grass-green adj. | wiesengrün | ||||||
| bottle-green adj. | flaschengrün | ||||||
| olive-green adj. | oliv | ||||||
| olive-green adj. | olivgrün | ||||||
Verbs | |||||||
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| to greenlight (or: green-light) sth. | greenlighted/greenlit, greenlighted/greenlitgreenlighted/greenlit / green-lighted/green-lit, green-lighted/green-litgreen-lighted/green-lit | [coll.] chiefly (Amer.) | freie Fahrt für etw.acc. geben | gab, gegeben | | ||||||
| to greenlight (or: green-light) sth. | greenlighted/greenlit, greenlighted/greenlitgreenlighted/greenlit / green-lighted/green-lit, green-lighted/green-litgreen-lighted/green-lit | [coll.] chiefly (Amer.) | grünes Licht für etw.acc. geben [fig.] | ||||||
Phrases / Collocations | |||||||
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| The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. | Die Kirschen in Nachbars Garten schmecken immer ein bisschen süßer. | ||||||
| green with envy [fig.] | gelb vor Neid [fig.] | ||||||
| green with envy [fig.] | grün vor Neid [fig.] | ||||||
| green about the gills [fig.] | blass um die Nase | ||||||
| to go green with envy | vor Neid platzen | ||||||
| to have green fingers (Brit.) [fig.] | einen grünen Daumen haben [fig.] | ||||||
| it all comes down to the green [coll.] (Amer.) | es geht eben immer ums Geld | ||||||
| to give so. the green light | jmdm. grünes Licht geben [fig.] | ||||||
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