Adjectives / Adverbs | |||||||
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| grayAE / greyBE adj. | grau - Farbe | ||||||
| dull - weather adj. | grau | ||||||
| featureless adj. | grau | ||||||
| bright adj. | hell | ||||||
| light adj. | hell | ||||||
| clear adj. | hell | ||||||
| brilliant adj. | hell | ||||||
| leucocratic adj. | hell | ||||||
| limpid adj. | hell | ||||||
| light-coloredAE adj. light-colouredBE adj. | hell | ||||||
| lightish adj. | hell | ||||||
| lucid adj. | hell | ||||||
| blond adj. | hell | ||||||
| fair adj. - of skin: pale | hell - Haut | ||||||
Nouns | |||||||
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| grayAE / greyBE | das Grau pl.: die Grau/die Graus | ||||||
| drabness | das Grau pl.: die Grau/die Graus | ||||||
| graynessAE / greynessBE | das Grau pl.: die Grau/die Graus | ||||||
| chartreuse | helles Gelbgrün | ||||||
| shades of gray (Amer.) | die Grauabstufungen | ||||||
| gray-cheekedAE green pigeon (or: green-pigeon) [ZOOL.] grey-cheekedBE green pigeon (or: green-pigeon) [ZOOL.] | die Graumaskentaube Lat.: Treron griseicauda | ||||||
| plumbeous rail [ZOOL.] | die Grauralle Lat.: Pardirallus sanguinolentus [Ornithology] | ||||||
| grayishAE eagle owl (or: eagle-owl) [ZOOL.] greyishBE eagle owl (or: eagle-owl) [ZOOL.] | der Grauuhu or: Grau-Uhu Lat.: Bubo cinerascens [Ornithology] | ||||||
| vermiculated eagle owl (or: eagle-owl) [ZOOL.] | der Grauuhu or: Grau-Uhu Lat.: Bubo cinerascens [Ornithology] | ||||||
| beer - lager | das Helle (ein Helles) pl.: die Hellen/unbest.: Helle | ||||||
| brightness | die Helle no plural | ||||||
| colorAE / colourBE | die Helle no plural | ||||||
| lightness | die Helle no plural | ||||||
| lager | helles Bier | ||||||
Verbs | |||||||
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| so. dreads sth. | jmdm. rarely: jmdn. graut (es) vor etw.dat. | ||||||
| so. dreads sth. | jmdm. (or: jmdn.) graut vor etw.dat. infinitive: grauen | ||||||
| to outshine sth. | outshone, outshone | | heller als etw.nom. leuchten | leuchtete, geleuchtet | | ||||||
| sth. sends so. into transports of delight | etw.nom. versetzt jmdn. in helles Entzücken | ||||||
| to have grayAE hair at the temples to have greyBE hair at the temples | had, had | | graue Schläfen haben | hatte, gehabt | | ||||||
| to get in a flap | got, got/gotten | [coll.] | in helle Aufregung geraten | geriet, geraten | | ||||||
Prepositions / Pronouns | |||||||
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| light adj. | Hell... | ||||||
Phrases / Collocations | |||||||
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| to paint a gloomy picture of everything [fig.] | alles grau in grau malen | ||||||
| to look on the black side [fig.] | alles grau in grau sehen | ||||||
| All cats are grayAE in the dark. All cats are greyBE in the dark. | Nachts sind alle Katzen grau. | ||||||
| (as) clear as day [fig.] | (so) klar wie der helle Tag [fig.] | ||||||
| in a swivet (Amer.) | in heller Aufregung | ||||||
| buzzing with excitement | in heller Aufregung | ||||||
| he's got a clever mind | er ist ein heller Kopf [coll.] | ||||||
| not to have a bean [coll.] [fig.] | keinen lumpigen Heller mehr haben [fig.] dated | ||||||
| not to have a bean [coll.] [fig.] | keinen roten Heller mehr haben [fig.] dated | ||||||
Examples | |||||||
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| That's just pure theory. | Das ist graue Theorie. | ||||||
| His hair has gone grayAE at the temples. His hair has gone greyBE at the temples. | Er hat graue Schläfen. | ||||||
| Don't trouble your head about it. | Lass dir darüber keine grauen Haare wachsen. | ||||||
| I'm terrified of him. | Mir graut vor ihm. | ||||||
| I dread it. | Mir (or: Mich) graut (or: grault) davor. | ||||||
| I dread it. | Mir (or: Mich) graut (or: grault) es davor. | ||||||
| I dread it. | Ich graue (or: graule) mich davor. | ||||||
Grammar |
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