🇬🇧 English from 🇷🇺 Russian Все слова
green
/ɡriːn/
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🇷🇺 Russian: зеленый
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Definition

🇬🇧 English
adjective

The colour of grass and leaves. Green is between yellow and blue on the colour spectrum.

Grammar Notes

🇬🇧 English

Adjective. Used before nouns: 'a green plant', or after verbs: 'the grass is green'. Common collocations: green tea, green card, green light (permission), evergreen.

Cultural Notes

Green is strongly associated with nature, health, and environmentalism. In traffic lights, green means 'go'. 'Going green' means becoming more environmentally friendly. Green is also associated with luck in Irish culture (shamrocks).

Example Sentences

The leaves on the tree are green.

"The leaves on the tree are green."

🇷🇺 "Листья на дереве зеленые."

They have a beautiful, green lawn.

"They have a beautiful, green lawn."

🇷🇺 "У них красивый зеленый газон."

Fill in the Blank 🇬🇧 English

The leaves on the tree are ___.

Practice Quiz

1. What colour is grass?
2. 'A green light' means:

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