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Green Adjective Yeşil Informal  /ɡriːn   Greener Greenest Colour

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Kind adjective
Front green 
IPA  /ɡriːn   / adjective (greener; greenest)
Back yeşil
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green (adjective)

 /ɡriːn   / adjective (greener; greenest)
 
 1 having the colour of grass or leaves
yeşil
 dark/light/pale green
 olive green
 I love the spring when everything's green.
 These bananas aren't ripe yet – they're still green.
 2 connected with protecting the environment or the natural world
çevreci
 the Green party
Yeşiller Partisi
 green products
 
3 (informal)
with little experience of life or a particular job
acemi, toy
 I'm not so green as to believe that!
 4 a strange, pale colour (because you feel sick)
rengi uçmuş, benzi sararmış
 At the sight of all the blood he turned green and fainted.
IDIOMS
give sb/get the green light
(informal)
to give sb/get permission to do sth
izin vermek/almak, yeşil ışık yakmak
green with envy
wanting to have what sb else has got
kıskançlıktan çatlamış
 He was green with envy when he saw his neighbour's new car.
SYNONYM JEALOUS
have green fingers; (US) have a green thumb
(informal)
to have the ability to make plants grow well
bitki yetiştirme konusunda becerikli olmak
 

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