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The English Word of the Day: Green

The English Word of the Day: Green

12
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green (adjective)

color: green

young, inexperienced, naive: novato, ingenuo

environmentalist: ecologista


There are lots and lots of green idioms, so please try to use one of them in your sentence. Here are a few examples: to be green with envy; the green shoots of recovery; to give somebody the green light; ...


My sincere thanks go out to Mariana for helping us out with the Spanish these past days & to everybody else who helps with corrections.


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Mi frase/my sentence:

Poor Larry still is as green as grass when it comes to girls, but he expects that that will change soon with these new, fluorescent green socks.

Pobre Larry todavía es más inocente que un niño cuando se trata de chicas, pero espera que eso cambie pronto con estos nuevos calcetines verdes fluorescentes.

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¿Has visto todas las contribuciones en 'The Word of the Day' de ayer? Todos los jugadores merecen tu atención (y votos).

Did you see all the entries of yesterday's Word of the Day? All players deserve your attention (and votes).

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updated Mar 1, 2013
edited by mcl020
posted by mcl020
Wow!! Everything is green!! I like it Mccc!!! : )) (It reminds me of st. Patric´s Day.) - iana01, Feb 27, 2013
Hahaha, Iana ;-) I hope you will be as enthusiast when we'll have yellow or white for word of the day ;-))) - mcl020, Feb 27, 2013
Lol, Mccc.... I will try! :))) - iana01, Feb 27, 2013
Cool! A green day!! - rac1, Feb 27, 2013
Mccc??? Yeah, I especially am waiting for the white colour, amiga. :-))) - iana01, Feb 27, 2013
Thanks MC - Aranjuez12, Feb 27, 2013
Thanks for participating, Aran! - mcl020, Feb 27, 2013
Larry, might need another fashion update. I don't think he's ready for Top Model yet. - katydew, Feb 28, 2013

17 Answers

5
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Kermit the Frog said, "It's not easy to be green. In my experience to be "green" and to support the environment, means that people in power will ridicule and fight you. In my opinion, the alliance of corporations and governments that work toward the exploitation of environmental resources is an unholy alliance.

Kermit la Rana dijo que, "No es fácil ser verde." In mi experiencia ser "verde" y apoyar el medio ambiente significa ser ridiculizado y atacado por los poderosos. En mi opinión, la alianza de las corporaciones y los gobiernos que trabajan por explotación de recursos ambientales es una alianza nefasta.

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updated Mar 1, 2013
edited by JoyceM
posted by JoyceM
People in power are way too scared it will cost them some of that other 'green stuff' ($$s) ; - ( - mcl020, Feb 27, 2013
...Cont.: En mi opinión, la alianza de las corporaciones y los gobiernos que trabajan por explotación de recursos ambientales es una alianza nefasta. - diagonx, Feb 27, 2013
Some things in the Spanish one: Kermit la Rana dijo que, "No es fácil Ser verde." Según se Ser "verde" y apoyar el medio ambiente significa ser ridiculizado y atacado por los poderosos. - diagonx, Feb 27, 2013
Thank you so much diagonx - JoyceM, Mar 1, 2013
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No es fácil estar verde , pero a estar verde es una decisión filosófica,

no es una posición popular.

It's not easy being green, but to be green is a philosophical decision,

not a popular position to be in .

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updated Feb 28, 2013
edited by ray76
posted by ray76
Yes! There's your Dutch amiga again ;-) - mcl020, Feb 27, 2013
She will be at my home for dinner next week , so who is green now ? - ray76, Feb 27, 2013
Hola Ray, nice picture, you really like it don't you? - pmikan-pam, Feb 27, 2013
She?? After your home-cooked meal???? ;-)))))) No, I have no doubt that you have excellent cooking skills, mate ;-) - mcl020, Feb 27, 2013
Hola amigo, ¿qué pasa? - RichSean1725, Feb 28, 2013
Hola mc, I am after a new pair of clogs. - ray76, Feb 28, 2013
Hola Rich muy bien gracias , estoy fuerte como un toro. - ray76, Feb 28, 2013
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Mi esposa tíene los ojos mas bellos del mundo!!>>>>My wife has the most beautiful green eyes of the world!!

updated Feb 28, 2013
posted by sgarcia3
Esta no vale ok!! - sgarcia3, Feb 27, 2013
hi Scargia. Tiene doesn't need a tilde and más does. - Aranjuez12, Feb 27, 2013
We'd like to see them too ;-) - mcl020, Feb 27, 2013
Is it me or is the word for 'green' missing in the Spanish sentence? - Manity, Feb 27, 2013
Aran, that what is/was on tiene is not a tilde, but an 'acento'. - mcl020, Feb 27, 2013
And Manity is right ;-) - mcl020, Feb 27, 2013
apparently I was sleeping while typing - Aranjuez12, Feb 28, 2013
4
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Just mix blue and yellow if you want green paint.

Solamente mezcla azul y amarillo si quieres pinta verde.

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updated Feb 28, 2013
posted by katydew
Hola, katydew. - RichSean1725, Feb 28, 2013
Perfect, Katy! I like this post, it is very creative. :) - iana01, Feb 28, 2013
just mix people and you get SD ;-) - Aranjuez12, Feb 28, 2013
Yes, just like T C K's, we are in a culture of the world everyday. Most of us here think globally even if we don't live globally. - katydew, Feb 28, 2013
Great post, katy ;-)) - mcl020, Feb 28, 2013
4
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The jolly green giant cannot dance.

But he eats lots of green vegetables.

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El gigante verde alegre no puede bailar.

Pero come muchas verduras.

updated Feb 28, 2013
edited by ian-hill
posted by ian-hill
We were just talking about little green men, and there comes ian ..... with his green giant ;-) - mcl020, Feb 27, 2013
But Ian: I like your giant, but shouldn't he do something to make it more of a sentence ;-))))) - mcl020, Feb 27, 2013
Ho! Ho! Ho! yes :-) - pmikan-pam, Feb 27, 2013
Hi Hi Hi :) - ian-hill, Feb 27, 2013
That's what folks in the valley do. I hadn't thought of this in years. - katydew, Feb 28, 2013
Funny, ian. See? Now we know some intimate details about the giant that he otherwise never would have known ;-) - mcl020, Feb 28, 2013
4
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No es fácil estar verde. It'snot easy being green.

updated Feb 28, 2013
edited by heliotropeman
posted by heliotropeman
But it would be a goal worth fighing for, señor Superheroe ;-) - mcl020, Feb 27, 2013
It's ok, Kermit. - katydew, Feb 28, 2013
4
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You can consider yourself "green behind the ears" when you are learning something totally new. (It is an expression for total inexperience.)

Puede considerarse "verde detrás de las orejas" cuando está aprendando algo nuevo totalmente. (Es una expresión de total inexperiencia.)

updated Feb 27, 2013
posted by SaigeSmith
Good one! - mcl020, Feb 27, 2013
4
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As sure as God made little green apples.

Tan seguro como que Dios hizo poco manzanas verdes.

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updated Feb 27, 2013
posted by rac1
Cute!! - mcl020, Feb 27, 2013
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Some time ago one my friend received a box of green English tea as a gift. This my friend and her roommate were very tired that evening and decided to go to sleep early. Even thought, before going to sleep they wanted to taste original English green tea. I am not going to decribe its taste which was delicious, but its effect which was unbelievable. None of them could sleep almost the whole night. The next day they almost fall asleep during their classes.

Hace algún tiempo una de mis amigas recibió una caja de té verde inglés como un regalo. Ésta amiga mía y su compañera de casa estaban muy cansadas esa noche y decidieron ir a dormir temprano. Aunque, antes de dormir quisieron degustar té verde inglés. No voy a describir su sabor que fue delicioso, sino su efecto que fue increíble. Ninguna de ellas no podía dormir casi toda la noche. El día siguiente casi se quedaron dormidas durante sus clases.

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updated Feb 27, 2013
edited by iana01
posted by iana01
Too bad for them, but it is a very funny story ;-) - mcl020, Feb 27, 2013
3
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I like this painting , it's talking about green life

Me gusta esta pintura ,está hablando de la vida verde. enter image description here

updated Feb 28, 2013
posted by shish75
I love this painting too, Shish! - rac1, Feb 28, 2013
And me too ;-) It's a unique technique, I never saw it before. - mcl020, Feb 28, 2013
Nice - gohern, Feb 28, 2013
3
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Como una ecologista, soy ingenuo

As an ecologist, I am inexperienced.

updated Feb 28, 2013
posted by gohern
¿eres un hombre no? creo que tienes que usar "un" ecologista. - Aranjuez12, Feb 28, 2013
Si, soy un hombre y no yo sabia que ecologista era una excepcion. Gracias - gohern, Feb 28, 2013
Are you an armchair ecologist or a real live ecologist? - katydew, Feb 28, 2013
Not much of either...just trying to use the word in a sentence - gohern, Feb 28, 2013
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It's not easy being green.

No es fácil ser verde.

updated Feb 28, 2013
posted by mstivers
I just love ole Kermit the Frog. Third culture kids (T C K's) love this song because it describes their lives. - katydew, Feb 28, 2013
Oh my. I didn't notice that two other people had done the same thing. - mstivers, Feb 28, 2013
3
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Eres ingenuo en los caminos de la fuerza, pero te enseñaré. Green in the ways of the force you are, but teach you I will.

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updated Feb 28, 2013
posted by RichSean1725
Hahahahahaha - rac1, Feb 28, 2013
Brilliant sentence, RichSean, what does it mean??/ Hahahahahahahahaha - mcl020, Feb 28, 2013
Being green about something means not knowing much about it :) - ian-hill, Feb 28, 2013
3
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Many good things--or not, for many- come in green

Muchas cosas buenas--no tanto para muchos- son verdes

updated Feb 28, 2013
posted by diagonx
What a lovely plant, diagonx. What is it???/ Hahahahahahaha ;-)))) (I am from Amsterdam, I have seen it before!) - mcl020, Feb 27, 2013
Lovely, isn't it? I wish everyone were as tolerant as people from Amsterdam - diagonx, Feb 27, 2013
me gusta: )) mucho - Ranman, Feb 28, 2013
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Los hombres verdes pequeños debe ser la causa de la mayoria de nuestos problemas. Por lo menos, eso es lo que muchas personas creen.

Little green men must be the cause of most of our problems. At least, that is what many people believe.

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updated Feb 28, 2013
edited by Noetol
posted by Noetol
Yes, that is a lot easier than taking up resonsibility ourselves! But over here in Holland we blame it all on the gnomes. - mcl020, Feb 27, 2013
This one is rather big, isn't it? - Aranjuez12, Feb 28, 2013