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1 green thumb
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2 green fingers
subst. flt. eller green thumbgrønne fingre -
3 brown
1. adjective1) (of a dark colour between red and yellow: brown paint; Her eyes are brown.) brun2) (suntanned: She was very brown after her holiday in Greece.) (sol)brun2. noun1) ((any shade of) a colour similar to toasted bread, tanned skin, coffee etc.) brunt2) (something (eg paint, polish etc) brown in colour: I prefer the brown to the green.) brunfarge3. verb(to make or become brown.) brune, (brun)stekebrunIsubst. \/braʊn\/1) brunt, brune klær2) brun farge3) ( fuglejakt) flokk (ville fugler i flukt)fire into the brown ( fuglejakt) forklaring: skyte midt i flokken på måfå\/slumpIIverb \/braʊn\/1) brune, brunsteke, brunes2) ( jakt) skyte på måfå inn i en flokk med fuglerbe browned off at someone være sint på noenIIIadj. \/braʊn\/1) brun2) mørkhudet, brun, mørk (poetisk)Brown Bess (historisk, våpen) muskettbrown bread fullkornbrød, mørkt brød, grovbrødbrown coal brunkulldo someone brown ( slang) lure noendo it up brown gjøre noe helt fullendthave a brown thumb være dårlig anlagt for hagearbeidin a brown study i dype tanker, langt borte, langt inne i sin egen lille verden
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