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the green light

  • 1 the green light

    (permission to begin: We can't start until he gives us the green light.) grænt ljós, leyfi, heimild

    English-Icelandic dictionary > the green light

  • 2 green

    [ɡri:n] 1. adjective
    1) (of the colour of growing grass or the leaves of most plants: a green hat.) grænn
    2) (not ripe: green bananas.) óþroskaður
    3) (without experience: Only someone as green as you would believe a story like that.) grænn, reynslulaus, barnalegur
    4) (looking as if one is about to be sick; very pale: He was green with envy (= very jealous).) fölur, grænn
    2. noun
    1) (the colour of grass or the leaves of plants: the green of the trees in summer.) græna; grænn litur
    2) (something (eg paint) green in colour: I've used up all my green.) grænn litur
    3) (an area of grass: a village green.) grasflöt, grænt svæði
    4) (an area of grass on a golf course with a small hole in the centre.) (golf)flöt
    5) (concerned with the protection of the environment: green issues; a green political party.)
    - greens
    - greenfly
    - greengage
    - greengrocer
    - greenhouse
    - greenhouse effect
    - the green light

    English-Icelandic dictionary > green

  • 3 light

    I 1. noun
    1) (the brightness given by the sun, a flame, lamps etc that makes things able to be seen: It was nearly dawn and the light was getting stronger; Sunlight streamed into the room.) ljós, birta
    2) (something which gives light (eg a lamp): Suddenly all the lights went out.) ljós
    3) (something which can be used to set fire to something else; a flame: Have you got a light for my cigarette?) eldur; eldpÿta, kveikjari
    4) (a way of viewing or regarding: He regarded her action in a favourable light.) í (jákvæðu) ljósi
    2. adjective
    1) (having light; not dark: The studio was a large, light room.) bjartur
    2) ((of a colour) pale; closer to white than black: light green.) ljós-
    3. [lit] verb
    1) (to give light to: The room was lit only by candles.) lÿsa
    2) (to (make something) catch fire: She lit the gas; I think this match is damp, because it won't light.) kveikja
    - lighting
    - lighthouse
    - light-year
    - bring to light
    - come to light
    - in the light of
    - light up
    - see the light
    - set light to
    II
    1) (easy to lift or carry; of little weight: I bought a light suitcase for plane journeys.) léttur
    2) (easy to bear, suffer or do: Next time the punishment will not be so light.) léttur, vægur
    3) ((of food) easy to digest: a light meal.) léttur, auðmeltur
    4) (of less weight than it should be: The load of grain was several kilos light.) of léttur
    5) (of little weight: Aluminium is a light metal.) léttur
    6) (lively or agile: She was very light on her feet.) léttur á sér
    7) (cheerful; not serious: light music.) léttur, líflegur
    8) (little in quantity; not intense, heavy, strong etc: light rain.) léttur
    9) ((of soil) containing a lot of sand.) gljúpur, sendinn
    - light-headed
    - light-hearted
    - lightweight
    - get off lightly
    - make light of
    - travel light
    III = light on - past tense, past participle lit [lit] - verb
    (to find by chance: While wandering round the town, we lit on a very cheap restaurant.)

    English-Icelandic dictionary > light

  • 4 shade

    [ʃeid] 1. noun
    1) (slight darkness caused by the blocking of some light: I prefer to sit in the shade rather than the sun.) skuggi
    2) (the dark parts of a picture: light and shade in a portrait.) skuggi
    3) (something that screens or shelters from light or heat: a large sunshade; a shade for a light.) skermur, hlíf
    4) (a variety of a colour; a slight difference: a pretty shade of green; shades of meaning.) lit-/blæbrigði
    5) (a slight amount: The weather is a shade better today.) örlítið
    2. verb
    1) ((sometimes with from) to shelter from light or heat: He put up his hand to shade his eyes.) skÿla
    2) (to make darker: You should shade the foreground of that drawing.) dekkja, skyggja
    3) ((with into) to change very gradually eg from one colour to another.) leysast upp í; breytast smám saman yfir í
    - shades
    - shading
    - shady
    - shadiness
    - put in the shade

    English-Icelandic dictionary > shade

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