red light, green light
A children's game in which one player stands in front of a line with their eyes…A children's game in which one player stands in front of a line with their eyes closed, and the other players must approach the line sneakily without being spotted when the player at the line says "red light" and opens their eyes.
» I ran a red light.
Ich bin über eine rote Ampel gefahren. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Я проехал на красный. — marafon
Я проехал на красный свет. — marafon
Я проїхав на червоне світло. — deniko
Я проїхала на червоне світло. — deniko
Я проїхала на червоне. — deniko
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1 senses(uncountable)A children's game in which one player stands in front of a line with their eyes closed, and the other players must approach the line sneakily without being spotted when the player at the line says "red light" and opens their eyes.
Examples
109 sentencesI ran a red light.
Я проїхав на червоне світло. — deniko
ruЯ проехал на красный. — marafon
deIch bin über eine rote Ampel gefahren. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
You ran a red light.
Ви проїхали на червоне світло. — ChickenKiev
ruВы проехали на красный свет. — marafon
deDu hast eine rote Ampel überfahren. — Esperantostern
The red light has gone off.
ruКрасный свет погас. — odexed
Tom didn't run the red light.
You just ran a red light.
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.