Russian | English |
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серый noun | gray [grays](colour) |
серый adjective | gray [grayer, grayest](having a color somewhere between white and black, as the ash of an ember) |
серый гусь noun | wild goose(species of wildlife goose) |
серый гусь noun {m} | greylag goose [greylag geese](Anser anser) |
серый журавль noun {m} | common crane(Grus grus) |
серый кардинал noun | power behind the throne(someone who has great covert influence) |
серый кардинал noun {m} | power broker(person having the ability to influence important decisions, see also: éminence grise) éminence grise(secret or unofficial decision-maker, see also: power behind the throne) |
серый клювач noun {m} | milky stork(Mycteria cinerea) |
серый сорокопут noun {m} | great grey shrike(Lanius excubitor) |
серый тюлень noun {m} | grey seal(Halichoerus grypus) |
серый чугун noun {m} | gray iron(an alloy of iron, carbon, and silicon) |
а серый навстречь phrase | speak of the devil(expression used when a person mentioned in the current conversation happens to arrive) |
сине-серый adjective | livid(having a dark, bluish appearance) |