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Meaning of red light | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A warning light, especially as a traffic signal indicating stop.
  2. A sign of a brothel.
  3. A denial to proceed a ruling out of any possibility.

Equivalents

العربية ضَوْء أَحْمَر
Deutsch Rotlicht
Ελληνικά κόκκινο Σταμάτης
Español luz roja
Français feu rouge red light
Gaeilge solas dearg
हिन्दी लाल बत्ती
Bahasa Indonesia lampu merah
日本語 赤信号
ქართული წითელი შუქი
한국어 빨간불 적신호
Русский красный свет
ไทย ไฟแดง
Tiếng Việt đèn đỏ

Examples

“We ran three red lights on the way to the hospital.”
“Paddington [the GWR HQ] saw the red light, however, and the extension to Nantgarw was withdrawn on the G.W.R. agreeing "to lay down the narrow gauge [actually standard gauge as compared to broad gauge] from Didcot over the whole of their system in South Wales."”
“Roxanne, you don't have to put on your red light.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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