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Narrator: Today's word is "Yellow" — noun, pronounced /ˈjeləʊ/, with the stress on "yel".
Narrator: Yellow is the bright colour of lemons, butter and sunshine.
Narrator: In plain English, sunshine colour.
Narrator: It comes from Old English geolu.
Narrator: A common collocation is "yellow card", which describes a football caution.
Narrator: It differs from "gold", because gold suggests a metallic shine, while yellow is plain and bright.
Narrator: In a second sense, yellow is an old slang word for cowardly.
Narrator: Design, safety, sport and printing rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: yellow is bright sunshine colour.
Speaker A: Why are warning signs yellow?
Speaker B: Because YELLOW catches the eye! From Old English geolu.
Speaker A: Even from far away?
Speaker B: Especially from far away.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "He got a yellow card", football. "Yellow tulips filled the vase", gardening. "Highlight it in yellow", study.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Yellow text on white is very hard to read, so pair yellow with dark text.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Lemon is its cousin, canary its twin, and mustard an alternative — yet yellow keeps its sunny charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "yellow" in AI prompts — useful for warnings and highlighting.
Speaker A: How for warnings?
Speaker B: Status.
Prompt: Show a yellow status when a service responds slowly but still works.
Speaker A: And highlighting?
Speaker B: Search.
Prompt: Highlight search matches in yellow inside this document viewer.
Speaker A: Could it help sport?
Speaker B: Yes, for stats.
Prompt: Count yellow cards per player this season and chart them.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Accessibility.
Prompt: Check every yellow element for readable dark text.
Yellow — meaning in Arabic & definition More Y courses GL Dictionary