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brenzlig (adj)
   dangerous, dicey, precarious, risky, hairy; burnt, having a
burnt smell/taste

Nachts wird’s brenzlig. In Berlin läuft eine unheimliche Serie von Anschlägen gegen Autos.
At night it gets dangerous [there’s a burnt smell]. In Berlin there has been a strange series of attacks on cars [being set on fire].
In Thailand wird es brenzlig: Massenproteste in Bangkok.
In Thailand it’s getting precarious: Mass protests in Bangkok.

Related Words:
brenzlig riechen to smell of burning, to have a burnt odor/smell
brenzlig schmecken to taste burnt, have a burnt taste
die Lage wurde ihm zu brenzlig the situation got too
hot/dicey for him, things got too hot for him
angebrannt (adj) burned, burnt
angebrannt riechen/schmecken to smell/taste burnt
bedenklich alarming, disturbing; dubious
gefährlich dangerous, risky

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