Dutch | English |
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allang bijwoord | all along(duration) |
allatief substantief {m} | allative case(case used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something) |
alle determiner | all(every individual of the given class) |
alle anderen pronoun | everyone else(all other persons) |
alle gekheid op een stokje bijwoord | all kidding aside(idiom, speech act) |
alle hens aan dek interjection | all hands on deck(order) |
alle rechten voorbehouden phrase | all rights reserved(copyright notice formula) |
alle registers opentrekken werkwoord | pull out all the stops(reserve nothing) |
alle troeven in handen hebben werkwoord | hold the cards(To be in a strong position) |
alle wegen leiden naar Rome phrase | all roads lead to Rome(different paths can take to the same goal) there's more than one way to skin a cat(a problem generally has more than one solution; there is more than one way to achieve a goal) |
allebei determiner | both(each of two; one and the other) |
allebeide determiner | both(each of two; one and the other) |
alledaags bijvoeglijk naamwoord | everyday(appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions) mundane(ordinary) pedestrian(ordinary) quotidian(daily) run-of-the-mill(ordinary) |
alledaagse substantief | quotidian(quotidian, daily things) |
alledaagse koorts substantief | quotidian(quotidian fever) |
alleen preposition | by oneself(without company) |
alleen bijvoeglijk naamwoord | lone(having no companion) lonely [lonelier, loneliest](of person: unhappy by feeling isolated) solo(without a companion or instructor) |
alleen bijwoord | alone(by oneself) merely(only, just, and nothing more) only(without others or anything further; exclusively) |
alleen de rozijnen uitpikken werkwoord | cherry-pick [cherry-picked, cherry-picking, cherry-picks](to select only the best from a range of options) |
alleen-lezen bijvoeglijk naamwoord | read-only(capable of being read but not written) |
alleen maar bijwoord | only(without others or anything further; exclusively) |
alleenbezit substantief {n} | monopoly [monopolies](exclusive possession) |
alleenheerschappij substantief {f} | absolutism(political science: absolute or arbitrary government; despotism) autocracy [autocracies](form of government) |
alleenheerser substantief {m} | autocrat [autocrats](ruler with absolute power) |
alleenig bijvoeglijk naamwoord | lonely [lonelier, loneliest](of person: unhappy by feeling isolated) |
alleenrecht substantief {n} | monopoly [monopolies](privilege granting such control) perquisite [perquisites](privilege) |
alleenspraak substantief {f} | monologue [monologues](drama: long speech by one person) |
alleenstaand bijvoeglijk naamwoord | single(not married nor dating) sole(unmarried; widowed) |