Dutch | English |
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in grote aantallen voorkomen werkwoord | abound [abounded, abounding, abounds](to be plentiful) |
in slaap vallen werkwoord | fall asleep(to pass into sleep) |
installeren werkwoord | install [installed, installing, installs](set something up for use) |
invallen werkwoord | occur [occurred, occurring, occurs](meet or come to the mind) |
invallen voor werkwoord | spell [spelt, spelt, spelling, spells](to work in place of someone) |
Jan en alleman pronoun | all and sundry(all; everyone) |
Jan en Alleman substantief | Tom, Dick and Harry(anybody or everybody; random or unknown people) |
klaar om aan te vallen substantief | offensive [offensives](posture of attack) |
knallen werkwoord | bang(to make sudden loud noises) |
komeet Halley eigennam | Halley's Comet(comet) |
kristallen substantief | crystal [crystals]((used attributively)) |
kristallens substantief {f} | lens [lenses](anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye) |
lastigvallen werkwoord | gall [galled, galling, galls](to trouble or bother) mither(transitive to mither) |
laten vallen werkwoord | down [downed, downing, downs](to drop) |
manusje-van-alles substantief | handyman [handymen](man who does odd tasks) |
manusje-van-alles substantief {n} | all-rounder [all-rounders](a person who has many skills) factotum(general servant) gofer(worker) jack of all trades(one competent in many endeavors) |
Marshallees eigennam | Marshallese(language) |
Marshalleilanden eigennam | Marshall Islands(Republic of the Marshall Islands) |
meest van alles bijwoord | most of all(to a greater extent than anything else) |
met alle respect preposition | with all due respect(phrase used before disagreeing with someone) |
met alleen aandacht voor zichzelf bijvoeglijk naamwoord | self-absorbed(heavily concerned with oneself) |
met de deur in huis vallen werkwoord | cut to the chase(to get to the point) |
met Sint Juttemis; als Pasen en Pinksteren op één dag vallen substantief | cold day in Hell(an event that will never happen) |
na het vallen van de avond preposition | after dark(after nightfall, at night) |
naar alle kanten bijwoord | abroad(without a certain confine; outside the house) |
nadat de nacht gevallen is preposition | after dark(after nightfall, at night) |
neervallen werkwoord | fall down(to fall to the ground) flop [flopped, flopping, flops](to fall heavily, because lacking energy) |
Niagarawatervallen eigennam {Pl} | Niagara Falls(waterfalls) |
niet alleen … maar ook voegwoord | not only … but alsoconjunction |
omvallen werkwoord | fall over(fall from an upright position to a horizontal position) keel over(of a vessel: to roll so far on its side that it cannot recover, see also: capsize) |
onopvallend bijvoeglijk naamwoord | inconspicuous(not prominent or easily noticeable) unobtrusiveadjective |
op de allereerste plaats bijwoord | first and foremost(primarily; most importantly) |
opvallen werkwoord | attract attentionverb |