Dutch | English |
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hoe meer het hetzelfde blijft phrase | the more things change, the more they stay the same( change is constant, unavoidable and a fact of life) |
huldeblijk substantief {n} | homage(demonstration of respect) |
in gebreke blijvend bijvoeglijk naamwoord | delinquent(late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation) |
klaarblijkelijk bijvoeglijk naamwoord | apparent(seeming) ostensible(meant for open display; apparent) |
klaarblijkelijk bijwoord | evidently(obviously) |
langer blijven dan werkwoord | overstay [overstayed, overstaying, overstays](remain present after the agreed or appropriate time) |
met beide voeten op de grond blijven substantief | feet on the ground(translations for "have one's feet on the ground") |
nablijven werkwoord | stay behind(to remain in a classroom or school at the end of teaching, especially to receive punishment) |
nestblijvend bijvoeglijk naamwoord | nidicolous(tending to stay at the nest or birthplace) |
onvolgroeid blijven werkwoord | abort [aborted, aborting, aborts](biology: to become checked in normal development) |
opblijven werkwoord | stay up(remain awake) |
over haar werk blijven praten werkwoord | talk shop(discuss one's work) |
overblijfsel substantief {n} | remainder [remainders](what remains after some has been removed) remnant [remnants](small portion remaining of a larger thing or group) residual [residuals](a remainder left over at the end of some process) vestige [vestiges]noun |
overblijfselen substantief | remains [remains](what is left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse) |
overblijfselen substantief {Pl} | debris(litter and discarded refuse) |
overblijven werkwoord | leave [left, left, leaving, leaves]verb |
overblijvend bijvoeglijk naamwoord | odd [odder, oddest](left over after others have been grouped) remainder(remaining) vestigial(pertaining to a vestige) |
slingerblijde substantief {m} | trebuchetnoun |
trouw blijven aan werkwoord | abide by(remain faithful to something or someone) |
uitdragen van de blijde boodschap werkwoord | evangelize [evangelized, evangelizing, evangelizes](tell people about Christianity) |
verblijf substantief {n} | abode [abodes](stay or continuance in a place; sojourn) relent(stop, delay) sojourn [sojourns](short stay somewhere) stay [stays](residence, sojourn) |
verblijfplaats substantief | whereabouts(location) |
verblijfsvergunning substantief {f} | residence permit(right to legally reside in a country) |
verblijven werkwoord | abide [abode, abode, abiding, abides](dwell) dwell [dwelt, dwelt, dwelling, dwells](live, reside) haunt [haunted, haunting, haunts](to live habitually) stay [stayed, staying, stays](to remain in a particular place) stop [stopped, stopping, stops](to stay a while) tarry [tarried, tarrying, tarries](to stay somewhere temporarily) |
vrouwenverblijf substantief {n} | harem [harems](the private part of an Arab household) |
wegblijven van werkwoord | absent(to withhold from being present) |