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afscheiden substantief {n} | secession [secessions](The act of seceding) |
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) |
arachidenoot substantief {f} | peanut [peanuts](a legume resembling a nut) |
armen en benen uitspreiden werkwoord | sprawl [sprawled, sprawling, sprawls](to sit with limbs spread out) |
bedriegen; verleiden werkwoord | mislead [misled, misled, misleading, misleads](lead in a false direction) |
beduiden werkwoord | foreshadow [foreshadowed, foreshadowing, foreshadows](To presage, or suggest something in advance) |
beduidend bijvoeglijk naamwoord | considerable(worth considering) significant(having noticeable effect) |
beduidend bijwoord | significantly(in a significant manner: notably) |
beduidend cijfer substantief {n} | significant figure(a digit that is meaningful with respect to the precision of a measurement) |
begeleiden werkwoord | accompany [accompanied, accompanying, accompanies](to attend as a companion) escort [escorted, escorting, escorts](To attend to in order to guard and protect) hand [handed, handing, hands](to lead, guide, or assist with the hand) lead [led, led, leading, leads](intransitive: to guide or conduct) steer [steered, steering, steers](to maneuver or manipulate a person or group into a place or course of action) usher(to accompany or escort) |
begeleidend bijvoeglijk naamwoord | collateral(corresponding, accompanying) |
begeleidende brief substantief {f} | cover letter(letter to introduce a document) |
bereiden werkwoord | set up(to ready something for use) |
bescheiden bijvoeglijk naamwoord | abstinent(refraining from indulgence) coy [coyer, coyest](archaic: quiet, reserved, modest) demure(modest, quiet, reserved) humble [humbler, humblest](thinking lowly of oneself) modest(not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements) unassuming(modest with no pretensions or ostentation) |
bescheiden bijwoord | modestly(in a modest manner) |
bescheid [bescheiden] substantief | notice [notices](prior notification) |
bescheidenheid substantief | modesty(the quality of being modest) |
bescheidenheid substantief {f} | diffidence(The state of being diffident, timid or shy; reticence or self-effacement) |
demografisch dividend substantief {n} | |
dissident substantief | deviationist [deviationists](One who deviates from accepted beliefs or policies) dissenter [dissenters](someone who dissents) |
dissident substantief {m} | dissident [dissidents](person who opposes the current political structure, group or laws) |
dissidentie substantief | dissent(disagreement with the ideas of an authority) |
dividend substantief {n} | dividend [dividends](finance: a payment of money by a company to its shareholders) |
druppelsgewijs afscheiden werkwoord | distil [distilled, distilling, distils](to exude (a liquid) in small drops; to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops) |
duiden werkwoord | render [rendered, rendering, renders](to interpret) |
euvel duiden werkwoord | fault [faulted, faulting, faults](to criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone) |
evident bijvoeglijk naamwoord | apparent(visible) |