Dutch | English |
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kijk substantief {m} | vision [visions](ideal or goal) |
kijk eens! interjection | lo and behold(used to express surprise) |
kijk uit interjection | be careful(proceed with caution) |
kijkbuis substantief {f} | television [televisions](medium) |
kijken werkwoord | look [looked, looking, looks](to try to see) watch [watched, watching, watches](to look at for a period of time) |
kijken met een rose bril werkwoord | wear rose-colored glasses(to be excessively optimistic) |
kijken naar werkwoord | view [viewed, viewing, views](to look at) watch [watched, watching, watches](to observe) |
kijker substantief {m} | spectator [spectators](observer) telescope [telescopes](optical instrument that magnifies) viewer [viewers](someone who views a spectacle) |
kijkfile substantief {f} | gapers' block(traffic jam resulting from motorists slowing to look at a motor vehicle collision or other roadside distraction) |
kijkje substantief {n} | gander [ganders]((slang) a look) |
achterom kijken werkwoord | look back(look behind oneself) |
bekijk het werkwoord | forget it(I don't want to continue with this conversation) |
bekijken werkwoord | eye [eyed, eyeing or eying, eyes](to observe carefully or appraisingly) investigate [investigated, investigating, investigates](to inquire into, study) oversee [oversaw, overseen, overseeing, oversees](to inspect, examine) view [viewed, viewing, views](to look at) watch [watched, watching, watches](to observe) |
comakijken substantief | binge watching(The viewing of numerous episodes of a TV show) |
dreigend kijken werkwoord | glower [glowered, glowering, glowers](to look or stare with anger) |
een gegeven paard niet in de bek kijken phrase | don't look a gift horse in the mouth(a phrase referring to unappreciatively questioning of a gift or handout too closely) |
ergens overheen kijken werkwoord | miss [missed, missing, misses](to fail to understand) |
ernaar uitkijken om werkwoord | look forward to(anticipate, expect, or wait for) |
met duivels vermaak bekijken werkwoord | gloat [gloated, gloating, gloats](to exhibit a conspicuous sense of self-satisfaction) |
met wellust bekijken werkwoord | gloat [gloated, gloating, gloats](to exhibit a conspicuous sense of self-satisfaction) |
naar omkijken werkwoord | look after(to watch, to protect) |
nakijken werkwoord | eye [eyed, eyeing or eying, eyes](to view narrowly) |
neerkijken op werkwoord | look down on(to regard or treat as inferior) |
op zijn neus kijkend bijvoeglijk naamwoord | abashed(embarrassed) |
opkijken werkwoord | look up(used other than as an idiom) |
schaarverrekijker substantief {m} | scissor binoculars(stereoscopic periscopic binoculars) |
scheelkijken werkwoord | squint [squinted, squinting, squints](to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions) |
scheelkijken substantief {n} | squint [squints](look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus) |
terugkijken werkwoord | look back(reminisce about the past) |
toneelkijker substantief {m} | lorgnette [lorgnettes](an opera glass with a handle) |
tot kijk interjection | bye(short for goodbye, see also: goodbye) |
uitkijken werkwoord | watch [watched, watching, watches](to be wary) |