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bij het nekvel grijpen werkwoord | collar [collared, collaring, collars](to grab or seize by collar or neck) |
bijeenroepen werkwoord | summon [summoned, summoning, summons](to call people together) |
bijknippen werkwoord | crop [cropped, cropping, crops](remove outer parts of (a photograph or image)) |
biologisch wapen substantief {n} | bioweapon [bioweapons](weapon designed for use in biological warfare) |
biowapen substantief {n} | bioweapon [bioweapons](weapon designed for use in biological warfare) |
blikopener substantief {m} | can opener(device used to open tin cans) |
boodschappen substantief | groceries(commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery) |
boodschappen doen werkwoord | shop [shopped, shopping, shops](to visit shops) |
boodschappen doen substantief {n} | shopping [shoppings](activity of buying) |
boodschappenmandje substantief {n} | shopping basket(basket for groceries and merchandise) |
boodschappentas substantief {f} | shopping bag(strong bag for carrying purchases) tote bag(large handbag) |
briefopener substantief {m} | letter opener(knifelike device) |
brosknippen werkwoord | crop [cropped, cropping, crops](to cut (hair/tail/ears) short) |
but "begrijpen" or "snappen" a concept or idea or decision. werkwoord | understand [understood, understood, understanding, understands]verb |
colonie pénale substantief | penal colony(colonial territory) |
comazuipen substantief {n} | binge drinking(consumption of excessive amounts of alcohol) |
compendium substantief {n} | digest [digests](compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged) |
compensatie substantief | offset [offsets](compensating equivalent) |
Compensatie substantief {f} | compensation [compensations](equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate) |
compensatie substantief {f} | compensation [compensations](act or principle of compensating) set-off(extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors) |
compensatierekking substantief {f} | compensatory lengthening(lengthening of a vowel sound which occurs when a following consonant is lost) |
compensatorische rekking substantief {f} | compensatory lengthening(lengthening of a vowel sound which occurs when a following consonant is lost) |
compenseren werkwoord | atone [atoned, atoning, atones](to make reparation, compensation, or amends, for an offence or a crime) compensate [compensated, compensating, compensates](to make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct or fill) |
computerwetenschappen substantief {f-Pl} | computer science [computer sciences](study of computers and their architecture) |
cultuurwetenschappen substantief {Pl} {f} | cultural studies(diverse field of study) |
de druppel die de emmer doet overlopen substantief {n} | the straw that broke the camel's back(small additional burden which causes failure) |
de eindjes aan elkaar knopen werkwoord | make ends meet(get by financially) |
de handdoek in de ring werpen werkwoord | throw in the towel((idiomatic) to quit; to give up) |
de huid niet verkopen voor de beer geschoten is phrase | don't count your chickens before they're hatched(one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur) |
de lippen tuiten werkwoord | pout [pouted, pouting, pouts](push out one’s lips) |
de mouwen opstropen werkwoord | roll up one's sleeves(roll one's sleeves up) |
de overwinning voor de poorten van de hel wegslepen werkwoord | snatch victory from the jaws of defeat(suddenly win a contest when it appears that loss is a foregone conclusion, to succeed in an endeavor through reversal of fortune, skill, effort, or good judgment) |
de rapen zijn gaar phrase | goose is cooked(all hope is gone) |
de teerling is geworpen phrase | the die is cast(conclusive action has been taken, so events will proceed in an irreversible manner) |
dempen werkwoord | dampen [dampened, dampening, dampens](depress, lessen) muffle [muffled, muffling, muffles](To mute or deaden) |
denk je dat je kunt lopen? phrase | do you think you can walk(do you think you can walk?) |