Holland | Angol |
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de kat de bel aanbinden werkwoord | bell the cat(to undertake a dangerous action in the service of a group) |
de kat sturen werkwoord | stand up(to avoid a prearranged meeting) |
de keten is zo sterk als haar zwakste schakel phrase | a chain is only as strong as its weakest link(aphorism) |
de Klerk eigennam | de Klerkproper noun |
de kluts kwijt bijwoord | abroad(astray) |
de knoop substantief {m} | knot [knots](difficult situation) |
de knuppel in het hoenderhok gooien werkwoord | put the cat among the pigeonsverb |
de koe bij de hoorns vatten werkwoord | take the bull by the horns(to deal directly with a matter; to confront a difficulty) |
de koning is dood phrase | |
de kop in het zand steken werkwoord | bury one's head in the sand(to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation) |
de Koran eigennam {m} | Qur'an(the Islamic holy book) |
de kost gaat voor de baat uit phrase | no pain, no gain(discomfort is necessary to achieve goals) |
de krenten uit de pap halen werkwoord | cherry-pick [cherry-picked, cherry-picking, cherry-picks](to select only the best from a range of options) |
de kriebels bezorgen werkwoord | weird out(make feel strange) |
de kriebels hebben werkwoord | fidget [fidgeted, fidgeting, fidgets](to move around nervously) |
de Krim eigennam | Crimea(peninsula, see also: Crimean peninsula) |
de kruisdood substantief {f} {m} | crucifixion [crucifixions](death of Christ on cross) |
de kruisiging substantief {f} | crucifixion [crucifixions](death of Christ on cross) |
de laan uitsturen werkwoord | dismiss [dismissed, dismissing, dismisses](to discharge) |
de laatste tijd preposition {f} | of late(recently) |
de liefde bedrijven werkwoord | make love(to engage in sexual intercourse, see also: copulate) sex [sexed, sexing, sexes](informal: to have sex (intransitivee)) |
de liefde van de man gaat door de maag phrase | the way to a man's heart is through his stomach(cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections) |
de lippen tuiten werkwoord | pout [pouted, pouting, pouts](push out one’s lips) |
de max bijvoeglijk naamwoord | lush [lusher, lushest](amazing, cool, fantastic, wicked) |
de mens eigennam {m} | Man(genus Homo) |
de mens wikt phrase | man proposes, God disposes(things don't always work out as they were planned) |
de metro van Londen eigennam {m} | London Underground(the London underground) |
de mijne pronoun | mine(that which belongs to me) |
de moeite lonend bijvoeglijk naamwoord | worthwhile(good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on) |
de moeite waard bijvoeglijk naamwoord | worth one's while(important enough to spend time, effort or money on) worthwhile(good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on) |
de moeite waard zijn bijvoeglijk naamwoord | worth it(worth doing) |
de mogelijkheid hebben bijvoeglijk naamwoord | able [abler, ablest](permitted to) |
de mouwen opstropen werkwoord | roll up one's sleeves(roll one's sleeves up) |
de muren hebben oren phrase | walls have ears(be careful about what you say) |
de neuk phrase | the fuck(vulgar: intensifier used after interrogative pronouns) |
de neus optrekken/ophalen werkwoord | sneer [sneered, sneering, sneers](raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn) |
de onze pronoun | ours(that which belongs to us) |
de oorlog verklaren werkwoord | declare war(initiate a state of war) |