Holland | Angol |
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overdragen werkwoord | convey [conveyed, conveying, conveys](to carry) leave [left, left, leaving, leaves](to transfer responsibility or attention) port [ported, porting, ports](computing: to adapt a program so that it works on a different platform) |
overdragen aan werkwoord | recommend [recommended, recommending, recommends](archaic: to confide to another) |
overgedragen bijvoeglijk naamwoord | vicarious(experienced or gained by the loss or to the consequence of another) |
peesdraden substantief {Pl} | heartstrings(cord-like tendons in the heart) |
piekdrager substantief {m} | pikeman [pikemen](soldier) |
platendraaier substantief {m} | turntable [turntables](record player, see also: record player) |
prikkeldraad substantief {m} | barbed wire(twisted strands of steel wire) Indian sunburn(prank) |
prikkeldraadversperring substantief {m} | abatis(means of defense) |
raddraaier substantief {m} | ringleader [ringleaders](person who starts and leads a disturbance, a conspiracy, or a criminal gang) |
rode draad substantief {m} | common thread(recurring characteristic or theme) thread [threads](long, thin and flexible form of material) |
rond de pot draaien werkwoord | beat around the bush(to treat a topic but omit its main points) prevaricate [prevaricated, prevaricating, prevaricates](shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate) |
ronddraaien werkwoord | gyrate [gyrated, gyrating, gyrates](to revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado, see also: revolve) rotate [rotated, rotating, rotates](to spin, turn, or revolve) |
schimmeldraad substantief {m} | hypha [hyphae](filament that forms the mycelium of a fungus) |
schrikdraad substantief {m} | electric fencenoun |
schroefdraad substantief {m} | screw thread [screw threads](helical ridge or groove) |
schroevendraaier substantief {m} | screwdriver [screwdrivers](tool) |
seksueel overdraagbare aandoening substantief | sexually transmitted disease [sexually transmitted diseases](disease contracted through sexual contact, see also: venereal disease; STD) |
seksueel overdraagbare infectie [seksueel overdraagbare infecties] substantief {f} | sexually transmitted infection(a sexually transmitted disease, with or without symptoms) |
slangdraak substantief {m} | cockatrice(legendary creature) |
Slangendrager eigennam {m} | Ophiuchus(zodiacal constellation of the northern summer) |
sterke drank substantief {m} | alcohol [alcohols](intoxicating beverage) liquor [liquors](strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation) |
sterkedrank substantief {m} | hard liquor(distilled beverage with a high alcohol content) |
struikeldraad substantief | tripwire(a passive triggering mechanism) |
tandrad substantief {n} | gear wheel(wheel with a toothed rim) |
tegendraads bijvoeglijk naamwoord | contradictory(tending to contradict, contrarious) contrarious(persons) |
titeldrager substantief {m} | titular(of a title) |
toendra substantief | tundra(flat treeless arctic region) |
toendragors substantief {f} | American tree sparrow(Spizelloides arborea) |
toverdrankje substantief {n} | potion [potions](small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical) |
tweedracht substantief {f} | discord [discords](strife resulting from lack of agreement; dissension) |
uilen naar Athene dragen werkwoord | carry coals to Newcastle(do something unneeded or redundant) |
uitdragen werkwoord | disseminate [disseminated, disseminating, disseminates](transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) |