Holland | Angol |
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betaalrekening substantief {f} | current account(checking account) |
betrekkelijk bijvoeglijk naamwoord | relative(conditional; depending on something else) |
betrekkelijk bijwoord | comparatively(in a comparative manner) |
betrekkelijk voornaamwoord substantief {n} | relative pronoun(pronoun that introduces a relative clause) |
betrekkingen substantief {f-Pl} | intercourse [intercourses](dealings between countries) |
bij wijze van spreken preposition | in a manner of speaking(as it were, figuratively speaking, in a manner, in a way, in a certain respect) |
blaren trekken werkwoord | blister [blistered, blistering, blisters](cause blisters to form) |
boekdelen spreken werkwoord | say it all(to convey information implicitly and non-verbally.) speak volumes(to convey significant information beyond what is explicit) |
breedvoerig spreken werkwoord | expatiate [expatiated, expatiating, expatiates]verb |
breken werkwoord | break [broke, broken, breaking, breaks](intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces) bust [busted, busting, busts](alteration of burst) refract [refracted, refracting, refracts](to change direction) sunder [sundered, sundering, sunders](to break or separate or to break apart) |
breken substantief | rote(roar of the surf) |
breken substantief {n} | breach [breaches](figuratively: the act of breaking) |
brekingsindex substantief {m} | refractive index [refractive indices](ratio of the speed of light in vacuum to another medium) |
buikspreken substantief | ventriloquism(art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source) |
buikspreker substantief {m} | ventriloquist [ventriloquists](a person who practices ventriloquism) |
Chinese karekiet substantief {m} | reed warbler [reed warblers](Acrocephalus orientalis) |
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) |
de broek aftrekken werkwoord | pants(pull someone’s pants down) |
de neus optrekken/ophalen werkwoord | sneer [sneered, sneering, sneers](raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn) |
de rekening phrase | the bill, pleasephrase |
dekbedovertrek substantief {n} | duvet(duvet cover) |
dieptrekken substantief {n} | deep drawing(metal forming process) |
differentiaalrekening substantief {f} | differential calculus(calculus that deals with instantaneous rates of change) |
diplomatieke betrekkingen substantief {f-Pl} | diplomatic relations(diplomatic intercourse) |
doortrekken werkwoord | flush [flushed, flushing, flushes](to cleanse a toilet by introducing lots of water) imbue [imbued, imbuing, imbues](to permeate or impregnate completely) peregrinate [peregrinated, peregrinating, peregrinates](to travel through a specific place) |
doortrekplaat substantief {f} | cockamamie(decal) |
duivelsdrek substantief {?} | asafoetida [asafoetidas](resinous gum from wild fennel) |
een lans breken werkwoord | break a lance(to take a stand) |
een vos verliest zijn streken niet phrase | a leopard cannot change its spots(one cannot change one's own nature) |
eentonig spreken werkwoord | drone [droned, droning, drones](to speak in a monotone way) |
Engelssprekende bijvoeglijk naamwoord | Anglophone(English-speaking) |
Engelssprekende substantief {m} {f} | Anglophone(one who speaks English) |
er op kunnen rekenen werkwoord | bet [betted, betted, betting, bets](to be sure of something) |