Holland | Angol |
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zich suf piekeren werkwoord | rack one's brain(struggle to think of something) |
zich terugtrekken werkwoord | abscond [absconded, absconding, absconds](to withdraw from) abstract [abstracted, abstracting, abstracts](to withdraw oneself) pull out(to use coitus interruptus as a method of birth control) punt [punted, punting, punts](retreat from one's objective) recede [receded, receding, recedes](move back, move away) retreat [retreated, retreating, retreats](to withdraw military forces) |
zich terugtrekken werkwoord {n} | back out(to withdraw from something one has promised to do) |
zich toe-eigenen werkwoord | usurp [usurped, usurping, usurps](seize power) |
zich toeëigenen werkwoord | appropriate [appropriated, appropriating, appropriates](to take to oneself in exclusion of others) |
zich uit de naad werken werkwoord | work someone's ass off(to work excessively) |
zich uitbreiden werkwoord | expand [expanded, expanding, expands]((intransitive) to increase in extent, number, volume or scope) |
zich uitdossen werkwoord | don [donned, donning, dons](put on clothes) |
zich uitkleden werkwoord | undress [undressed, undressing, undresses]((intransitive) remove one's clothing) |
zich uitrekken werkwoord | pandiculate(to stretch oneself and make sounds) |
zich uitspreken werkwoord | pronounce [pronounced, pronouncing, pronounces](to declare authoritatively or as formal opinion) speak out(assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known) |
zich uitstrekken werkwoord | sprawl [sprawled, sprawling, sprawls](to spread out in disorderly fashion) |
zich verbeelden werkwoord | imagine [imagined, imagining, imagines]((transitive) to form a mental image of something) picture [pictured, picturing, pictures](to imagine or envision) |
zich verbergen werkwoord | hide [hid, hidden, hiding, hides]((intransitive) put oneself in a place where one will be harder to find) |
zich verdelen werkwoord | separate [separated, separating, separates](to divide itself) |
zich verenigen werkwoord | aggregate [aggregated, aggregating, aggregates](To add or unite, as, a person, to an association) club [clubbed, clubbing, clubs](to join together to form a group) unify [unified, unifying, unifies](become one) |
zich vergissen werkwoord | be wrong(have an incorrect belief, be mistaken) err [erred, erring, errs]verb |
zich verheugen werkwoord | fain(be delighted) |
zich verheugen op werkwoord | look forward to(anticipate, expect, or wait for) |
zich verloven werkwoord | betroth [betrothed, betrothing, betroths](to promise to take as a future spouse) |
zich vermaken werkwoord | disport(to amuse oneself divertingly or playfully) |
zich vermoeien werkwoord | tire [tired, tiring, tires]verb |
zich vermommen werkwoord | disguise [disguised, disguising, disguises](to change the appearance) |
zich verontschuldigen werkwoord | apologize [apologized, apologizing, apologizes](to make an apology or excuse) |
zich veroorloven werkwoord | afford [afforded, affording, affords](to incur, stand, or bear) |
zich verplaatsen werkwoord | move [moved, moving, moves](to change place or posture; to go) |
zich verpoppen werkwoord | pupate [pupated, pupating, pupates](to become a pupa) |
zich verslapen werkwoord | oversleep [overslept, overslept, oversleeping, oversleeps](to sleep for longer than planned) |
zich verspreken werkwoord | fluff [fluffed, fluffing, fluffs](to make a mistake in one’s lines) put one's foot in one's mouth(say or do something embarrassing or wrong) |