Nederlands | Engels |
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de facto bijvoeglijk naamwoord | de facto(in fact or in practice) |
de feestvreugde bederven werkwoord | rain on someone's parade(to disappoint or discourage someone) |
de fles geven werkwoord | bottle [bottled, bottling, bottles](feed (an infant) baby formula) |
de ganse +period of time determiner | all(throughout the whole of (a stated period of time)) |
de geest geven werkwoord | give up the ghost(to die) |
de geest is gewillig phrase | the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak(achieving something is made impossible by frailty) |
de geest is uit de fles phrase | genie is out of the bottle(information has been released that will have ongoing consequences) |
de geschiedenis herhaalt zich phrase | history repeats itself(Translations) |
de-geslacht substantief {n} | common gender(a grammatical gender) |
de goede oude tijd substantief {m} | days of yore(time long past) |
de grond in boren werkwoord | murder [murdered, murdering, murders](defeat decisively) |
de Grote bijvoeglijk naamwoord | great [greater, greatest](important title) |
De Haag eigennam {n} | The Hague(Dutch city) |
de handdoek in de ring werpen werkwoord | throw in the towel((idiomatic) to quit; to give up) |
de hare pronoun | hers(that which belongs to her) |
de Heer eigennam | Lord(God) |
de hel breekt los phrase | all hell breaks loose(the situation becomes chaotic) |
de hele bende substantief {f} | whole shebang(the entire thing) |
de hele dag bijwoord | all day(the entire day) |
de hele mikmak substantief | whole shebang(the entire thing) |
de hele rataplan substantief | the whole caboodle(everything else) whole shebang(the entire thing) |
de hele reutemeteut substantief | whole shebang(the entire thing) |
de hierarcharizatie substantief | hierarchizationnoun |
de hoeveelste is het vandaag? phrase | what date is it today(what date is it today?) |
de hond uitlaten werkwoord | walk the dog(take a dog for a walk) |
de hoorns opzetten werkwoord | cuckold [cuckolded, cuckolding, cuckolds](make a cuckold) |
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 hunne pronoun | theirs(that which belongs to them) |
de-installatie substantief {f} | uninstallation(process of removing a program) |
de-installeren werkwoord | uninstall(completely remove hardware or software) |
de inzet verhogen werkwoord | up the ante(raise the stakes) |
de jouwe pronoun | yours(possessive pronoun, singular) |
de jouwe; pronoun | thine(possessive pronoun) |
de jure bijvoeglijk naamwoord | de jure(by right) |
de Kanaaleilanden eigennam | Channel Islands(group of islands in the English Channel) |
de kans afwachten werkwoord | bide one's time(to wait, especially for a suitable opportunity) |
de kansen substantief | odds [odds](the ratio of the probabilities of an event happening to that of it not happening) |
de kansen keren werkwoord | turn the tables(To reverse a situation so that the advantage has shifted) |
de kastanjes uit het vuur halen werkwoord | pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire(do someone's difficult work) |