Nederlands | Engels |
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iemand op zijn wenken bedienen substantief | beck and call(summons and control, in a position as an attendant or servant) |
iemand op zijn woord geloven werkwoord | take someone's word for it(to believe what someone claims) |
iemand steunen werkwoord | have someone's back(be prepared and willing to support or defend someone) |
iemand te kakken zetten werkwoord | slew(to make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit) |
Iemand tot bedaren brengen werkwoord | hose down(To calm down a person) |
iemand uitdagen werkwoord | throw down the gauntlet(issue a challenge) |
iemands pronoun | someone'spronoun |
iemands naam zuiveren werkwoord | clear someone's name(prove someone's innocence) |
iemands reputatie beschadigen bijvoeglijk naamwoord | injurious(causing harm to one's reputation) |
kamsalamander substantief {m} | great crested newt(Triturus cristatus) |
Kathmandu eigennam {n} | Kathmandu(capital city of Nepal) |
keelamandel substantief {m} {f} | tonsil [tonsils](palatine tonsil) |
met iemand de vloer aanvegen; iemand uitschakelen werkwoord | clean someone's clock(defeat decisively) |
niemand pronoun | no one(not even a single person) none(not any person) |
niemand substantief | nobody [nobodies](unimportant person) |
niemandsland substantief {n} | middle of nowhere(remote place) no man's land(stretch of land between the border posts of two contiguous sovereign states) |
Normandië eigennam {n} | Normandy(region of France) |
Normandiër substantief {m} | Norman [Normans](a person from Normandy) |
Normandisch eigennam | Norman(the Norman language) |
Normandisch bijvoeglijk naamwoord | Norman(of or pertaining to Normandy and its inhabitants) |
om iemands hand vragen werkwoord | pop the questionverb |
onbemand bijvoeglijk naamwoord | unmanned(not operated by a person or a crew) |
ontmand bijvoeglijk naamwoord | emasculate(deprived of virility or vigor) |
op iemands zenuwen werken werkwoord | nark(annoy) |
ouderwets iemand substantief | fogey(dull old fellow) |
overhangmandaat substantief {n} | overhang seat(Legislative seat distribution principle in certain countries) |
pakmand substantief {m} | hamper [hampers](large basket) |
pomander substantief {m} | pomander [pomanders](mixture of aromatic substances) |
reprimande substantief {m} {f} | reprimand [reprimands](severe, formal or official reproof) |
salamander substantief {m} | newt [newts](type of salamander) salamander [salamanders](amphibian) |
sluitmand substantief {m} | hamper [hampers](large basket) |
spreekt hier iemand Engels phrase | does anyone here speak English(does anyone here speak English?) |
van iemand zijn werkwoord | belong [belonged, belonging, belongs](be the property of) |
wasmand substantief {f} {m} | laundry basket(container for holding and transporting clothing) |
wasmand substantief {m} | hamper [hampers](large basket) |
winkelmand substantief {f} | shopping basket(basket for groceries and merchandise) |
winkelmandje substantief {n} | shopping basket(basket for groceries and merchandise) |