Nederlands | Engels |
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vuurwerk substantief {n} | firework [fireworks](exploding device) fireworks [fireworks](plural of firework) |
vuurwerkplant substantief | gas plant(Dictamnus albus) |
vuurzee substantief {f} | conflagration [conflagrations](a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) inferno(large fire) |
vuurzucht substantief {f} | pyromania(disorder) |
als een lopend vuurtje werkwoord {n} | spread like wildfire(spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably) |
bacterievuur substantief {n} | fire blight(bacterial plant disease) |
bakenvuur substantief {n} | beacon [beacons](signal fire) |
de kastanjes uit het vuur halen werkwoord | pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire(do someone's difficult work) |
eigen vuur substantief {n} | friendly fire(fire from allied or friendly forces) |
geen rook zonder vuur phrase | no smoke without fire(gossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact) |
Grieks vuur substantief | Greek fire(flammable substance) |
hellevuur substantief {n} | hellfire(fire of hell) |
het vuur aan de schenen leggen werkwoord | roast [roasted, roasting, roasts](to admonish someone vigorously) |
in vuur en vlam bijvoeglijk naamwoord | ablaze(on fire) |
is vuur phrase | no smoke without fire(gossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact) |
kampvuur substantief {n} | campfire [campfires](fire at a campground) |
koudvuur substantief {n} | gangrene [gangrenes](the necrosis or rotting of flesh) |
met vuur spelen werkwoord | play with fire(put oneself in a precarious situation) |
miltvuur substantief {n} | anthrax [anthraces](disease) |
olie op het vuur gooien werkwoord | add fuel to the fire(worsen a conflict) |
onder bedreiging van een vuurwapen preposition | at gunpoint(under coercion by someone with a firearm) |
roffelvuur substantief {n} | drumfire(heavy, continuous, rapid gunfire) |
Sint-Elmusvuur substantief | St. Elmo's fire(electrical discharge) |
smidsvuur substantief | forge [forges](furnace or hearth) |
spervuur substantief {n} | barrage [barrages](heavy curtain of artillery fire) |
Tervuurse herder substantief | Belgian Tervurennoun |
trommelvuur substantief {n} | drumfire(heavy, continuous, rapid gunfire) |
vagevuur substantief | purgatory [purgatories](situation causing suffering) |
vagevuur eigennam | Purgatory(intermediate state after physical death) |
vreugdevuur substantief {n} | bonfire [bonfires](large, controlled outdoor fire lit to celebrate something or as a signal) |
vuistvuurwapen substantief {n} | handgun [handguns](small, hand-held gun) |
waar rook is is vuur phrase | where there's smoke, there's fire(if there is a hint of something occurring it could indeed be true, but rumors should be handled with skepticism) |