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zaken substantief {f-Pl} | business [businesses](occupation, work or trade of a person) |
zaken gaan voor plezier phrase | business before pleasure(discharging one's obligations should come before one's own gratification) |
zakencijfer substantief {n} | revenue [revenues](turnover, total sales) turnover [turnovers](sales transacted) |
zakenleven substantief {n} | business [businesses](occupation, work or trade of a person) |
zakenman substantief {m} | businessman [businessmen](a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution) |
zakenreis substantief {m} {f} | business tripnoun |
zakenvrouw substantief {f} | businesswoman [businesswomen](woman of business) |
een hersenschudding veroorzaken werkwoord | concuss [concussed, concussing, concusses](injure the brain) |
gedane zaken substantief {Pl} | spilt milk(something that can't be undone) |
gedane zaken maken geen keer substantief | water under the bridge(something in the past that cannot be controlled but must be accepted) |
gedane zaken nemen geen keer phrase | what's done is donephrase |
in de steek laten; verzaken werkwoord | abandon [abandoned, abandoning, abandons](to leave behind or desert; to forsake) |
met zijn eigen zaken bemoeien werkwoord | mind one's own business(to concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others) |
minister van Buitenlandse Zaken substantief {m} | Secretary of State(any of several senior government positions) |
noodzaken werkwoord | necessitate [necessitated, necessitating, necessitates](to make necessary; require something to be brought about) |
personeelszaken substantief {Pl} | human resources(the personnel department of an organization) |
stand van zaken substantief {m} | state of affairs(specific situation) |
veroorzaken werkwoord | beget [begot, begotten, begetting, begets](cause, produce) bring about(to cause to take place) cause [caused, causing, causes](to set off an event or action) elicit [elicited, eliciting, elicits](to draw out, bring out) give rise to(to be the origin of; to produce) induce [induced, inducing, induces](to cause; persuade; force) occasion [occasioned, occasioning, occasions](give occasion to) prompt [prompted, prompting, prompts](to cause or lead to) render [rendered, rendering, renders](to cause to become) result [resulted, resulting, results](to proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence) set up(to cause to happen) |
verzaken werkwoord | abjure [abjured, abjuring, abjures](to renounce with solemnity) abnegate [abnegated, abnegating, abnegates](to reject, to deny) forsake [forsook, forsaken, forsaking, forsakes](to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something)) neglect [neglected, neglecting, neglects](failure due to carelessness) relinquish [relinquished, relinquishing, relinquishes](to give up, abandon) renege [reneged, reneging, reneges](card games: fail to follow suit when capable) renounce [renounced, renouncing, renounces](make renunciation) revoke [revoked, revoking, revokes](cardgames: to fail to follow suit when one should) waive [waived, waiving, waives](to relinquish; to give up claim to) |
verzaken aan een eed werkwoord | abjure [abjured, abjuring, abjures](to renounce upon oath) |