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adv. rondom; in de omgeving--------prep. om, rond; ongeveeraround12 in het rond ⇒ aan alle kanten, verspreid♦voorbeelden:a way around • een omwegthe year around • het jaar rondbring around • tot een andere mening brengen, overredenhis turn came around • het was zijn beurtpeople gathered around to see • mensen verzamelden zich om te kijkenit measures five metres around • het heeft een omtrek van vijf meterpass it around • geef het rond/doorturn around • (zich) omdraaiengrope around • om zich heen tastenlook around for • uitkijken naar/voorscattered around • her en der verspreidfor miles around • kilometers in de omtrekI'll be around • ik zal daar (ergens) zijnstay around • blijf in de buurthe's around sixty • hij is rond de zestigaround fifty people • om en nabij de vijftig mensen————————around2〈 voorzetsel〉♦voorbeelden:around the corner • om de hoekhe ran around the green • hij liep rond het plantsoena chain around his neck • een ketting om zijn halsthe dog hung around the door • de hond bleef bij de deur rondhangenonly those around him • alleen zijn naaste medewerkersall around the land • door het hele land -
2 a chain around his neck
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3 an albatross around one's neck
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4 albatross
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