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1 awful
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2 an awful lot
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3 god-awful
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4 he keeps on telling me these awful jokes
English-Dutch dictionary > he keeps on telling me these awful jokes
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5 the awful smell emanated from the withered flowers
English-Dutch dictionary > the awful smell emanated from the withered flowers
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6 who perpetrated this awful poem?
who perpetrated this awful poem?wie heeft dit afschuwelijk gedicht geproduceerd? -
7 how awful
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8 simply awful
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9 emanate from
emanate from[ emməneet] 〈 formeel〉1 (voort)komen uit ⇒ uit/voortvloeien uit, afkomstig zijn van♦voorbeelden:1 the awful smell emanated from the withered flowers • de afschuwelijke geur kwam van de verlepte bloemen -
10 keep on
keep on2 doorgaan ⇒ doorrijden, doorlopen, verder gaan3 blijven praten/zeuren ⇒ doorkletsen; (blijven) lastig vallen♦voorbeelden:1 he keeps on telling me these awful jokes • hij blijft me maar van die afschuwelijke grappen vertellenII 〈 overgankelijk werkwoord〉♦voorbeelden:I don't think I'll keep Alice on at that school • ik denk niet dat ik Alice op die school houd -
11 perpetrate
v. bedrijven, begaan[ pə:pitreet] 〈zelfstandig naamwoord: perpetration〉♦voorbeelden:who perpetrated this awful poem? • wie heeft dit afschuwelijk gedicht geproduceerd?
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