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1 rondbabbelen
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2 mond
♦voorbeelden:1 〈 figuurlijk〉 een grote mond opzetten tegen iemand, iemand een grote mond geven • talk back at/to someone, give someone liphij kan zijn grote mond niet houden • he can't keep his big mouth shutdat is een hele mond vol • that's quite a mouthful〈 figuurlijk〉 iedereen heeft er de mond van vol • everybody is full of it, it is on everybody's lips〈 figuurlijk〉 zij hebben de mond vol over ontwapening, maar … • they have a lot to say about/make a great song and dance about disarmament, but …doe je mond dan open • say something (for goodness' sake)〈 figuurlijk〉 zijn mond voorbijpraten • let one's tongue run away with one, blab, spill the beansbij monde van • through/from〈 figuurlijk〉 bepaalde woorden in de mond nemen • use/utter certain words〈 figuurlijk〉 met de mond vol tanden staan • be at a loss for words/tongue-tiedde vinger op de mond leggen • put one's finger to one's lipsiets uit zijn eigen mond sparen • 〈 letterlijk〉 save some of one's food for someone else; 〈 bezuinigen〉 go without food to buy something for someone else(als) uit één mond • with one voice, unanimouslyuit zijn mond klinkt het ongeloofwaardig • it sounds unbelievable coming from himhet gerucht ging van mond tot mond • the rumour went roundhij antwoordde wat hem voor de mond kwam • he said the first thing that came into his headgeen mond opendoen • keep one's mouth shut, never open one's mouthhij heeft een mond als een hooischuur • he's got a mouth big enough for two people -
3 zwijgen
zwijgen1〈 het〉1 silence♦voorbeelden:het zwijgen verbreken • break the silence————————zwijgen21 [niet spreken] be silent2 [niet melding maken van] not record/mention, keep silent about3 [geen geluid meer geven] keep silent/still♦voorbeelden:hij bleef zwijgen • he remained silentik kan niet langer zwijgen • I can't keep it to myself any longer〈 figuurlijk〉 niet weten te zwijgen • not know how to keep one's mouth shut, blabde stem van zijn geweten tot zwijgen brengen • silence the voice of one's consciencezwijg! • hold your tongue!, be quiet!om nog te zwijgen van • to say nothing of, not to mentionvan/over iets zwijgen • not record/mention something, keep silent about something
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