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1 both
adj. beide; samen--------conj. zowel....als--------pron. beidenboth11 beide(n) ⇒ allebei, alle twee♦voorbeelden:the girls could both sing • de meisjes konden beiden zingenI saw them both • ik heb ze allebei gezienboth of them • alle twee————————both21 beide ⇒ allebei, de/alle twee♦voorbeelden:she held up both her earrings • ze hield alle twee haar oorbellen omhoogboth girls liked him • de twee meisjes mochten hem————————both3〈voegwoord; met and〉♦voorbeelden:he was both tall and slim • hij was lang en slank -
2 both Jack and Jill got hurt
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3 both girls liked him
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4 both of them
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5 both parties were heard
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6 both sides open out
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7 both the children were frightened
English-Dutch dictionary > both the children were frightened
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8 both ends
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9 both sheets in the wind
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10 both sides
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11 both way return
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12 both ways
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13 cut both ways
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14 (have) the best of both worlds
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15 I saw them both
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16 Jack and Jill both got hurt
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17 burn the/one's candle at both ends
burn the/one's candle at both endste veel hooi op zijn vork nemen, ondoordacht met zijn middelen omspringenEnglish-Dutch dictionary > burn the/one's candle at both ends
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18 for both our sakes
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19 have a foot in both camps
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20 he was both tall and slim
См. также в других словарях:
both — 1. general. Both, when modifying a single item, refers to two things or persons (both houses / both women); when, as both…and…, it couples two items, each of these may be singular (both the woman and the man) or plural (both the women and the… … Modern English usage
both — [ bouθ ] function word, quantifier *** Both can be used in the following ways: as a determiner (followed by a noun, but not by a pronoun): Both children are at school. as a predeterminer (followed by a word such as the, this, his, etc.): I like… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Both — Both, a. or pron. [OE. bothe, ba?e, fr. Icel. b[=a]?ir; akin to Dan. baade, Sw. b[*a]da, Goth. baj??s, OHG. beid?, b?d?, G. & D. beide, also AS. begen, b[=a], b?, Goth. bai, and Gr. ?, L. ambo, Lith. ab[ a], OSlav. oba, Skr. ubha. [root]310. Cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Both — ist der Name eines mecklenburgischen Uradelsgeschlechtes, siehe Both (Adelsgeschlecht) Both ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Andries Both (1612/1613–1641), holländischer Maler Carl Friedrich von Both (1789–1875), deutscher Jurist und… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Both — Both, conj. As well; not only; equally. [1913 Webster] Note: Both precedes the first of two co[ o]rdinate words or phrases, and is followed by and before the other, both . . . and . . .; as well the one as the other; not only this, but also that; … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
both — [bōth] adj., pron. [ME bothe < OE ba tha, both these < ba, fem. nom. & acc. of begen, both + tha, nom. & acc. pl. of se, that, the: akin to ON bathir, OS bethia, MDu bede, Ger beide: see AMBI ] the two; the one and the other [both birds… … English World dictionary
both — there are several theories, all similar, and deriving the word from the tendency to say both the. One is that it is O.E. begen (masc.) both (from P.Gmc. *ba, from PIE *bho both ) + þ extended base. Another traces it to the P.Gmc. formula… … Etymology dictionary
both — ► PREDETERMINER , DETERMINER , & PRONOUN ▪ two people or things, regarded and identified together. ► ADVERB ▪ applying equally to each of two alternatives. ● have it both ways Cf. ↑have it both ways USAGE When both is … English terms dictionary
both´er|er — both|er «BOTH uhr», noun, verb, interjection. –n. 1. much fuss or worry about small matters; trouble: »What a lot of bother about nothing! SYNONYM(S): disturbance. 2. a person or thing that causes worry, fuss, or trouble: »A door that will not… … Useful english dictionary
both|er — «BOTH uhr», noun, verb, interjection. –n. 1. much fuss or worry about small matters; trouble: »What a lot of bother about nothing! SYNONYM(S): disturbance. 2. a person or thing that causes worry, fuss, or trouble: »A door that will not shut is a… … Useful english dictionary
Both [1] — Both, 1) ein Bündel Flachs; 2) Weinmaß, so v.w. Bota … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon