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1 trekken
1 [kracht uitoefenen op iets] pull3 [spierbewegingen maken] stretch4 [luchtstroom doorlaten] draw5 [in een richting getrokken worden] pull6 [lijken (op)] be like♦voorbeelden:aan een sigaar trekken • puff at/draw a cigarover een rivier trekken • cross a riverten strijde/te velde trekken • go into battlede kinderen trekken nogal naar hun vader • the children take more to their father2 [aantrekken] draw4 [gewichtheffen] snatch♦voorbeelden:2 publiek/kopers trekken • draw an audience/customersvolle zalen trekken • play to/draw full houses1 [in genoemde toestand/op genoemde plaats brengen] pull3 [naar zich toehalen, ook figuurlijk] draw4 [aftreksel maken van] make6 [doen ontstaan] draw7 [uit een plaats vandaan halen] get♦voorbeelden:iemand aan zijn haar trekken • pull someone's hairiemand aan zijn mouw trekken • pull (at) someone's sleeveeen horoscoop trekken • cast a horoscopelering trekken uit iets • learn (a lesson) from something〈 wiskunde〉 de wortel uit een getal trekken • find/extract the (square/cube/ 〈enz.〉 ) root of a number8 gezichten trekken • make/pull (silly) faces -
2 we moeten ergens een grens trekken
we moeten ergens een grens trekken————————we moeten ergens een grens trekkenVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > we moeten ergens een grens trekken
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3 tent
1 [verplaatsbaar verblijf] tent♦voorbeelden:een tent opslaan/opzetten/afbreken • pitch/put up/take down a tent3 een gezellige tent • a friendly/fun placeze braken de tent bijna af • you could hardly keep them in their seats -
4 grens
1 〈rand; staatsgrens〉 border; 〈rand; scheidingslijn〉 boundary; 〈 limiet〉 limit ⇒ 〈 perken ook〉 bounds 〈 meervoud〉♦voorbeelden:de Duitse grens • the German border〈 figuurlijk〉 er zijn grenzen! • there is a limit!aan de grens • at the border〈 figuurlijk〉 binnen de grenzen van zijn mogelijkheden blijven • keep within the limits of one's capabilitiesiemand over de grenzen/de grens zetten • deport someonede grens tussen Nederland en Duitsland • The Dutch-German border/frontier -
5 lengte
1 [langste zijde] length3 [afmeting; tijdsduur] length4 [aardrijkskunde, sterrenkunde] longitude♦voorbeelden:een plank in de lengte doorzagen • saw a board lengthways/lengthwise2 totale/volle lengte • total/full lengthhij lag in zijn volle lengte op de grond • he lay full length upon the groundhij heeft de lengte niet • he is not tall enoughhij viel op door zijn lengte • his height made him conspicuouszich in zijn volle lengte oprichten • draw oneself up to one's full heightin de lengte groeien • grow in lengthmet twee lengtes verschil winnen • win by two lengths3 een snelweg van 500 km lengte • a 500 km long Bmotorway/ Ahighwaywat is de lengte van het verhaal? • how long is the story?op de goede lengte afknippen • cut off to the exact lengthover een lengte van 60 meter • for a distance of 60 metrestot in lengte van dagen • for years to come
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