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1 chapiter
1 [hoofdstuk] chapter2 [onderwerp van gesprek] subject♦voorbeelden:2 dat is een heel ander chapiter • that is quite another story/kettle of fishvan chapiter veranderen • change the subject -
2 dat is een heel ander chapiter
dat is een heel ander chapiterthat is quite another story/kettle of fishVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > dat is een heel ander chapiter
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3 mooi
3 [fraai gekleed, verzorgd] smart4 [esthetisch aangenaam] beautiful♦voorbeelden:5 mooie cijfers halen • get good Bmarks/ Agradeshet weer bleef mooi • the good weather kept up/helddat is niet zo mooi • 〈 met betrekking tot gedrag〉 that's not very nice; 〈 met betrekking tot situatie〉 that's a bit of a mess, that's a fine/pretty kettle of fishhet kon niet mooier • it couldn't have been betterte mooi om waar te zijn • too good to be truehet is mooi (geweest) zo! • that's enough now!, all right, that'll do!het mooiste is, dat … • (and) to crown (it) all …het was niet mooi meer • it wasn't funny anymore8 een mooie manier (van doen) is dat! • that's a fine way of carrying on!mooie vrienden heb jij • fine friends you havedaar ben je wel even/zes weken mooi mee • it can take quite a while/six weekswel nu nog mooier! • well, I never!〈 ironisch〉 jij bent me ook een mooie! • you're a (nice) one!II 〈 bijwoord〉2 [behoorlijk] well♦voorbeelden:mooie dikke plakken ham • nice thick slices of hamjij hebt mooi praten • it's all very well for you to talkdat is mooi meegenomen • that is so much to the goodwe zijn er mooi van afgekomen • we're well out of thatmooi zo! • good!, well done!3 ze heeft het mooi verknald • she's made a right/proper mess of ithij is er toch maar mooi in geslaagd • he jolly well managed (to do it) anywayik zit er maar mooi mee! • I'm saddled with it!mooi niet, mooi van niet! • you bet he/she/it didn't/won't! -
4 vers
vers1〈 het〉1 [regel] verse♦voorbeelden:1 een vijfvoetig/blank vers • a pentameter, blank verseeen vertaling in verzen • a verse translation〈 religie〉 Lucas 6, vers 10 • St. Luke, chapter 6, verse 10————————vers2♦voorbeelden:1 vers bloed • fresh/young/new bloodverse eieren • new-laid eggsverse paarden • fresh horses, remountsverse sneeuw • fresh/new-fallen snowverse sporen van een dier • fresh tracks of an animalverse vis • fresh fishvers blijven • keep fresh/gooddat ligt nog vers in het geheugen • that's still fresh in my mindvers van de pers • hot from the pressvers van school • new from school
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Fish story — Fish Fish, n.; pl. {Fishes} (f[i^]sh [e^]z), or collectively, {Fish}. [OE. fisch, fisc, fis, AS. fisc; akin to D. visch, OS. & OHG. fisk, G. fisch, Icel. fiskr, Sw. & Dan. fisk, Goth. fisks, L. piscis, Ir. iasg. Cf. {Piscatorial}. In some cases,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fish story — {n. phr.} An unlikely or improbable tale. * /Hunters and fishermen often exaggerate their successes by telling fish stories./ … Dictionary of American idioms
fish story — {n. phr.} An unlikely or improbable tale. * /Hunters and fishermen often exaggerate their successes by telling fish stories./ … Dictionary of American idioms
fish story — ☆ fish story n. [from the conventional exaggeration by fishermen of the size of fish that escaped being caught] Informal an unbelievable story; exaggeration … English World dictionary
Fish Story — Infobox Television episode Title = Fish Story Series = Back to You Caption = Chuck and Ryan look as one of Chuck s fish is electricuted. Season = 1 Episode = 2 Airdate = Start date|2007|09|26 Production = BTY 102 Writer = Dan O Shannon Director … Wikipedia
fish story — AND fish tale n. a great big lie. (Like the fisherman who exaggerates the size of the fish that got away.) □ That’s just a fish story. Tell me another! □ He’s a master at the fish tale. Maybe he should be a politician … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
fish story — noun : an extravagant or incredible story * * * noun, pl ⋯ stories [count] US : an exaggerated story : a story that is so strange or surprising that it seems very unlikely to be true He told a ridiculous fish story about a swarm of giant… … Useful english dictionary
fish story — a lie or exaggeration Anglers have a habit of romancing about the size of their catch or the one that got away: It was an obvious fish story and nobody in the room bought it. (Cussler, 1994) … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
fish story — fish′ sto ry n. inf an exaggerated or incredible story • Etymology: from fishermen s stereotypical tendency to exaggerate the size of their catches … From formal English to slang
fish story — Synonyms and related words: big talk, blague, bullshit, bunk, bunkum, cock and bull story, exaggeration, fairy tale, falsehood, falsity, fancy talk, farfetched story, farrago, fib, fiction, fine talk, flam, flimflam, gas, ghost story, half truth … Moby Thesaurus
fish story — noun Etymology: from the traditional exaggeration by fishermen of the size of fish almost caught Date: 1819 an extravagant or incredible story … New Collegiate Dictionary