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of1 [bij tegenstelling] (either …) or2 [verklarend] or3 [na ontkenning of restrictie] (hardly …) when; (no sooner …) than4 [toegevend] although, whether … or (not), no matter (how/what/where 〈enz.〉 )5 [alsof] as if, as though6 [bij twijfel/onzekerheid] whether, if7 [achter vraagwoorden] 〈zie voorbeelden 7〉8 [bij verzwegen hoofdzin] 〈zie voorbeelden 8〉9 [als sterke bevestiging] certainly♦voorbeelden:je krijgt of het een of het ander • you get either the one or the otherhet is óf het een óf het ander • you can't have it both waysze zei weinig of niets • she said little or nothingmin of meer • more or lessvroeg of laat • sooner or later, eventually2 de influenza of griep • influenza, or flu3 nauwelijks was hij thuis of de telefoon ging • hardly/scarcely had he come in when the telephone rang, no sooner had he come home than the telephone rangik weet niet beter of … • for all I know …het kan niet anders of ze is ziek • she must be iller gaat geen dag voorbij of hij bedrinkt zich • not a day goes by without him getting drunkhet is net of het regent • it looks as if it's raining6 ik vraag me af, of hij komen zal • I wonder whether/if he'll comede vraag is of we hem nodig hebben • the question is whether we need himde vraag is óf hij komt • the question is whether he's coming at allwanneer of ze komt, ik weet 't niet • when she is coming I don't know8 of hij nog leeft? • are you asking me whether he's still alive?9 nou en of! • you bet!of ik blij ben! • am I glad!¶ een dag of tien • about ten days, ten days or sohou je mond of ik doe je wat • shut up or you'll be sorry -
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1 [niet blind zijn] see2 [kijken, er uitzien] look3 [uitzicht geven] look (out)♦voorbeelden:hij ziet scheel van de hoofdpijn • he has a splitting headacheII 〈 overgankelijk werkwoord〉1 [waarnemen, opmerken, overwegen] see2 [als mogelijkheid/uitkomst verwachten, beleven] see3 [proberen] see (to it)♦voorbeelden:iets laten zien • show somethingzich ergens laten zien • show one's face somewherehet mag gezien worden • it will pass inspectiondat moet ik nog zien • I wonder about thathet was niet te zien • it didn't showwaar zie je dat aan? • how can you tell?je moet het zó zien • look at it this wayik zie aan je gezicht dat je liegt • I can tell by the look on your face that you are lyingbij het zien van … • on seeing …hij ziet niet op een tientje • ten guilders makes no difference to himik zie het al voor me • I can just see itik heb hem in geen eeuw gezien • I haven't seen him for agesik zie, ik zie wat jij niet ziet • I spy (with my little eye)zie je, ziet u? • you see?; 〈 informeel〉 see?mij niet gezien • count me out!ik zie mij al • I can quite see myselfik wil het wel eens zien • I'd like to see that (happen(ing))het niet meer zien zitten • have had enough (of it); not be able to see one's way out (of a situation)iets/iemand (niet) zien zitten • 〈iets dat/iemand die men al gezien heeft〉 (not) like the look of something/someone; 〈 anders〉 (not) like the sound of something/someonezo zie je maar weer • there you go again, that's how it is¶ het voor gezien houden • be through (with someone/something)dat zien we dán wel weer • we'll cross that bridge when we come to ithet wel gezien hebben • have seen enough (of it)
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