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1 maintain
v. onderhouden; doorgaan, verder gaan; zorgen voor-; passen op-; behouden; brood winnen; voorzien van-[ meenteen]1 handhaven ⇒ behouden, in stand houden♦voorbeelden:maintain a correspondence • een correspondentie aanhoudenmaintain life • in leven blijvenmaintain order • de orde bewarenmaintain war • oorlog (blijven) voeren -
2 maintain a correspondence
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3 maintain an opinion
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4 maintain discipline
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5 maintain life
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6 maintain war
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7 maintain order
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8 maintain a family
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9 maintain neutrality
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10 maintain the status-quo
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11 maintain the tradition
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12 he has to maintain a front
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13 this sum will maintain us
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14 to maintain
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15 to maintain the concentration
op peil houdenEnglish-Dutch technical dictionary > to maintain the concentration
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16 discipline
n. training; straf; methode, systeem; studieveld--------v. disciplineren; straffendiscipline1[ dissiplin]2 vak ⇒ discipline, tak van wetenschap1 discipline ⇒ tucht, orde, controle♦voorbeelden:they behaved with an admirable discipline • ze gedroegen zich met bewonderenswaardige zelfbeheersing1 straf————————discipline2〈 werkwoord〉1 disciplineren ⇒ onder tucht brengen, drillen♦voorbeelden: -
17 front
adj. voorste; voor- (deur); eerste (pagina)--------interj. naar front, vooruit!--------n. voorkant, voorste deel; gezicht; front; bedekking; brutaliteit, waaghalzerij; strand; voorzijde--------v. naar voren komen, uitzien; het lef hebbenfront1[ frunt] 〈 zelfstandig naamwoord〉1 voorkant ⇒ voorzijde, voorste gedeelte4 (strand)boulevard ⇒ promenade langs het strand/de rivier♦voorbeelden:come to the front • naar voren komenthe driver sits in (the) front • de bestuurder zit voorinin front of • voor, in aanwezigheid vanon all fronts • op alle fronten, in alle opzichtenhe has to maintain a front • hij moet de schijn ophoudenthe restaurant serves as a front for drug-trafficking • het restaurant dient als dekmantel voor handel in drugs————————front21 voorst ⇒ eerst, voor-2 façade- ⇒ camouflage-, mantel-♦voorbeelden:front garden • voortuinfront runner • koploperbe in the front rank • op de eerste rij zitten, belangrijk zijn¶ up front • eerlijk, rechtdoorzee————————front3〈 werkwoord〉1 uitzien♦voorbeelden:————————front4〈 bijwoord〉♦voorbeelden:
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