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1 niemand
♦voorbeelden:1 er is niemand thuis • there's no one/nobody homevoor niemand onderdoen • be second to noneniemand anders dan • none other thanniets of niemand kan haar tegenhouden • there's no stopping herniemand minder dan • none other than -
2 minder
minder13 [geringer van betekenis] minor4 [slechter] worse♦voorbeelden:ik doe het niet voor minder • I won't do it for lesshet niet met minder (willen) doen • refuse to do with less4 het is/smaakt er niet minder om • it is/tastes none the worse for itmijn ogen worden minder • my eyesight is failinghet wordt minder met de omzet/service/kwaliteit • the turnover/service/quality gets worseII 〈 bijwoord〉1 [van graad/wijze/modaliteit] less♦voorbeelden:minder gaan roken • cut down on smokinghet zijn minder de commentaren dan de sensatieverhalen die de aandacht trekken • it is the sensational stories rather than the comments that attract the attentionhoe minder erover gezegd wordt, hoe beter • the less said about it the betterkan het wat minder? • keep it down, please!————————minder2〈 telwoord〉♦voorbeelden:hij heeft niet veel geld, maar nog minder verstand • he has little money and even less intelligencedat is er weer één minder • that'll be one lesshet is iets minder, mag dat? • it's a little less, is that all right?niets minder dan dat • nothing less than thatin minder dan geen tijd was hij terug • he was back in less than no timevijf minuten meer of minder • give or take five minutesgroepen van negen en minder • groups of nine and underin minder dan twee weken na hun huwelijk • within two weeks of their weddingniemand minder dan … • none other than …net iets minder dan 100 gulden/30 seconden • just under a hundred guilders/30 secondsniet minder dan 300 mensen • no less than 300 peopleweinig minder dan • something/little short of -
3 niemand anders dan
niemand anders danVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > niemand anders dan
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4 niemand minder dan …
niemand minder dan …none other than …Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > niemand minder dan …
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5 niemand minder dan
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6 ondergetekende
1 [ondertekenaar] undersigned2 [schertsend] [ik] yours truly♦voorbeelden:1 ik, ondergetekende • I, the undersigned2 wie heeft dat gemaakt? (niemand minder dan) ondergetekende • who made that? (none other than) yours truly -
7 wie heeft dat gemaakt? (niemand minder dan) ondergetekende
wie heeft dat gemaakt? (niemand minder dan) ondergetekendewho made that? (none other than) yours trulyVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > wie heeft dat gemaakt? (niemand minder dan) ondergetekende
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8 neus
1 [lichaamsdeel] nose3 [punt van een voorwerp] nose ⇒ 〈 balg, spuit ook〉 nozzle, (toe)cap 〈 schoen〉, toe 〈 schoen〉, nib 〈 dakpan〉, heel 〈 geweer〉, handle 〈 schaaf〉♦voorbeelden:het neusje van de zalm • 〈 figuurlijk〉 the cream of the crop, the tops, it, the cat's whiskerseen frisse neus halen • get a breath of fresh aireen verstopte neus • a stuffed(-up) nosedoen alsof zijn neus bloedt • 〈 figuurlijk〉 play/act dumbzijn neus dichthouden • hold one's nosedat gaat zijn neus voorbij • that's not for (such as) him, it is lost to himhij haalt voor alles de neus op • he's a bit sniffyde neus voor iemand/iets ophalen • turn up one's nose at someone/something 〈 ook figuurlijk〉; 〈 figuurlijk〉 look down one's nose at someone/somethingin zijn neus peuteren • pick one's nosezijn neus snuiten • blow one's nosezijn neus overal in steken • 〈 figuurlijk〉 poke/stick one's nose into everything〈 figuurlijk〉 zijn neus in andermans zaken steken • stick one's nose into other people's affairs/business〈 schertsend〉 ja, mijn neus • my eye!, come off it!dat kan ik aan zijn neus niet zien • I can't tell by the look on his face what he wantsdoor de neus spreken • talk through one's nosewit om de neus worden • (go) pale, go green/white about the gillsonder zijn neus • right under one's nose〈 figuurlijk〉 het/hij komt me mijn neus uit • I'm fed up (to the back teeth) with it/him〈 figuurlijk〉 niet verder zien/kijken dan zijn neus lang is • be unable to see further than (the end of) one's noseiemand iets door de neus boren • cheat someone of something
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