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I 〈 hoofdtelwoord〉1 [niet één enkele; niet de geringste hoeveelheid] none; 〈+ zelfstandig naamwoord〉 not a/any; 〈 voornamelijk formeel〉 no♦voorbeelden:geen cent waard zijn • not be worth a pennygeen geld meer hebben • have no money lefthij heeft geen geld • he doesn't have any/he has no moneyer zijn bijna geen sigaretten meer • we're nearly out of cigarettesgeen wijn kunnen verdragen • not be able to take winehij zwemt als geen ander • he's second to none at swimmingbijna geen • almost none, hardly anygeen van die jongens/van allen/beiden • none of those lads, none of them, neither (of them)geen van die boeken/van alle/beide • none of those books, none of them, neither of themzo goed als geen • practically none, few if anyII 〈 lidwoord〉♦voorbeelden:nog geen tien minuten later • not ten minutes laternog geen twee jaar geleden • less than two years agogeen enkele reden hebben om te • have no reason whatsoever to2 hij kent/spreekt geen Engels • he doesn't know/speak (any) Englishdat is geen Engels • that isn't Englishze heet geen Vanessa • her name isn't Vanessavan geen wijken weten • not budge (an inch)geen één • not (a single) one -
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3 geen duimbreed toegeven/wijken
geen duimbreed toegeven/wijkenVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > geen duimbreed toegeven/wijken
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4 van geen wijken weten
van geen wijken wetenVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > van geen wijken weten
См. также в других словарях:
not budge an inch — not give/budge/an inch phrase to completely refuse to change your opinion or decision I’ve tried everything to persuade her but she won’t budge an inch. Thesaurus: to not change, or to refuse to change your opinionsynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
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not give an inch — not give/budge/an inch phrase to completely refuse to change your opinion or decision I’ve tried everything to persuade her but she won’t budge an inch. Thesaurus: to not change, or to refuse to change your opinionsynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
not give an inch — (not) budge/give an inch to refuse to change your opinion or agree to even very small changes that another person wants. I keep asking her to think again, but she won t budge an inch. He refuses to give an inch on health and safety issues.… … New idioms dictionary
not move an inch — not budge/give/move an ˈinch idiom to refuse to change your position, decision, etc. even a little • We tried to negotiate a lower price but they wouldn t budge an inch. Main entry: ↑inchidiom … Useful english dictionary
budge an inch — (not) budge/give an inch to refuse to change your opinion or agree to even very small changes that another person wants. I keep asking her to think again, but she won t budge an inch. He refuses to give an inch on health and safety issues.… … New idioms dictionary
not budge — to refuse to change your opinion or decision about something We ve tried everything but they won t budge on the price. See: inch I … English dictionary
Budge — (b[u^]j), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Budged} (b[u^]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Budging}.] [F. bouger to stir, move (akin to Pr. bojar, bolegar, to stir, move, It. bulicare to boil, bubble), fr. L. bullire. See {Boil}, v. i.] To move off; to stir; to walk… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
budge — verb ADVERB ▪ barely, not even VERB + BUDGE ▪ will not, would not ▪ He sat down and would not budge. ▪ refuse to … Collocations dictionary
budge — verb (intransitive, transitive usually in negatives) informal 1 to move, or move someone or something from one place to another: Come on budge. I can t get past. | budge sth: The car was stuck in the snow and we couldn t budge it. (+ from): Will… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
inch — inch1 [ ıntʃ ] noun count *** a unit for measuring length. An inch is equal to 2.54 CENTIMETERS. There are 12 inches in one foot: The car stopped only about three inches from the edge of the cliff. an inch high/long/wide: The insect was about an… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English