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121 tot het uiterste gespannen
tot het uiterste gespannenat full strain, at concert pitch————————tot het uiterste gespannenVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > tot het uiterste gespannen
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122 uiterste
♦voorbeelden:van het ene uiterste in het andere (vervallen) • go from one extreme to the otherbereid zijn tot het uiterste te gaan • be prepared to go to any lengthtot het uiterste gespannen • at full strain, at concert pitch -
123 veld
1 field 〈 ook figuurlijk〉 ⇒ 〈 open land〉 open country/fields, 〈 sport ook〉 pitch, 〈 schaakbord〉 square♦voorbeelden:het leger te velde • the army in the fieldtegen iets te velde trekken • be up in arms against somethingeen speler uit het veld sturen • send a player off (the field) -
124 verkooppraatje
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125 vlees
2 [lichaam] flesh3 [de mens] flesh4 [met betrekking tot vruchten/paddestoelen] flesh, pulp♦voorbeelden:1 dat is vlees noch vis • that is neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring/neither one thing nor the otherkoud vlees • cold meat/ Acutsweten wat voor vlees men in de kuip heeft • know someone for what he/she is; 〈 informeel〉 be on to someonede vlees geworden afgunst • envy incarnate, the personification/picture of envy -
126 voetbalveld
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127 werpen
1 [gooien] 〈 algemeen〉 throw ⇒ 〈 krachtig〉 hurl, fling, 〈 informeel〉 chuck, 〈 honkbal〉 pitch, 〈 cricket〉 bowl2 [baren] have/get (one's) young/puppies/kittens/ 〈enz.〉 ⇒ 〈hond/kat ook〉 have a/one's litter♦voorbeelden:bommen op de stad werpen • drop bombs on/bomb a cityzich op iets werpen • 〈 letterlijk〉 throw oneself on something; 〈 figuurlijk〉 throw oneself into somethingaan land/op de kust geworpen worden • be cast ashorezich ter aarde werpen • throw oneself to the ground2 onze hond heeft geworpen/heeft drie jongen geworpen • our dog has had pups/three pups -
128 wijd
1 [breed] wide3 [groot van oppervlak] wide, broad4 [sport] wide♦voorbeelden:nergens in de wijde omgeving • nowhere in the areamet wijd open ogen • wide-eyedmet de (armen en) benen wijd liggen • lie spread-eagledde deur staat wijd open • the door is wide openwijder maken • let out, enlarge 〈 kleren〉3 de wijde zee, een wijde vlakte • the open sea, a broad plainwijd en zijd • far and widewijd en zijd bekend • widely known
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