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hol1I 〈 het〉2 [verblijf/schuilplaats van een dier] hole 〈 ook van vos〉 ⇒ lair, den 〈 voornamelijk van grote carnivoren〉, burrow 〈 van konijn〉, lodge 〈 van bever〉, 〈 van vos, das ook〉 earth♦voorbeelden:deze volksstam woonde in holen • this tribe lived in caves/were cave-dwellers2 zijn hol invluchten • go to ground/earthzich wagen in het hol van de leeuw • 〈 figuurlijk〉 beard/brave the lion in his dende vijand in zijn hol opzoeken • venture into the lion's denII 〈de〉1 [het hollen] 〈zie voorbeelden 1〉♦voorbeelden:1 op hol slaan • 〈 paard〉 bolt; 〈 kudde〉 stampede; run wild/amuck 〈 ook figuurlijk〉; 〈 figuurlijk〉 run rioteen op hol geslagen paard • a runaway (horse)zijn verbeelding was op hol geslagen • his imagination had run away with him————————hol21 [niet massief] hollow2 [niet bol] hollow ⇒ 〈 concaaf〉 concave, 〈 techniek, technologie ook〉 female 〈 ontvangend〉, sunken 〈 weg, ogen, wangen〉, 〈 blik〉 gaunt3 [waar niets inzit, ook figuurlijk] hollow ⇒ empty 〈ook belofte/woorden, maag〉, gaunt 〈 vertrek〉, cavernous 〈 vertrek〉, 〈 belofte ook〉 idle♦voorbeelden:2 holle weg • sunken road, cuttingeen hol geslepen brillenglas • a concave lenshet holle van de hand/van de voet • the hollow of the hand, the arch of the foot4 hol klinken • sound hollow/emptyde zee staat hol • the sea is (very) roughin het holst van de nacht • at dead of night -
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♦voorbeelden:〈 figuurlijk〉 welig groeien • grow profusely; 〈 woekeren〉 proliferate; 〈 van iets ongewensts〉 be rampant, run riot -
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2 [figuurlijk] [begrenzing] bound, limit♦voorbeelden:2 binnen de perken houden • limit, containzijn verbeelding binnen de perken houden • not let one's imagination run wild/riotzijn gewicht binnen de perken houden • keep one's weight downalle perken te buiten gaan • overstep all boundsdat gaat alle perken te buiten • that's the limit -
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zijn verbeelding binnen de perken houdennot let one's imagination run wild/riotVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > zijn verbeelding binnen de perken houden
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