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1 vermurwen
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2 week
week1〈de〉1 [periode van zeven dagen] week2 [het weken] soak♦voorbeelden:1 een week rust/vakantie • a week's rest/holiday/ Avacationvolgende week • next weekvolgende week dinsdag • next Tuesdayvorige week nog • as recently as last weekeen week weggaan • go away for a weekbinnen een week • within a weekweek in, week uit • week in, week outin/door de week • on weekdaysom de (andere) week • every (other) weekover een week • in a week from nowdinsdag over een week • Tuesday week, a week from Tuesday40 uur per week werken • work a 40-hour weeker gaat geen week voorbij zonder dat/of … • not a week goes by without/but …morgen over twee weken • two weeks from tomorrowvandaag een week geleden • a week ago today————————week21 [niet stevig] soft3 [zonder weerstandsvermogen] weak♦voorbeelden:iets week maken • soften somethingweek worden • soften -
3 temperen
v. temper, subdue, soften, damp, attemper, deaden, tone down, tame, shade, blend, mingle, mix, anneal, chill, harden, alloy -
4 vermurwen
v. soften, mollify, melt -
5 vertederen
v. soften, mollify, dulcify -
6 verzachten
v. soften, modify, soothe, smooth, allay, alleviate, mitigate, attenuate, extenuate, palliate, commute, abate, relax, mollify, dulcify, temper, numb, tone down -
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8 temperen
• to anneal• to soften• to subdue• to temper• to tone down -
9 verweken
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10 verzachten
• to mitigate• to relax• to soften -
11 weekmaken
• to plasticize• to soften -
12 zachtmaken
• to soften -
13 een pleister op de wonde leggen
een pleister op de wonde leggenVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > een pleister op de wonde leggen
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14 het hart mild stemmen
het hart mild stemmenVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > het hart mild stemmen
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15 iets week maken
iets week makenVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > iets week maken
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16 mild
1 [gul, overvloedig] generous2 [welwillend] mild♦voorbeelden:1 met milde hand • lavishly, generouslyeen mild oordeel • a mild/lenient judgementmensen mild beoordelen • judge people with charityiemand mild bestraffen • punish someone lightlyhet hart mild stemmen • soften the hearthij is niet mild in zijn kritiek • he is harsh in his criticism3 een milde shampoo/sigaret • a mild shampoo/cigarette -
17 pleister
I 〈de〉♦voorbeelden:II 〈 het〉1 [kalkmengsel] plaster2 [gips in poedervorm] plaster (of Paris)3 [beeldende kunst] [mengsel van marmer en gips] plaster -
18 temperen
♦voorbeelden:het licht temperen • dim the light -
19 vertederen
♦voorbeelden:een vertederend tafereel • a moving sightzij keek het kind vertederd aan • she gave the child a tender look -
20 verzachten
1 〈 minder hard maken〉 soften; 〈 minder zwaar maken〉 ease; 〈 minder moeilijk maken〉 alleviate, relieve; 〈 minder krachtig maken〉 tone down; 〈 formeel〉 attenuate; 〈 minder driftig maken〉 mollify; 〈 matigen〉 moderate, mitigate, extenuate♦voorbeelden:1 pijn/iemands leed verzachten • ease/relieve/alleviate pain/someone's suffering
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