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1 there is no accounting for tastes
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2 taste
n. smaak; proefje; wijsheid--------v. smaken; proeventaste1[ teest]1 kleine hoeveelheid ⇒ hapje, slokje; beetje, tikkeltje♦voorbeelden:1 have a taste of this cake/wine • neem eens een hapje/slokje van deze cake/wijnit is a taste better than before • het is een tikkeltje beter dan voorheen2 smaak ⇒ voorkeur, genoegen♦voorbeelden:1 leave a bad/nasty/unpleasant taste in the mouth • een bittere/onaangename nasmaak hebben 〈 ook figuurlijk〉everyone to his taste • ieder zijn meughave (a) taste for music • genoegen scheppen in muziekadd sugar to taste • suiker toevoegen naar smaak♦voorbeelden:1 that is good/bad taste • dat getuigt van goede/slechte smaakthe remark was in bad taste • de opmerking getuigde van slechte smaaksweet to the taste • zoet van smaak————————taste21 smaken♦voorbeelden:the pudding tasted of garlic • de pudding smaakte naar knoflookII 〈 overgankelijk werkwoord〉♦voorbeelden:
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there's no accounting for tastes — ► there s no accounting for tastes (or taste) proverb it s impossible to explain why different people like different things, especially those things which the speaker considers unappealing. Main Entry: ↑account … English terms dictionary
there's no accounting for tastes — (or taste) proverb it is impossible to explain why different people like different things, esp. those things that the speaker considers unappealing … Useful english dictionary
there is no accounting for tastes — It is impossible to explain why different people like different things (especially things that do not appeal to the speaker). Also now in the form there is no accounting for taste. The saying is a version of the Latin tag de gustibus non est… … Proverbs new dictionary
there's no accounting for taste — ► there s no accounting for tastes (or taste) proverb it s impossible to explain why different people like different things, especially those things which the speaker considers unappealing. Main Entry: ↑account … English terms dictionary
accounting — see there is no accounting for tastes … Proverbs new dictionary
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account — ► NOUN 1) a description of an event or experience. 2) a record of financial expenditure and receipts. 3) a service through a bank or similar organization by which funds are held on behalf of a client or goods or services are supplied on credit.… … English terms dictionary
taste — see there is no accounting for tastes every man to his taste tastes differ … Proverbs new dictionary
taste — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I v. savor; sample. n. flavor; tasting, morsel, sample; predilection, relish, preference; judgment.See taste, choice. II Sense of flavor Nouns 1. taste, tastefulness; good or cultivated taste; delicacy,… … English dictionary for students
judgment — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of evaluating Nouns 1. judgment, adjudication, arbitration; result, conclusion, upshot; deduction, inference, corollary (see reasoning); decision, determination, finding, opinion, ruling, verdict,… … English dictionary for students
de gus|ti|bus non est dis|pu|tan|dum — «dee GUHS tuh buhs non ehst DIHS pyu TAN duhm», tin. there is no accounting for tastes; it is useless to argue about matters of taste … Useful english dictionary