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1 miss the bus
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2 catch/miss the bus
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3 bus
n. autobus; (in computers); kanaal, het elektronische communicatiekanaal tussen de verschillende delen van de computer voor het overbrengen van gegevens--------v. met de bus gaan, met de bus vervoeren; leerlingen met de bus vervoeren naar een ander schooldistrict om racistische integratie te bewerkstelligen; werken als iemand die tafels schoonmaakt in een restaurant of cafeteriabus1[ bus] 〈zelfstandig naamwoord; meervoud: Amerikaans-Engels ook busses〉♦voorbeelden:1 catch/miss the bus • de bus halen/missengo by bus • de bus nemen————————bus2〈werkwoord; bussed〉1 met de bus gaan/vervoeren ⇒ de bus nemen, per bus reizen; op de bus zetten; 〈 in het bijzonder, Amerikaans-Engels〉 vervoeren/vervoerd worden per bus naar geïntegreerde scholen 〈 blanke en zwarte kinderen〉 -
4 connection
n. aansluiting; relatie; verband; verbinding; natuurlijk verband; het verbinden; samenhang, verwijzing naar iets; transportatieverbinding, die continue diensten aanbiedt tussen transportatiemogelijkheden; communicatiemiddelen (als telefoonverbinding); leverancier van drugs, drughandelaar (Slang); handel van illegale drugs (Slang)1 verbinding ⇒ verband, aansluiting♦voorbeelden:cut the connection • de verbinding/band verbrekenmiss one's connection • zijn (bus/trein)aansluiting missenin this connection • in dit verbandin connection with • in verband met
См. также в других словарях:
miss\ the\ bus — • miss the boat • miss the bus v. phr. informal To fail through slowness; to put something off until too late; do the wrong thing and lose the chance. Mr. Brown missed the boat when he decided not to buy the house. In college he didn t study… … Словарь американских идиом
miss the bus — phrasal : to waste an opportunity : throw away one s chances * * * miss the bus To lose an opportunity • • • Main Entry: ↑bus … Useful english dictionary
miss the bus — fail to catch the bus on time; miss an opportunity, muff a chance … English contemporary dictionary
miss the boat — also[miss the bus] {v. phr.}, {informal} To fail through slowness; to put something off until too late; do the wrong thing and lose the chance. * /Mr. Brown missed the boat when he decided not to buy the house./ * /In college he didn t study… … Dictionary of American idioms
miss the boat — also[miss the bus] {v. phr.}, {informal} To fail through slowness; to put something off until too late; do the wrong thing and lose the chance. * /Mr. Brown missed the boat when he decided not to buy the house./ * /In college he didn t study… … Dictionary of American idioms
miss\ the\ boat — • miss the boat • miss the bus v. phr. informal To fail through slowness; to put something off until too late; do the wrong thing and lose the chance. Mr. Brown missed the boat when he decided not to buy the house. In college he didn t study… … Словарь американских идиом
miss the bus — Lose an opportunity … A concise dictionary of English slang
miss the boat (or bus) — informal be too slow to take advantage of something. → miss … English new terms dictionary
miss the boat — phrasal : to blunder badly by failing to grasp an opportunity in time or by making a false judgment waiting until after the candidates are nominated is waiting until you have missed the boat Marguerite J. Fisher & D.G.Bishop * * * miss the boat… … Useful english dictionary
bus — 1832, abbreviation of OMNIBUS (Cf. omnibus) (q.v.). The English word is simply a Latin dative plural ending. The verb meaning transport students to integrate schools is first recorded 1961. Verb meaning clear tables in a restaurant is first… … Etymology dictionary
bus — bus1 W2S1 [bʌs] n plural buses also busses especially AmE [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: omnibus] 1.) a large vehicle that people pay to travel on ▪ There were a lot of people on the bus this morning. ▪ She got on the bus … Dictionary of contemporary English