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1 opknappen
v. smarten up, polish off, spruce, pick up, recuperate, refresh, mend, work off, revive, trim, inflict -
2 verorberen
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3 verschalken
1 [nuttigen] polish off♦voorbeelden:een visje verschalken • catch a fishzich laten verschalken • be outsmarted/outwitted -
4 wegwerken
1 [doen verdwijnen] get rid of ⇒ 〈 verorberen〉 polish off, 〈 informeel〉 put away 〈 eten, drank〉, smoothe away 〈 oneffenheden〉2 [dwingen heen te gaan] dispose of, get rid of♦voorbeelden:1 een paar oneffenheden/kleine foutjes wegwerken • smoothe away a few blemishes/minor errorseen tekort wegwerken • eliminate a deficitiets op een foto wegwerken • block out something on a photo2 een mededinger/minister wegwerken • dispose of a rival, send a minister packing -
5 afwrijven
♦voorbeelden:er afwrijven • rub off -
6 polijsten
♦voorbeelden:2 zijn stijl polijsten • polish/refine one's styleer valt aan hem nog heel wat te polijsten • he still has a lot of rough edges that need smoothing off -
7 bijvijlen
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8 afslijpen
1 [door slijpen wegnemen] grind (off/away)♦voorbeelden: -
9 afslijpen
v. grind; slice or cut off in thin layers; polish -
10 afvegen
v. wipe off; polish -
11 glans
1 [uitstraling, schijnsel] glow2 [spiegelende reflectie] gleam ⇒ lustre, gloss 〈 van foto, verf〉, 〈 met betrekking tot zijde, haren enz.〉 sheen3 [praal] splendour, brilliance4 [eikel (van penis/clitoris)] glans5 [poetsmiddel] polish♦voorbeelden:de glans van gepoetste schoenen • the shine of polished shoesP. geeft uw meubelen een fraaie glans • P. gives your furniture a beautiful shineer kwam een zachte glans op haar gelaat • a soft radiance came over her faceiets van zijn glans beroven • take the shine off somethingzonder (enige) glans • drabmet glans • with flying colours -
12 schoen
1 shoe♦voorbeelden:twee paar schoenen • two pairs of shoeslage/hoge schoenen • shoes, boots〈 figuurlijk〉 de stoute schoenen aantrekken • screw up/pluck up one's couragezijn schoenen aantrekken • put on one's shoeszijn schoenen poetsen • polish one's shoeszijn schoenen uittrekken • take off one's shoesde schoen zetten • put one's shoe next to the chimney, ±hang up one's (Christmas) stockingstevig in zijn schoenen staan • 〈 figuurlijk〉 be sure of oneself, stand firmik zou niet graag in zijn schoenen willen staan • I wouldn't like to be in his shoesnaast zijn schoenen lopen van verwaandheid • be too big for one's bootszonder schoenen • without shoes〈 spreekwoord〉 wie de schoen past, trekke hem aan • if the cap/shoe fits, wear it〈 spreekwoord〉 men moet geen oude schoenen weggooien eer men nieuwe heeft • don't pour out the dirty water before you have clean
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