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1 onzeker
3 [onvast] unsteady♦voorbeelden:3 haar stem was onzeker • her voice was unsteady/shakyeen onzekere factor • an unknown quantityin het onzekere verkeren • be in the darkhij nam het zekere voor het onzekere • he (just) made surede wachtenden in het onzekere laten • keep those waiting in suspenseiets in het onzekere laten • leave something unresolved -
2 aarzelend
adj. hesitant, unsure--------adv. hesitantly, indecisively -
3 onvast
adj. infirm, unsteady, unstable, unsure, insecure, tottery, shaky, choppy, erratic, wonky, liquid, sandy, rocky--------adv. unsteadily -
4 onzeker
adj. uncertain, dubious, undetermined, unassured, unclear, chancy, questionable, problematic, problematical, precarious, puzzled, hazardous, indecisive, infirm, insecure, shaky, aleatory, equivocal, unsure--------adv. dubiously, problematically, precariously -
5 wisselvallig
adj. precarious, unsure--------adv. precariously -
6 hemel
2 [zichtbaar deel van de hemel] sky3 [verblijf van de goden/van God] heaven4 [oord/toestand van gelukzaligheid] heaven5 [God, goden] Heaven6 [overkapping] canopy♦voorbeelden:het scheen of hemel en aarde zouden vergaan • it was as if the end of the world had cometussen hemel en aarde zweven • be (left) in suspense, be unsureonder de blote hemel slapen • sleep in the open (air)〈 figuurlijk〉 iemand/iets de hemel in prijzen • praise someone/something to the skiesde zon staat al hoog aan de hemel • the sun is already high in the sky2 een heldere/bedekte/blauwe/grauwe/bewolkte hemel • a clear/overcast/blue/grey/cloudy sky3 Onze Vader die in de hemelen zijt • Our Father who/which art in heavenin de hemel komen/zijn • go to/be in heaventen hemel varen • ascend into heavenwat heb je hem in 's hemels naam aangedaan? • what on earth did you do to him?wanneer/hoe in 's hemels naam? • whenever?, however?lieve/goeie hemel, mijn hemel • Heavens above, good(ness) graciousde hemel beware me • Heaven forbidje mag de hemel wel danken • you can thank your lucky starsde hemel sta je bij • Heaven help youje bent (als) door de hemel gezonden • you are a sight for sore eyes -
7 tussen hemel en aarde zweven
tussen hemel en aarde zwevenbe (left) in suspense, be unsureVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > tussen hemel en aarde zweven
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