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 | spreekw. Acht is meer dan duizend. | Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves. | |
| gesch. persoonsbewijs {het} <PB> | [identity card required by the German administration during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands] | |
| spreekw. Nu komt de aap uit de mouw. | The cat is out of the bag. | |
| lit. F Het wonderbaarlijke voorval met de hond in de nacht | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time [Mark Haddon] | |
| zeg. Als de kat van huis is, dansen de muizen op tafel. | When the cat's away, the mice will play. | |
| gesch. Unverified ginds {adv} | over there [on the other side of the Berlin wall] | |
| kern {de} [van een zaak] | heart [fig.] [e.g. the heart of the matter] | |
| valuta gulden {de} | guilder [former Dutch and Surinamese currency, still used in the Netherlands Antilles] | |
| Met vriendelijke groeten, | Yours faithfully, [Br.] [at the end of a letter in which the recipient is not addressed by name] | |
| lit. F Unverified De Romeinse lusthof | The Mansions of the Gods | |
| lit. F De heilige Antonio [Arnon Grunberg] | The Saint of the Impossible | |
| lit. F Moord in de pastorie | The Murder at the Vicarage [Agatha Christie] | |
| lit. F Moord op de golflinks | The Murder on the Links [Agatha Christie] | |
| lit. F De schreeuw van het lam | The Silence of the Lambs [Thomas Harris] | |
| met de dag {adv} | by the day [+ comparative, e. g., better by the day] | |
| spreekw. De morgenstond heeft goud in de mond. | The early bird catches the worm. | |
| in naam van de koning {adv} | in the name of the king | |
| lit. F De man in het bruine pak | The Man in the Brown Suit [Agatha Christie] | |
| spreekw. Aanval is de beste verdediging. | Offence is the best defence. [Br.] | |
| Wat is er? | What is the matter? | |
| spreekw. Unverified Als een oude schuur brandt, is er geen blussen aan. | [If an old person falls in love, there's no stopping him. Literally: If an old barn catches fire, it's hard to put out the fire] | |
| pol. Koninkrijk {het} der Nederlanden | Kingdom of the Netherlands | |
| geogr. Verenigd Koninkrijk {het} van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | |
| zweven | to float [in the air] | |
| band {de} | ribbon [the object] | |
| band {het} | ribbon [the material] | |
| mineral. smaragd {het} | emerald [the material] | |
| Unverified wetenschapshistorisch {adj} | [pertaining to the history of science] | |
| econ. kostenraming {de} | estimate [of the cost] | |
| marineblauw {het} | navy blue [the color] | |
| marineblauw {het} | navy [the color] [navy blue] | |
| ooit {adv} | once [at some time in the past] | |
| sociol. jeugdidool {het} | teenage idol [idol of the young] | |
| leeftijdgenoot {de} | peer [person of the same age] | |
| astron. esot. Tweelingen {mv} <♊> [sterrenbeeld, astrologisch teken] | Gemini <♊> [constellation, sign of the zodiac] | |
| vis T | | |
| geogr. Californië {het} [staat van de Verenigde Staten] | California <CA, Calif.> [The Golden State] | |
| Georgiër {de} | Georgian [native of the country of Georgia] | |
| u {pron} | you [singular and plural subject and direct object] [formal] | |
| geogr. Alaska {het} [staat van de Verenigde Staten] | Alaska <AK> [The Last Frontier] | |
| geogr. Arkansas {het} [staat van de Verenigde Staten] | Arkansas <AR> [The Natural State] | |
| geogr. Delaware {het} [staat van de Verenigde Staten] | Delaware <DE> [The First State] | |
| [het toilet] doorspoelen | to flush [the toilet] | |
| [het toilet] doortrekken | to flush [the toilet] | |
| bij {prep} | for [e.g. to work for a company] | |
| eenzelfde | one and the same | |
| zeg. in voor- en tegenspoed | for better or (for) worse | |
| Wat scheelt er? | What is the matter? | |
| lit. F Unverified De ziener | Asterix and the Soothsayer | |
| gesch. Sahoere {de} [ook: Sahoera] [farao van de 5e dynastie] | Sahure [also: Sahura] [pharaoh of the 5th dynasty] | |
