Sept 2024

Question 1

iemand het tegengestelde de borst stuiten

Answer 1

to be repugnant to someone

Question 2

bekostigen

Answer 2

to finance, pay for

Question 3

mopperen

Answer 3

to grumble, complain

Question 4

de opvatting

Answer 4

view, belief, opinion

Question 5

aanzuigenge werking

Answer 5

magnetic effect

Question 6

ik denk van wel/niet

Answer 6

I (don’t) think so

Question 7

het verlof

Answer 7

leave, furlough

Question 8

kreunen

Answer 8

to moan, groan

Question 9

verstarren

Answer 9

to freeze up, become rigid

Question 10

het kruis trappen

Answer 10

to kick in the balls

Question 11

de schoft

Answer 11

asshole etc.

Question 12

sjokken

Answer 12

to trudge, plod

Question 13

buiten je boekje

Answer 13

out of line

Question 14

daar gaan we niet over

Answer 14

that’s not our concern

Question 15

de kit

Answer 15

kit, police station

Question 16

opwekkend

Answer 16

exciting, uplifting

Question 17

benijden
niet te benijden

Answer 17

to envy
unenviable

Question 18

afdwingbaar

Answer 18

enforceable

Question 19

weerbarstig

Answer 19

unmanageable, stubborn

Question 20

ommezwaai

Answer 20

reversal, turnaround

Question 21

naadloos

Answer 21

seamless

Question 22

uitblijven
bleef uit

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to lack
failed to materialize

Question 23

mikken

Answer 23

to aim, target

Question 24

tl-licht

Answer 24

fluorescent light

Question 25

drijftig

Answer 25

quick tempered

Question 26

toe maar

Answer 26

go on

Question 27

.

Question 28

.

Question 29

broodje aap

Answer 29

urban myth

Question 30

in alle toonaarden (ontkennen)

Answer 30

categorically (deny)

Question 31

ik daal de trap af

Answer 31

I go down the stairs

Question 32

het octrooi

Answer 32

patent

Question 33

linksom of rechtsom

Answer 33

one way or another

Question 34

onnozel

Answer 34

ignorant, foolish

Question 35

vloeken in de kerk

Answer 35

blasphemy

Question 36

slopen

Answer 36

to demolish

Question 37

denken te kunnen doen

Answer 37

thinks (he) can do

Question 38

vooralsnog

Answer 38

for now

Question 39

aandrijving

Answer 39

transmission(car)

Question 40

onthutst

Answer 40

shocked

Question 41

de springstof

Answer 41

explosive

Question 42

bloeddoorlopen ogen

Answer 42

bloodshot eyes

Question 43

aan de toog

Answer 43

at the bar/counter

Question 44

de zondebok

Answer 44

scapegoat

Question 45

katvanger

Answer 45

fall guy

Question 46

katvanger

Answer 46

fall guy

Question 47

maak je niet druk

Answer 47

don’t worry

Question 48

valt hem bij

Answer 48

backs him up, adds

Question 49

met een sisser

Answer 49

with a whimper

Question 50

onheilspellende

Answer 50

sinister, ominous

Question 51

de knoop doorhakken

Answer 51

make a decision

Question 52

op ramkoers met

Answer 52

on a collision course with

Question 53

de patstelling

Answer 53

stalemate

Question 54

verkapt loon

Answer 54

hidden wages

Question 55

het stak hem

Answer 55

it stung him, galled him

Question 56

op staande voet ontslagen

Answer 56

fired on the spot

Question 57

optreden van

Answer 57

intervention of/by

Question 58

de reling

Answer 58

railing

Question 59

bezwijken aan

Answer 59

to succumb to

Question 60

de stang

Answer 60

bar (at a gym)

Answer 61

ĺ

Answer 62

ĺ

Question 63

(persoonlijke, gevestigde) opvatting

Answer 63

(personal, established) view, notion

Question 64

eventueel

Answer 64

possible, if necessary

Question 65

gehechtheid aan

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commitment, adherence to

Question 66

afkeer van

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aversion, resentment, contempt

Question 67

aansprakelijk

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liable, responsible, accountable

Question 68

zij het dat

Answer 68

except that

Question 69

duimpje naar beneden

Answer 69

thumbs down

Question 70

juist wel

Answer 70

exactly

Question 71

kuchje

Answer 71

cough

Question 72

de lat hoog/laagleggen

Answer 72

to set the bar high/low