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Tw 1 Examenjaar Flashcards

1
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Many customers now … their accounts using the internet (toegang hebben tot)

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Acces

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He expressed his concern for the environment and his … for technology (minachtig)

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Disdain

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A person’s cyberspace … could have any desired appearence and behavior (iemands virtuele zelf, avatar)

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Avatar

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I like his … approach to solving problems (nuchter)

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Down-to-earth

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He refused to … on his reasons for resigning (uitwijden over)

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Elaborate

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An avatar is a virtual … (wezen)

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Entity

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The politician tried to … some of the reporters’ questions (ontwijken)

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Evade

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Nothing is more … than having a good time with your friends (opbeurend, opwekkend)

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Exhilarating

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The … of the survey have confirmed our assumptions (conclusies)

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Findings

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10
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The kids were playing … video games (lijfelijk bij betrokken)

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Immersive

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Do you know how the sea … into sea ice? (Transformeren/veranderen)

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Morph(s)

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12
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There are … ways to help children learn to read (talloos)

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Myriad

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Violence and crime are … features of city life (alomtegenwoordig, wijdverbreid)

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Pervasive

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He has got a … in biochemistry (doctoraat, titel van doctor)

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PhD

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15
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… is measured by the number of human inhabitants per square km (bevolkingsdichtheid)

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Population density

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16
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The medieval inn was the … of the modern hotel (voorloper van)

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Precursor

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She is a … physics scientist (beroemd)

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Renowned

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18
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The future possibilities will remind us of the … of fantasy (rijk, wereld)

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Realm

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He felt considerable … towards his boss for making him work late (haat, wrok)

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Resentment

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20
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The possibilities of 3D printers will continue to … us (versteld doen staan)

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Stun

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21
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… that cancer won’t exist anymore in 30 years (het is hoogst waarschijnlijk)

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The odds are

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22
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… is increasing now that people are leaving the countryside to look for jobs in cities (verstedelijking)

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Urbanisation

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23
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Henry finds it difficult to … his financial problems (aankunnen, het hoofd bieden)

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Cope with

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24
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Yellowstone Park was absolutely … (adembenemend, waanzinnig)

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Mind-blowing

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25
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The scientist was given the Nobel Prize for his … work in the field of chemistry (baanbrekend)

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Ground-breaking

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26
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In the morning, the whole street was … by snow (bedekken)

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Cover(ed)

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27
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This talented young man is … a great future (bestemd voor)

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Destined for

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28
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The hotel was great. … , there was free Wi-Fi everywhere (bovendien)

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In addition

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29
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He stole something from the office. … , he was fired (derhalve, zodoende)

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Accordingly

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30
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It happened … (in een fractie van een seconde)

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In the blink of an eye

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31
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Heavy traffic is the … of living in a big city (keerzijde)

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Downside

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32
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This article is about the … of sophisticated robots (kwestie)

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Issue

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33
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He hated the … situation she had got him into (lastig)

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Messy

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34
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I’ve done all sorts of jobs, so i guess I’m a … (Manusje-van-alles)

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Jack-of-all-trades

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35
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A … of mine will process your request (medewerker)

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Staffer

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36
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Sorry, but I’ll … his story … (met een korreltje zout nemen)

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Take, with a pinch

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37
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Great! You’re the … person I’ve been looking for (nu precies, nu net)

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Very

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38
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You will be called by … my wife … by me (of … of)

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Either, or

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39
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He made himself … by wearing a cap and fake glasses (onherkenbaar)

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Unrecognisable

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40
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High prices … people from buying houses nowadays (ontmoedigen)

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Discourage

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41
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If … were cheap, people would travel by car less (openbaar vervoer)

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Public transport

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42
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He was so dirty that he was … unrecognisable. (Praktisch, vrijwel)

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Virtually

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43
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This company is going to … with a foreign company (samenwerken met, in zee gaan met:

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Team up

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44
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Artificial intelligence has made enormous … forward in the past few years (sprong)

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Leap(s)

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45
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To what do we … your visit? (Te danken hebben aan)

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Owe

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46
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We have to avoid violence … (tegen elke prijs)

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At all costs

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47
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His name … in a lot of articles (tevoorschijn komen)

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Popped up

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48
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We’re going to need … of volunteers to test the new medicine (tientallen)

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Dozens

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49
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The audience … from children to grandparents (variëren)

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Ranged

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50
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He’s … in his refusal to talk to her (vastberaden)

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Resolute

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51
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Recent events strengthened her … to find out the truth (vastberadenheid)

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Resolve

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52
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More details of the plan will … at tomorrow’s meeting (verschijnen, naar voren komen)

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Emerge

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53
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What should we do, … your parents? (Volgens)

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according to

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54
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We appreciate creativity and … in our employees (voorstellingsvermogen, verbeeldingskracht)

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Imagination

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55
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… , but we’ll do our best (weinig kans maken)

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The odds are against us

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56
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Climate change is a … problem (wereldwijd)

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Global

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57
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Do you think we will have … robots one day? (Zelfstandig, onafhankelijk)

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Autonomous

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58
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Lots of workers will … (ontslagen worden)

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Be made redundant

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59
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We must teach children to … strangers (op je hoede zijn voor)

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Be wary of

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60
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I hope you’ll reach a sensible … (beslissing)

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decision

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61
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Classic cars have not … in value (verminderen)

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Deminishes

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62
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If they … my colleague, I’ll have to work more (ontslaan)

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Discharge

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63
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The law makes no … between children and adults regarding this subject (onderscheid, verschil)

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distinction

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64
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You shouldn’t … the negative effect of smoking (afzwakken, bagetalliseren)

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Downplay

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65
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Henry quit his job because of the endless … of his work (eentonigheid)

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Drudgery

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66
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We try to … discrimination and promote equality (uitroeien, elimineren)

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Eliminate

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67
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Time is an … , and so is weight (eenheid, wezen)

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Entity

68
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The number of victims of violence has grown … (enorm)

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Exponentially

69
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She was … at the way her child had been treated (verontwaardigd)

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indignant

70
Q

The dictators’ end is … (nabij)

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Nigh

71
Q

His blunt remark didn’t seem to … the others (verontrusten, verstoren)

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Perturb

72
Q

Our … employees will adopt to the new circumstances (veerkrachtig)

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Resilient

73
Q

The … of the trend is already visible (ommekeer)

A

Reversal

74
Q

Rabbits and mice are … (knaagdieren)

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Rodents

75
Q

A full discussion of that issue is beyond the scope of this book (reikwijdte, bereik)

A

Scope

76
Q

The workers who have to leave the company will get (ontslagvergoeding)

A

Severance payment

77
Q

He know all the toxic plants, because he has studied … (giftigheidsleer)

A

toxicology

78
Q

Dinosaurs have a spine and bones, therefore they are … (gewerveld dier)

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Vertebrates

79
Q

They can … to your needs (aanpassen)

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Adapt

80
Q

You need a … to write you a prescription for your fever (arts)

A

Physician

81
Q

The … has a book with pictures of coffins (begrafenisondernemer)

A

Undertaker

82
Q

Jude is short of cash as he has no … at the moment (beroep, baan)

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Occupation

83
Q

These … are much easier to drive on than the narrow ones (breed, uitgebreid)

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Wider

84
Q

You can ask the … to repair the light in the hall (conciërge, huisbewaarder)

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Caretaker

85
Q

All children can … in the games (deelnemen aan)

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Participate

86
Q

He … to be innocent (doen alsof)

A

Pretended

87
Q

He says it’s blue, but in my opinion it’s … green than blue (eerder)

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Rather

88
Q

The refugees thought the … had come when they heard the bomb explode (einde van de wereld, totale vernieteging)

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Apocalypse

89
Q

We owe this success to Joan and Nick … (in hoge mate)

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In large extent

90
Q

They will … the athletes into three different age groups (indelen)

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Classify

91
Q

Smoking and drinking will … your health (invloed hebben op)

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Affect

92
Q

I want you two to … , as you will be working together (kennismaken)

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Get acquainted

93
Q

I like the shirt with the white … (kraag)

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Collar

94
Q

I was given a … for my commitment (loonsverhoging)

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Raise

95
Q

A … helped the family cope with their problems (maatschappelijk medewerker)

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Social worker

96
Q

A career in sports … a lot of training (met zich meebrengen)

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Involves

97
Q

In case of an … , dial 911 (noodgeval)

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emergency

98
Q

You can … the pancakes now (omdraaien)

A

Flip

99
Q

A punishment is the … consequence of this behaviour (onvermijdelijk)

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Inevitable

100
Q

We shall … moving to Utrecht (overwegen)

A

Consider

101
Q

The … blew his whistle at the end of the match (scheidsrechter)

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Referee

102
Q

There was only one … for the job vacancy (sollicitant)

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applicant

103
Q

It was a time of high unemployment and economic … (somberheid, naargeestigheid)

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Gloom

104
Q

He wanted to do his … in a hospital (stage)

A

Internship

105
Q

Which of these tasks had been … to you? (Toewijzen)

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assigned

106
Q

The rabbit had … from the table (verdwijnen)

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Vanished

107
Q

The … told the young mother that her baby was a girl (verloskundige)

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Midwife

108
Q

You should always … your make-up before going to sleep (verwijderen)

A

Remove

109
Q

The fortune teller has made a … (voorspelling)

A

Prediction

110
Q

You can judge from their expensive clothes that these people live in … (voorspoed, rijkdom)

A

Prosperity

111
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… that everyone has to look after themselves (het komt erop neer)

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The bottom line is

112
Q

The houses were … by the tornado (wegvagen)

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Wiped out

113
Q

The … don’t usually grant themselves long holidays (zelfstandig ondernemer)

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Self-employed

114
Q

The … has decided on a new path (schoolbestuur)

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Board of education

115
Q

You can see that … with the naked eye (hemellichaam)

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Celestial body

116
Q

Many diseases can be … to people (slopend, verzwakkend)

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Debilitating

117
Q

Traveling into space is a hugely difficult … (onderneming)

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Endeavour

118
Q

I’ve … my name … the wall (ergens in kerven)

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Etched, into

119
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… are incredibly strong (glasvezel)

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Fiberglass

120
Q

… , our individual mistakes mean little (in het totaalplaatje)

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In the grand scheme of things

121
Q

The spacecraft is ready for … (lancering)

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Lift-off

122
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The … spacecraft is landing right now (maan-)

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Lunar

123
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Standing in the desert offers you a … view of space (prachtig, schitterend)

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Majestic

124
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Their company has a huge … (marktaandeel)

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Market share

125
Q

Studying … is quite hard (werktuigbouwkunde)

A

Mechanical engineering

126
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The project was … by several problems (kwellen)

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Plagued

127
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These magazines are still in … condition (oorspronkelijk, uitstekend)

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Pristine

128
Q

Our … is also thanks to our technological advancement (welvaart, voorspoed)

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Prosperity

129
Q

Mankind has been fascinated by the stars … (sinds mensengeheugenis)

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Since time immemorial

130
Q

… panels are subsidised in our country (zonne-)

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Solar

131
Q

There are a lot of different schools focusing on the … (bètarichtingen)

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STEM fields

132
Q

Some members of the … dod not show up (leerlingenraad)

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Student council

133
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It is … wrong to state that exploring space is useless (aantoonbaar)

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Arguably

134
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They always … the risks involved spaceflight (aanwijzen, aangeven)

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Point out

135
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… , the space programme has cost a lot (als geheel)

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As a whole

136
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The … of a good education is laid by teachers (basis)

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Foundation

137
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Hundreds of … missions have been successful (bemand)

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Manned

138
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The spacecraft is … earth at over 20,000 km an hour (benaderen)

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Approaching

139
Q

Many teachers argue that … are important (bètavakken)

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Math and sciences

140
Q

The rent is reasonable and, … , the location is perfect (bovendien)

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Moreover

141
Q

Many … don’t know that there are thousands of military satellites (burger)

A

Civilians

142
Q

My parents let me stay out quite late. My older brother … me (de weg vrijmaken)

A

Paved the way for me

143
Q

There are still … problems with NASA’s new spacecraft (flink, aanzienlijk)

A

Substantial

144
Q

The new plans aim at reduction in medical costs and improvement in … (gezondheidszorg)

A

Healthcare

145
Q

Applicants must have a … in Engineering (graad)

A

degree

146
Q

The Earth’s … are dwindling (grondstof)

A

Natural resources

147
Q

You can get to Edinburgh by train or plane, but … it’s very expensive (hoe dan ook)

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either way

148
Q

Please … that you should wear your seatbelt at all times (in gedachten houden)

A

Keep in mind

149
Q

He said that he’d … a new school next week (inschrijven voor)

A

sign up for

150
Q

Some organizations aim to … other planets (koloniseren, vestigen)

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Settle

151
Q

ESA has a … to Mars planned soon (missie)

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Mission

152
Q

I like all kinds of studies … the STEM fields (naast)

A

Besides

153
Q

There are some … of using a calculator all the time (nadeel)

A

Disadvantages

154
Q

The … of social media are well-known (nadeel)

A

Drawbacks

155
Q

Mankind has a natural … etched into itself (nieuwsgierigheid)

A

Curiosity

156
Q

It’s … true that choosing the right school is hard (ontegenzeggelijk)

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Undeniably

157
Q

Landing a man on the moon was quite an … (prestatie)

A

Achievement

158
Q

She … that settling Mars helps us survive (stellen)

A

Argues

159
Q

There are … advantages to travelling in space (talrijke)

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Numerous

160
Q

Sometimes teachers talk a lot. … , you should listen carefully to their explanation (toch)

A

Still

161
Q

I was … surprised by the news (uiterst, volkomen)

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Utterly

162
Q

Many people think that … of space is a waste of money (verkenning, het verkennen)

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Exploration

163
Q

You can … your chances of finding a job by choosing the right study (versterken, verhogen)

A

Boost

164
Q

Please tell me about the … of this idea (voors en tegens)

A

Pros and cons

165
Q

I … that i will find a job pretty quickly (voorspellen)

A

Predict

166
Q

Recently, i talked to some … of colonising Mars (voorstander)

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Proponents

167
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Technological … is proceeding rapidly (vooruitgang)

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Advancement

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