Woordenschap Flashcards

1
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een anachronisme

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an anachronism

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an anachronism

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something that is out of place in terms of time or chronology

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3
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een trechter

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a vortex

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4
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a vortex

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a portal which leads to a situation or place from where you cannot escape

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5
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een pijl

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an arrow

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6
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een wormgat

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a wormhole

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7
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a wormhole

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a tunnel or brigde in space that acts as a shortcut from one location to another

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8
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een lus

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a loop

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9
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to engage in an aimless activity with the goal of making time pass more quickly

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to kill time

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10
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to succeed in something before running out of time

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to beat the clock

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11
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complete a task properly the first time to avoid a bigger problem later

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a stitch in time saves nine

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12
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when time passes so quickly you don’t really notice it

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time flies

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13
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doing something with no purpose

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to waste time

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14
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early in the morning

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at the crack of dawn

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15
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to have too much free time available without anything pressing to do

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(to ave) too much time on one’s hands

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16
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to enjoy yourself very much

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(to have) a whale of a time

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17
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there is not much time left in which to achieve something

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time is running out

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18
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all day and all night

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around the clock

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19
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drapes

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curtains

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20
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janitor

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caretaker

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21
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subway

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railway/tube

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22
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sidewalk

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pavement

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23
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drugstore

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pharmacy

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parking lot

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car park

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bonnet
hood
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boot
trunk
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petrol
gas
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aerial
antenna
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biscuit
cookie
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banknote
bill
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torch
flashlight
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lift
elevator
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shop
store
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autumn
fall
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pram
baby carriage
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row
argument
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secondary school
high school
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subject
class
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form
grade
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solicitor
lawyer
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to vanish, to no longer exist
to disappear
42
a plan to deceive someone
a hoax
43
having received permission from someone to do something
to be allowed
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an expert who studies or works in one of the sciences
a scientist
45
to show or make something clear
to demonstrate
46
proof
evidence
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someone who can move between different times in the past or future
a time traveller
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a period of 100 years
a decade
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to walk in a slow relaxed way
to stroll
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to persuade someone to for example marry him/her
to woo
51
modern
contemporary
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to remember something
to recall
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to remember something
to recall
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to start, to happen/exist
to develop
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having a similarity in appearance or qualities
the resemblance
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explanation or opinion of what something means
the interpretation
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verdieping
stories
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wolkenkrabber
skyscraper
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adembenemend
breathtaking
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ongeveer
approximately
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een wandeling
strolls
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bijwonen
attend
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verbazingwekkend
astounding
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kopen
purchase
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een loket
a ticket booth
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toegang
access
67
riool
sewers
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bovenop
atop
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afdalen
descended
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verlaten
abandoned
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een woning
a dwelling
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troosteloos
dismal
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tevoorschijn komen
emerge
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oppervlakte
surface
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