English

A condition or period of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action

Alert

To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows

Battered

The part of a road along which traffic passes in a single line moving in one direction only

Carriageway

Destrucion

Devastation

An overflowing of water onto land that is normally dry

Flood

To estimate or calculate in advance, to predict weather conditions

Forecast

A wind with a speed of from 63 to 74 km’s per hour

Gales

A strong, abrupt rsh of wind

Gusts

Widespread destruction, disorder or chaos

Havoc

An office that deals with the atmosphere and its phenmena and especially with weather forecasting

Met office

Something that is inconvenient, annoying, a bother

Nuisance

An action taken in advance to protect against possible danger

Precaution

To lengthen in duration

Prolonged

To swing back an forth

Swaying

To experience or suffer

Sustain

A heavy downpour

Torrential

A mark, trace, course,or path left by a moving body

Trail

Verb: to receive willingly

Accept

Preposition: not including someone or something

Except

A way of getting near, at, or to something or someone

Access

An amount that is more than the usual or necessary amount

Excess

To change something so that it functions better or is better suited for a purpose; to change your behaviour so that its easier to live ina particular place or situation

To adapt

To take a child of other parents legally as your own child; to begin to use or have a different manner, method,…

To adopt

Noun

Advice

Verb

To advise

To have an influence on something

To affect

To cause something; to make something happen

To effect

You have the permission to do this

Allowed

In a way that can be clearly heard

Aloud

An adverb, meaning ‘completely’, when everything is added up

Altogether

In a group, all at the same time

All together

Not having a covering

Bare

A heavy animal that has thick and sharp claws and that can stand on two legs like a person

Bear

Able to be chosen for something also for marriage

Eligible

Not clear enough to read

Illegible

Next to someone or something, in comparison with

Beside

Other than someone or something, except, in addition to something

Besides

A group of people who manage or directa company or organization; a group of people who have been chosen to learn information about something, to give advice,…

Board

Tired and annoyed by attending something uninteresting or too much the same

Bored

To m

A device for slowing or stopping such as a wheel or vehicle

A brake

A brief period of time during which someone stops an activity

A break

Used to say that something has come to be considered one of the best of its kind classic films. Something that has been popular for a long time. Very typical

Classics

Relating to the ancient Greek and Roman world; of a kind that has been respected for a long time; relating music and dance in a European tradition. Very typical

Classical

Relating to an economy: relating to the process or system by which goods and services are produced, sold, and bought, relating to the science of economics

Economic

Used to describe a product that is not expensive to own and use

Economical

To take and use for a periodof time before returning it

To borrow

To give something to someone to be used for a period o time and then returned

To lend

A noun; air that is inhaled and exhaled in breathing; the ability to breathe freely

Breath

A verb; to inhale and exhale

Breathe

Made up of large pieces; not fine

Coarse

A series of classes about a particular subject in a school; the path or direction that something or someone moves along

Course

You are viewing the movement to the place where the speaker is or where the speaker will be

Bring

To move something to a certain place, away from the speaker

Take

To say that something is similiar to something else. To look at two or more things closely in order to see what is similar or different about them

Compare

To be different especially in a way that is very obvious. Her black dress contrasts sharply with the white background

Contrast

Completing something else or making it better

Complementary

Expressing praise or admiration for someone or something

Complimentary

The death of a person

Decease

An illness that affects a person, animal, or plant

Disease

Having a problem or fault that prevents something from working correctly

Defective

Not having enough of something that is important or necessary

Deficient

An area of very dry land that is usually covered with sand and is very hot

Desert

Sweet food eaten after the main part of a meal

Dessert

Capable of producing desired results without wasting materials, time, or energy

Efficient

Producing a result that is wanted

Effective

Famous or important in history; having great and lasting importance

Historic

Of or relating to history; based on history

Historical

Having no financial value; having no good qualities

Worthless

Extremely valuabl or useful

Invaluable

Een korte-termijn oplossing

As a short-term solution/ a stop-gap solution it’s OK, but we mustn’t forget that we will have to find something more permanent

Inleidende stap

As a preliminary step we would be prepared to exchange some general information and maybe later we will be able to move on to more important things

Een betwistbaar punt

That’s a debatable point/ a moot point and we shouldn’t accept it as true without looking into it further

Totaalplaatje

You’ve been here longer than the rest of us. Ignoring the details, can you give us the overall picture as you see it?

Een gevestigd belang

We have a vested interest in his election. If he is elected we will get promoted

Een voor de hand liggende conclusie

It was a foregone conclusion everybody knew he’d get the job

Een overhaaste beslissing

They shouldn’t force us into a hasty decision on this; given its importance we must think it over carefully

Een probleem stellen

I hope the change in locations won’t pose a problem for you

Tegenslag krijgen

It was unlucky to suffer a setback like that; because of the unexpected change in government we’ll have to wait an additional 4 months

Een comprise maken

Even if it takes 3 weeks, we’ll hammer out a compromise

Een suggestie doen

Every time he put forward a suggestion he gets jumped on

De opties afwegen

We have to weigh the options before we decide on a course of action

Het probleem onder ogen zien

When you have to face the problem of having to announce redundancies, you wont laugh like that

Het punt missen

I think you miss the point. He didn’t say he didn’t want a schema; he just said it wasn’t as good as it could be

Kom ter zake

I wish he’d come to the point! He’s been talking non-stop for 15 minutes

Vanaf nul beginnen

When my first company went bankrupt, I had nothing: I had to start from scratch again

Op het hek zitten

You never decide one way or the other, you just sit on the fence

Spelen voor tijd

In my opinion they’re just playing for time I don’t believe that they have to check with head office at all

Overhaaste conclusies trekken

We shouldn’t jump to conclusions about this. Let’s wait until we have all the facts.

De discussie afronden

It’s 6 o’clock: time to wind up the discussion and go home

Sluit de mogelijkheid uit

We can’t rule out the possibility that they have another customer. Let’s pay what they’re asking

De moeilijkheid overwinnen

If they can overcome the difficulty of production costs, I think they have a winner

Zeg een woord

Could I just say a word on that?

De impasse doorbreken

There must be a way to break the deadlock. What could we offer them?

De kwestie ter sprake brengen

I’ll raise the matter with Finance as soon as I can

Moeite doen

If we all make an effort we could even triple our profits

Middelen toewijzen

We won’t get any money: they said they won’t allocate resources for this project

Haren splitsen

Let’s not split hairs: a differenxe like that is negligible and not worth another thought

Breek de onderhandelingen af

If you’re not more reasonable, we’ll be forced to break off the negotiations

Verhitte discussie

We had a heated discussion about the budget for next year; we were all really shouting at each other