English units 101-111

exemplary

voorbeeldig (exemplary student)

attentive

oplettend

primary

eerste/voornaamste

altogether

helemaal (this answer is altogether wrong)

proficient

vaardig (she is very proficient in English)

proficiency

vaardigheid (her proficiency in English is very good)

to acquire

krijgen/verkrijgen

acquisition

aanwinst/aankoop

phrase

woordgroep/zinsnede

but

behalve (The all knew the asnwer but me)

unduly

al te zeer/overdreven (I think you are unduly worried about your exam)

masculine

mannelijk

feminine

vrouwelijk

profound

diepgaand/grondig (he has a profound knowledge of history)

tutor

privéleraar

tuition

onderwijs

lax

slap (discipline at this school is too lax)

to exel

uitblinken (At school he exelled in languages)

hence

vandaar/daarom (Julia is very small. Hense her nickname: shorty)

deputy

plaatsvervanger

to cast light on

licht werpen op

corporal punishment

lijfstraf

to grumble

mopperen

to assert

laten gelden (from the beginning the new teacher asserted his authority)

hush

stilte (There was a sudden hush when the teacher entered)

lucid

helder/duidelijk (After the teacher's lucid explanation I understood the problem)

prospective

toekomstig (these students are prospective teachers )

complexion

gelaatskleur (the sick girl had a pale complexion)

vigorous

sterk/energiek (He is a vigorous man)

to ache

pijn doen (when I swallow my throar aches)

feeble

zwak (the old woman was getting feebler every day)

to decline

achteruitgaan (the older he got the more his strength declined)

to crush

verpletteren (A falling tree crushed his left foot)

to caress

strelen

to stagger

wankelen

to twist

draaien

to jerk

rukken (he jerked the knife out of the wood)

to glance

even kijken (she glanced at the klock)

to doze

dutten

to fling (flung-flung)

gooien/smijten (the boy flung a stone through the window)

to dodge

ontwijken

to suffocate

stikken

to frown

het voorhoofd fronsen

to grab

grijpen

to stir

zich bewegen (she stirred in her sleep), roeren (she stirred her tea)

to cast

werpen (the fisherman cast their nets into the sea)

exhaustion

uitputting

inexhaustible

onuitputtelijk (his enery seems inexhaustible)

senseless

bewusteloos

to toil

zwoegen (the cyclist toiled up the steep mountain)

to limp

hinken/mank lopen (the football player limped of the field

to soak/to drench

doorweken

weary

vermoeid (she looked pale and weary)

fatigued

vermoeid

frail

zwak (the patient was to frail to walk)

to regain

terugkrijgen (she slowly regained her strength after the operation)

defective

gebrekkig (speak louder: her hearing is defective)

to withstand

weerstaan

delicate

zwak (she has been in delicate health for some time)

acute

scherp/hevig (He felt an acute pain in his chest)

constitution

gezondheid

sound

gezond (her health is delicate but her mind is still sound)

agony

hevige pijn (the wounded driver lay in agony till the doctor arrived)

to groan

kreunen (He was groaning with pain)

to recur

terugkomen (if the pain should recur, take this medicine)

to relinguish

opgeven (he has relinguished all hope of recovery)

to torment

kwellen (I was tormented by toothache)

hideous

afschuwelijk (the knife had made a hideous wound)

to convalesce

herstellen (she is convalescing after a long illness)

to behead

onthoofden

to sever

scheiden (the guillotuine severed the head from the body)

to pinpoint

precies aanwijzen (it's difficult to pinpoint the cause of this new disease)

wreath

krans (wreath of white flowers)

tranquil

rustig/kalm

to monitor

controleren

to administer

toedienen (the nurse administered the medicine to the patient)

to issue

tevoorschijn komen (blood issued from the wound)

to be bound to

wel moeten (without a coat you are bound to catch a cold)

safeguard

bescherming/voorzorg (she took an injection as a safeguard against flu)

property

eigenschap (some plants have medical properties)

benefit

voordeel

beneficial

goed/gunstig

to affect

aantasten

adjacent

aangrenzend/naastgelegen (I could hear people talking in the adjacent room)

to shatter

verbrijzelen

to be about to

op het punt staan om

clogged

verstopt (the rainpipe was clogged with dirt)

thatched

met rieten dak (in England there arre many thatched cottages)

to jam

klemmen/vastzitten (I couldn't open the dor because it was jammed)

fringe

rand (They lived in a big house on the fringe of a park)

strenuous

inspannend (strenuous work)

to enhance

verbeteren/verhogen

to convert

verbouwen/veranderen

to sustain

steunen/dragen (These old wooden beams van no longer sustain the roof)

quaint

schilderachtig (There are many quaint cottages in this village)

porch

portiek (During the rain we waited in the porch of a shop)

humble

eenvoudig (a humble cottage)

to peep

gluren

faint

zwak/vaag (a faint light was shining through the kitchen window)

to retire

zich terugtrekken