Tw 1 Examenjaar Flashcards
(167 cards)
1
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Many customers now … their accounts using the internet (toegang hebben tot)
A
Acces
2
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He expressed his concern for the environment and his … for technology (minachtig)
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Disdain
3
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A person’s cyberspace … could have any desired appearence and behavior (iemands virtuele zelf, avatar)
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Avatar
4
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I like his … approach to solving problems (nuchter)
A
Down-to-earth
5
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He refused to … on his reasons for resigning (uitwijden over)
A
Elaborate
6
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An avatar is a virtual … (wezen)
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Entity
7
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The politician tried to … some of the reporters’ questions (ontwijken)
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Evade
8
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Nothing is more … than having a good time with your friends (opbeurend, opwekkend)
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Exhilarating
9
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The … of the survey have confirmed our assumptions (conclusies)
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Findings
10
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The kids were playing … video games (lijfelijk bij betrokken)
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Immersive
11
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Do you know how the sea … into sea ice? (Transformeren/veranderen)
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Morph(s)
12
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There are … ways to help children learn to read (talloos)
A
Myriad
13
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Violence and crime are … features of city life (alomtegenwoordig, wijdverbreid)
A
Pervasive
14
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He has got a … in biochemistry (doctoraat, titel van doctor)
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PhD
15
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… is measured by the number of human inhabitants per square km (bevolkingsdichtheid)
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Population density
16
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The medieval inn was the … of the modern hotel (voorloper van)
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Precursor
17
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She is a … physics scientist (beroemd)
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Renowned
18
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The future possibilities will remind us of the … of fantasy (rijk, wereld)
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Realm
19
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He felt considerable … towards his boss for making him work late (haat, wrok)
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Resentment
20
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The possibilities of 3D printers will continue to … us (versteld doen staan)
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Stun
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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… is increasing now that people are leaving the countryside to look for jobs in cities (verstedelijking)
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Urbanisation
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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Yellowstone Park was absolutely … (adembenemend, waanzinnig)
A
Mind-blowing
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The scientist was given the Nobel Prize for his … work in the field of chemistry (baanbrekend)
Ground-breaking
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In the morning, the whole street was … by snow (bedekken)
Cover(ed)
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This talented young man is … a great future (bestemd voor)
Destined for
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The hotel was great. … , there was free Wi-Fi everywhere (bovendien)
In addition
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He stole something from the office. … , he was fired (derhalve, zodoende)
Accordingly
30
It happened … (in een fractie van een seconde)
In the blink of an eye
31
Heavy traffic is the … of living in a big city (keerzijde)
Downside
32
This article is about the … of sophisticated robots (kwestie)
Issue
33
He hated the … situation she had got him into (lastig)
Messy
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I’ve done all sorts of jobs, so i guess I’m a … (Manusje-van-alles)
Jack-of-all-trades
35
A … of mine will process your request (medewerker)
Staffer
36
Sorry, but I’ll … his story … (met een korreltje zout nemen)
Take, with a pinch
37
Great! You’re the … person I’ve been looking for (nu precies, nu net)
Very
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You will be called by … my wife … by me (of … of)
Either, or
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He made himself … by wearing a cap and fake glasses (onherkenbaar)
Unrecognisable
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High prices … people from buying houses nowadays (ontmoedigen)
Discourage
41
If … were cheap, people would travel by car less (openbaar vervoer)
Public transport
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He was so dirty that he was … unrecognisable. (Praktisch, vrijwel)
Virtually
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This company is going to … with a foreign company (samenwerken met, in zee gaan met:
Team up
44
Artificial intelligence has made enormous … forward in the past few years (sprong)
Leap(s)
45
To what do we … your visit? (Te danken hebben aan)
Owe
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We have to avoid violence … (tegen elke prijs)
At all costs
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His name … in a lot of articles (tevoorschijn komen)
Popped up
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We’re going to need … of volunteers to test the new medicine (tientallen)
Dozens
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The audience … from children to grandparents (variëren)
Ranged
50
He’s … in his refusal to talk to her (vastberaden)
Resolute
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Recent events strengthened her … to find out the truth (vastberadenheid)
Resolve
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More details of the plan will … at tomorrow’s meeting (verschijnen, naar voren komen)
Emerge
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What should we do, … your parents? (Volgens)
according to
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We appreciate creativity and … in our employees (voorstellingsvermogen, verbeeldingskracht)
Imagination
55
… , but we’ll do our best (weinig kans maken)
The odds are against us
56
Climate change is a … problem (wereldwijd)
Global
57
Do you think we will have … robots one day? (Zelfstandig, onafhankelijk)
Autonomous
58
Lots of workers will … (ontslagen worden)
Be made redundant
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We must teach children to … strangers (op je hoede zijn voor)
Be wary of
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I hope you’ll reach a sensible … (beslissing)
decision
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Classic cars have not … in value (verminderen)
Deminishes
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If they … my colleague, I’ll have to work more (ontslaan)
Discharge
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The law makes no … between children and adults regarding this subject (onderscheid, verschil)
distinction
64
You shouldn’t … the negative effect of smoking (afzwakken, bagetalliseren)
Downplay
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Henry quit his job because of the endless … of his work (eentonigheid)
Drudgery
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We try to … discrimination and promote equality (uitroeien, elimineren)
Eliminate
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Time is an … , and so is weight (eenheid, wezen)
Entity
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The number of victims of violence has grown … (enorm)
Exponentially
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She was … at the way her child had been treated (verontwaardigd)
indignant
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The dictators’ end is … (nabij)
Nigh
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His blunt remark didn’t seem to … the others (verontrusten, verstoren)
Perturb
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Our … employees will adopt to the new circumstances (veerkrachtig)
Resilient
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The … of the trend is already visible (ommekeer)
Reversal
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Rabbits and mice are … (knaagdieren)
Rodents
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A full discussion of that issue is beyond the scope of this book (reikwijdte, bereik)
Scope
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The workers who have to leave the company will get (ontslagvergoeding)
Severance payment
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He know all the toxic plants, because he has studied … (giftigheidsleer)
toxicology
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Dinosaurs have a spine and bones, therefore they are … (gewerveld dier)
Vertebrates
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They can … to your needs (aanpassen)
Adapt
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You need a … to write you a prescription for your fever (arts)
Physician
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The … has a book with pictures of coffins (begrafenisondernemer)
Undertaker
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Jude is short of cash as he has no … at the moment (beroep, baan)
Occupation
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These … are much easier to drive on than the narrow ones (breed, uitgebreid)
Wider
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You can ask the … to repair the light in the hall (conciërge, huisbewaarder)
Caretaker
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All children can … in the games (deelnemen aan)
Participate
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He … to be innocent (doen alsof)
Pretended
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He says it’s blue, but in my opinion it’s … green than blue (eerder)
Rather
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The refugees thought the … had come when they heard the bomb explode (einde van de wereld, totale vernieteging)
Apocalypse
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We owe this success to Joan and Nick … (in hoge mate)
In large extent
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They will … the athletes into three different age groups (indelen)
Classify
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Smoking and drinking will … your health (invloed hebben op)
Affect
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I want you two to … , as you will be working together (kennismaken)
Get acquainted
93
I like the shirt with the white … (kraag)
Collar
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I was given a … for my commitment (loonsverhoging)
Raise
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A … helped the family cope with their problems (maatschappelijk medewerker)
Social worker
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A career in sports … a lot of training (met zich meebrengen)
Involves
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In case of an … , dial 911 (noodgeval)
emergency
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You can … the pancakes now (omdraaien)
Flip
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A punishment is the … consequence of this behaviour (onvermijdelijk)
Inevitable
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We shall … moving to Utrecht (overwegen)
Consider
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The … blew his whistle at the end of the match (scheidsrechter)
Referee
102
There was only one … for the job vacancy (sollicitant)
applicant
103
It was a time of high unemployment and economic … (somberheid, naargeestigheid)
Gloom
104
He wanted to do his … in a hospital (stage)
Internship
105
Which of these tasks had been … to you? (Toewijzen)
assigned
106
The rabbit had … from the table (verdwijnen)
Vanished
107
The … told the young mother that her baby was a girl (verloskundige)
Midwife
108
You should always … your make-up before going to sleep (verwijderen)
Remove
109
The fortune teller has made a … (voorspelling)
Prediction
110
You can judge from their expensive clothes that these people live in … (voorspoed, rijkdom)
Prosperity
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… that everyone has to look after themselves (het komt erop neer)
The bottom line is
112
The houses were … by the tornado (wegvagen)
Wiped out
113
The … don’t usually grant themselves long holidays (zelfstandig ondernemer)
Self-employed
114
The … has decided on a new path (schoolbestuur)
Board of education
115
You can see that … with the naked eye (hemellichaam)
Celestial body
116
Many diseases can be … to people (slopend, verzwakkend)
Debilitating
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Traveling into space is a hugely difficult … (onderneming)
Endeavour
118
I’ve … my name … the wall (ergens in kerven)
Etched, into
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… are incredibly strong (glasvezel)
Fiberglass
120
… , our individual mistakes mean little (in het totaalplaatje)
In the grand scheme of things
121
The spacecraft is ready for … (lancering)
Lift-off
122
The … spacecraft is landing right now (maan-)
Lunar
123
Standing in the desert offers you a … view of space (prachtig, schitterend)
Majestic
124
Their company has a huge … (marktaandeel)
Market share
125
Studying … is quite hard (werktuigbouwkunde)
Mechanical engineering
126
The project was … by several problems (kwellen)
Plagued
127
These magazines are still in … condition (oorspronkelijk, uitstekend)
Pristine
128
Our … is also thanks to our technological advancement (welvaart, voorspoed)
Prosperity
129
Mankind has been fascinated by the stars … (sinds mensengeheugenis)
Since time immemorial
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… panels are subsidised in our country (zonne-)
Solar
131
There are a lot of different schools focusing on the … (bètarichtingen)
STEM fields
132
Some members of the … dod not show up (leerlingenraad)
Student council
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It is … wrong to state that exploring space is useless (aantoonbaar)
Arguably
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They always … the risks involved spaceflight (aanwijzen, aangeven)
Point out
135
… , the space programme has cost a lot (als geheel)
As a whole
136
The … of a good education is laid by teachers (basis)
Foundation
137
Hundreds of … missions have been successful (bemand)
Manned
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The spacecraft is … earth at over 20,000 km an hour (benaderen)
Approaching
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Many teachers argue that … are important (bètavakken)
Math and sciences
140
The rent is reasonable and, … , the location is perfect (bovendien)
Moreover
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Many … don’t know that there are thousands of military satellites (burger)
Civilians
142
My parents let me stay out quite late. My older brother … me (de weg vrijmaken)
Paved the way for me
143
There are still … problems with NASA’s new spacecraft (flink, aanzienlijk)
Substantial
144
The new plans aim at reduction in medical costs and improvement in … (gezondheidszorg)
Healthcare
145
Applicants must have a … in Engineering (graad)
degree
146
The Earth’s … are dwindling (grondstof)
Natural resources
147
You can get to Edinburgh by train or plane, but … it’s very expensive (hoe dan ook)
either way
148
Please … that you should wear your seatbelt at all times (in gedachten houden)
Keep in mind
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He said that he’d … a new school next week (inschrijven voor)
sign up for
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Some organizations aim to … other planets (koloniseren, vestigen)
Settle
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ESA has a … to Mars planned soon (missie)
Mission
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I like all kinds of studies … the STEM fields (naast)
Besides
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There are some … of using a calculator all the time (nadeel)
Disadvantages
154
The … of social media are well-known (nadeel)
Drawbacks
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Mankind has a natural … etched into itself (nieuwsgierigheid)
Curiosity
156
It’s … true that choosing the right school is hard (ontegenzeggelijk)
Undeniably
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Landing a man on the moon was quite an … (prestatie)
Achievement
158
She … that settling Mars helps us survive (stellen)
Argues
159
There are … advantages to travelling in space (talrijke)
Numerous
160
Sometimes teachers talk a lot. … , you should listen carefully to their explanation (toch)
Still
161
I was … surprised by the news (uiterst, volkomen)
Utterly
162
Many people think that … of space is a waste of money (verkenning, het verkennen)
Exploration
163
You can … your chances of finding a job by choosing the right study (versterken, verhogen)
Boost
164
Please tell me about the … of this idea (voors en tegens)
Pros and cons
165
I … that i will find a job pretty quickly (voorspellen)
Predict
166
Recently, i talked to some … of colonising Mars (voorstander)
Proponents
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Technological … is proceeding rapidly (vooruitgang)
Advancement
