| Afrikaans | English |
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| bek | ⇆ beak; ⇆ bill; ⇆ jaws; ⇆ jet; ⇆ mouth; ⇆ mug; ⇆ muzzle; ⇆ neb; ⇆ pit; ⇆ rostrum |
| hard in die bek | ⇆ rebellious |
| ’n gegewe perd moet ’n mens nie in die bek kyk nie | ⇆ one must not look a gift horse in the mouth |
| babbelbek | ⇆ chatterbox; ⇆ talkative person |
| baberbek | ⇆ <person with large mouth> |
| bek‐en‐klouseer | ⇆ foot‐and‐mouth disease |
| bekfluitjie | ⇆ mouth organ |
| bekprater | ⇆ boaster; ⇆ braggart |
| beksak | ⇆ nosebag |
| bekstuk | ⇆ noseband |
| bobbejaanbek | ⇆ monkey‐spanner; ⇆ monkey‐wrench |
| brulbek | ⇆ cry‐baby |
| dikbek | ⇆ pouter |
| dubbelbeksleutel | ⇆ double‐ended spanner |
| duiwelsbek | ⇆ monkey‐spanner; ⇆ monkey‐wrench |
| eendbekdier | ⇆ platypus |
| gansbek | ⇆ goose‐bill |
| geelbek | ⇆ Cape salmon; ⇆ half‐caste; ⇆ snuff‐and‐butter; ⇆ yellow‐bill |
| geelbekbosduif | ⇆ Rameron pigeon; ⇆ African olive pigeon |
| gulbek | ⇆ glutton |
| haasbek | ⇆ harelip; ⇆ with a tooth missing |
| horingbekvoël | ⇆ hornbill |
| hou‐jou‐bek‐wet | ⇆ gag‐law |
| kekkelbek | ⇆ cackler; ⇆ chatterbox; ⇆ flibbertigibbet |
| klikbek | ⇆ telltale; ⇆ blabber |
| kortbekseekoet | ⇆ Brünnich’s guillemot; ⇆ thick‐billed murre |
| kraaibek | ⇆ crocodile‐jaw |
| kruisbek | ⇆ crossbill |
| lagbek | ⇆ giglet |
| langbekvoël | ⇆ long‐bill |
| lekkerbek | ⇆ colt’s‐tooth; ⇆ epicure; ⇆ free liver; ⇆ gastronome; ⇆ gastronomist; ⇆ gourmand; ⇆ sweet tooth |
| losbek | ⇆ enfant terrible |
| melkbek | ⇆ white muzzle |
| mynbek | ⇆ pithead |
| ooievaarsbek | ⇆ crane’s‐bill |
| papegaaibek | ⇆ hawk‐bill |
| raasbek | ⇆ rowdy; ⇆ screamer |
| rooibekneushoringvoël | ⇆ red‐billed hornbill |
| saagbek | ⇆ goosander; ⇆ sawbill |
| skeefbek | ⇆ wrymouth |
| skeerbekmuis | ⇆ shrew; ⇆ shrew‐mouse; ⇆ sorex |
| skêrbek | ⇆ scissor‐bill; ⇆ shearbill |
| skewebek | ⇆ grimace |
| skinderbek | ⇆ detractress; ⇆ gossiper; ⇆ gobemouche; ⇆ gossip‐monger; ⇆ pedlar of gossip; ⇆ quidnunc; ⇆ rumour‐monger; ⇆ scandalmonger; ⇆ slanderer |
| skreeubek | ⇆ brat; ⇆ cry‐baby |
| skuimbek | ⇆ foam at the mouth |
| snaterbek | ⇆ chatterbox |
| spitsbekmuis | ⇆ shrew; ⇆ shrew‐mouse; ⇆ sorex |
| swartbekboontjie | ⇆ cowpea |
| tonnelbek | ⇆ tunnel‐pit; ⇆ tunnel‐shaft |
| vloekbek | ⇆ curser; ⇆ swearer |
| voëlbekdier | ⇆ duckbill |
| volbek | ⇆ full‐mouthed; ⇆ full‐toothed |
| vuilbekkig | ⇆ foul‐mouthed; ⇆ foul‐spoken; ⇆ foul‐tongued |