Engels–Afrikaanse woordeboek
Afrikaanse vertaling van die Engelse woord burn the candle at both ends
Engels | Afrikaans (onregstreeks vertaal) | Esperanto |
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(be on fire) | ||
🔗 I saw the burned houses | ||
🔗 The burn later became infected, requiring a second visit. | ||
(burn down; incinerate) | ||
🔗 Do you really believe they went to all that bother just to burn a few houses? | ||
🔗 Suldrun went around the throne to the back wall, where she slid the hood from her candle. | ||
(finish; terminate; conclude; bring to an end; put the kibosh on; put an end to; have finished) | ||
(come to an end; end up; expire; conclude; finish; draw to a close; draw to an end) | ||
🔗 When will this end? | ||
(ending; conclusion; finish; termination) | ||
🔗 The open brace is matched by a closing brace at the end of the programme. | ||
(aim; goal; purpose; target; butt; intent; objective; destination; object) | ; | |
🔗 To attain his end it was necessary that I be destroyed. | ||
(halt; stop; hold; obstruct; stem; stay; stall; arrest) | ||
(boundary; frontier; border; perimeter) | ||
(cease; stop; quit; leave off) | ||
(stop; discontinue; halt; lift; prorogue; quell; staunch; cease; abate) |
Engels | Afrikaans |
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burn the candle at both ends | ⇆ oorwérk |
burn | ⇆ aanbrand; ⇆ blaak; ⇆ blaker; ⇆ brand; ⇆ brandplek; ⇆ brandwond; ⇆ byt; ⇆ gloei; ⇆ seng; ⇆ sterk verlang; ⇆ stroompie; ⇆ verbrand; ⇆ verbrou |
candle | ⇆ kers |
end | ⇆ aan ’n ent kom; ⇆ afloop; ⇆ beëindig; ⇆ doel; ⇆ einde; ⇆ eindig; ⇆ eindpunt; ⇆ ent; ⇆ entjie; ⇆ oogmerk; ⇆ ophou met; ⇆ punt; ⇆ puntjie; ⇆ slot; ⇆ uiteinde; ⇆ uitloop |