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Chapter 6: Shopping Engels | Nederlands | 6.1. Shopping | Grocer(’s) | Kruidenier | Greengrocer(‘s) | Groenteboer/-handel | Fishmonger | Viswinkel | Tailor | Kleermaker | Draper | Stoffenwinkel | Newsagent/newsdealer | Krantenwinkel | Florist(‘s) | Bloemist | Ironmonger (BrE) – hardware dealer/store (AmE) | Ijzerhandel | Fitting room | Pashokje | Cashpoint = cash dispenser | Geldautomaat | Cash register | Kassa | Current account | Lopende rekening | Deposit account | Depositorekening | | | Department store | A large shop, based on self-service, which is divided in different sections and sells a great variety of goods | Supermarket | A large self-service shop selling mainly food and household goods | Warehouse | Large shop where shops buy their goods, or also a large building where goods are stored before being exported or sold | Chain store | A department store that is part of a chain of similar stores | General store | A local shop that sells things that people need for everyday life – not necessarily part of a chain | Corner shop | A small general store, at the corner of two local streets | Stall | A large table in a public place on which goods or information are displayed | Newsstand | A movable stall where newspapers are displayed and sold | Kiosk | A small shop in the street where one can buy newspapers and food like sandwiches and candy | Stationer(‘s) => stationery | A shop where paper, pens and office materials are sold | Hosier => hosiery | A shop where tights, stockings, maillots and the like are sold | Haberdasher | A shop where articles for sewing and dressmaking are sold | (shopping) arcade | A passage, full of shops, usually with an arched roof | (shopping) precinct | A town area built for shops in which cars are not allowed | Mall = shopping centre (BrE) | A combination of an arcade with a precinct, covering a huge space, with an enormous variety of services and shops | Set up (a) shop (as) | To start up a business or shop | Shut up shop | If a shop or firm closes at the end of the day or permanently | Shopkeeper (BrE) – Storekeeper (AmE) | The proprietor or manager of a shop | Shop assistant (BrE) – Sales clerk (AmE) | A person who works in a shop, helping and selling things to customers | Shoplifter | Person who steals something from a shop while pretending to be an ordinary customer | Salesperson | A person who sells things, either in a shop or directly to customers | Salesman | A person who sells things, usually directly to other shops | Counter | A long table in a shop or cafe where goods are displayed or sold | Cash-desk = checkout | The place in a shop where youp ay | Trolley (BrE) – Cart (AmE) | A small cart with two or four wheels that you use for shopping | carrier bag – shopping bag | Bags made of plastic or paper | Purse | Small bag for money, closed with a clasp. In American Engelish, a purse is also a handbag. | Wallet | A small, rectangular, flat folding case, used for banknotes and documents | Wrap sth (up) (in sth) | Enclose sth in paper or other flexible material | Parcel => parcel sth (up) | Object(s) wrapped in paper (esp for sending by post) | 6.2 Buying and selling | Purchase sth – a purchase | The action of buying something or the actual thing bought | Sale | The selling of goods or property | On sale | When something is available for buying | (put sth) (up) for sale | When you make something available for buying | A sale | The occasion when a shop sells goods at less than their normal price | The sales | That time of the year when most shops have a sale | An auction | The event where goods are sold to the person who offers the highest price | Sale-room | Where auctions take place | Jumble sale | An event where old things especially clothers are sold, usually in order to raise money (for charity etc.) | To buy on credit | You obtain the goods immediately and pay later | To buy on the Hire Purchase (BrE) – To buy on an instalment plan | You regularly pay a sum to the seller until you have paid off the amount you owe them | To buy something on account | When you’re a regular customer in a shop, they might allow you to do this | Buy goods on approval | You buy goods on condition that they may be returned if they are not satisfactory | To buy a pig in a poke | You buy something which you have not seen before buying it and it turns out to be something you didn’t want | Shop around | Go to different shops in order to compare prices of similar goods | Window-shopping | To look at goods in the windows of various shops, without intending to buy anything | Go on a shopping binge/spree | To shop and buy a lot in a short period of time, and enjoy it | Pay through the nose for something | To pay more money than something is worth | It goes for a song | When something is sold very cheaply and under its proper value | To haggle with somebody | To discuss and quarrel over a price | Barter something for something | Exchange goods for other goods, without using goods | Bargain with somebody | Discuss the price of something with the aim of trying to change the conditions (usually the price) on which it is sold | A bargain | Sth that is sold at low price and which you think is good value for the money | A discount | The amount of money taken off the casual cost of something | Off | Used to indicate that something is reduced in price | VAT | Value Added Taks, a tax levied on the cost of goods, to be paid for by the customer | Costly => prove costly | Expensive, especially over a period of time | Pric(e)y | expensive | Exorbitant | More expensive than should be | Superior (to) | Something of a better quality than something else | Inferior (to) | When something is worse of quality than something else | Priceless | Very valuable, too valuable to be clearly priced | Poor | Low in quality | Shoddy | Done badly or carelessly, though the product may look like sth better | 6.3 Ownership | To have in one’s possession | To own sth valuable or sth you shouldn’t have | To grant sth | Give somebody what they asked for | Award sth (to sb) | To give somebody a prize | To confer sth (on somebody) | To give somebody a degree, honour or title | To spare somebody something | Only able to give a certain amount of sth | Slip something to somebody | Give somebody something small, quickly and secretly | Part with something | To unwillingly sell or give sth valuable or precious away | To turn something in/over | To hand over sth like weapons or documents to an official institution | To allocate sth (to sb) | When you have the authority to give sb a certain part of sth such as money, a house or a job | Restore sth to sb | Give sth back to the rightful owner or bring it back to its former place | To let something (out) to somebody | To rent out a building | Lease sth from sb | to have the use of buildingss, land or equipment for a long time, in return for regular payments | Take out a loan (from sth) | To borrow a large sum of money from a financial institution | Mortgage | The amount of money that is borrowed from a financial institution in order to buy a house |

Chapter 7 : food and drink Engels | Nederlands | 7.1 veggies | Artichoke | Artisjok | Asparagus | Asperge | Radish | Radijs | Spinach | Spinazie | Aubergine (Eggplant AmE) | Aubergine | Courgette (Zucchini AmE) | Courgette | Lettuce | Sla | Peas | Erwtjes | Carrots | Worteltjes | Cabbage | Kool | Leek | Prei | Watercress | Waterkers | Celery | Selder | Cauliflower | Bloemkool | Chicory = Belgian Endive (AmE) | Witloof | Parsley | Peterselie | Gherkin | Augurk | Pod | Peul (van erwtjes) | Endive (AmE) | Witloof | Endive (BrE) | Andijvie | 7.2 Fruit | | Apricot | Abrikoos | Peach | Perzik | Lychee/litchi | Lychee | Blueberry | Bosbes | Raspberry | Framboos | Gooseberry | Kruisbes | Blackberry | Braambes | Currant | Krent | Redcurrant | Aalbes | Date | Dadel | Plum | Pruim | Chestnut | Kastanje | Almond | Amandelnoot | To peel something | The outer cover of fruits and vegetables | Skin | The outer cover of some fruits, esp the banana | Shell | The hard outer cover of nuts | 7.3 Meat and Poultry | | Mutton | schapenvlees | Veal | Kalfsvlees | Beef | Rundvlees | Chicken | Kip | Duck | Eend | Turkey | Kalkoen | Bacon | Spek | Lamb | Lamsvlees | Pork | Varkensvlees | A chop | Kotelet | | | Venison | Meat of deer; also generically used for meat of game (excepting birds) | Gammon | Meat from the back leg or the side of a pig, usually fried | A drumstick | The lower part of the leg of a cooked chicken or turkey | A rasher | A thin slice of meat | A cutlet | A small piece of meat or fish, in the form of a chop and to be fried or grilled | A roast | A piece of meat that has been roasted | A joint | A fairly large piece of meat suitable for roasting | | | Mince (BrE) – minced meat <-> mincemeat = mince (AmE) | Gehakt | Ground beef | Gehakt | 7.4 Fish | | Mackerel | Makreel | Herring | Haring | Salmon | Zalm | Trout | Forel | Eel | Paling | Sole | Tong | Lobster | Kreeft | Prawn | Steurgarnaal | Shrimp | Garnaal | Mussel | Mossel | | | 7.5 Extras | | Vinegar | Azijn | Stock => stock cubes | Bouillon | | | Jelly | Clear and solid liquid set with gelative that is fruit-flavoured and usually eaten as dessert; also a type of jam | Spread | Soft food that is spread on bread | Chutney | A hot-tasting mixture of fruit, vinegar, sugar and spices, eaten together with other food or used as spread | Cream | The yellow-white liquid that is taken from the fatty part of milk | A dressing | Sauce made of oil, vinegar and various spices, esp for salads | Gravy | Juice that comes out of meat when you cook it | Sauce | Mixture of various liquids, spices and vegetables that is used to flavour food | 7.6 Fare, dishes, courses, meals | | Omelette | Omelette | Aperitif | Aperitief | Dessert | Dessert | Scrambled eggs | Roerei | (hard) boiled egg | (hard) gekookt ei | Mashed potatoes | Puree | Starter | Voorgerecht | Main course | Hoofdgerecht | Poached egg | When you remove the shell and cook the egg in gently boiling water | Pie | Food that is wholly covered and baked in pastry | Set meal/lunch/dinner | A meal that is set at a fixed, cheapish price, but with little choice | Appetizer | A small amount of food or drink, eaten before a meal | Refreshment | Refreshments are drinks or small amounts of food in order to make one feel fresh and energetic again, served for instance during a meeting or a journey | Cooked breakfast | Breakfast that includes bacon and eggs, and sausages and baked beans in tomato sauce | Staple diet/food/meal | A staple diet is one that forms the basic part of the daily food of a particular region or culture | 7.7 Bread and Cereal | | Roll | Broodje | Sandwich | Boterham | Loaf | Brood | Biscuit | Droog koekje | Crumb | Kruimel | Crust | Korst | Slice | Snee/plak | Wheat | Tarwe | Rye | Rogge | Barley | Gerst | Maize | Maïs | Oats => oatmeal | Haver | | | Bun | A small cake or roll that often contains currants or spices | Porridge | A thick liquid made from oats boiled in milk and/or water | Titbits = tidbits (AmE) | A small and delicious piece of food, usually biscuits or candy | Corn | A general term for wheat, rye, etc. | 7.8 Drinks | | Lager | Pils | Squash | Liquid made from fruit juice, sugar and water, usually bottled in concentrated form | Bitter | Beer that is more bitter than other types because more hop is used | Ale | Strong beer | Shandy | A liquid made of beer and lemonade | A pint | A pint is the usual amount of beer you get when you order a beer (=0,58l) | Draught beer = draft beer | Draught beer is beer that is drawn from a barrel | Claret | A type of dry red wine | Hock | A type of dry white wine | Teetotal => teetotaller | Never drinking alcohol, sometimes opposed to the drinking of it | 7.9 preparing food | | Cook | Prepare and heat a meal or particular type of food | Boil | Cook in hot water | Simmer | Cook slowly in gently boiling water | Fry | Cook in hot oil or fat | Deep-fry | Cook in a lot of oil or fat, in a deep-fat fryer | Stir-fry | Cook small pieces of food in a small quantity of very hot oil | Stew | Cook slowly in liquid or sauce | Bake | Cook in an oven | Roast | Cook in an oven or over a fire | | | Grate something into something | Raspen | Mix | Mengen | Stir | Roeren | Blend | Mixen | Whip | Kloppen | Rare | Niet doorbakken | Underdone | Kort gebakken | Medium | Rosé gebakken | Well done | Goed gebakken | Overdone | Te hard gebakken | Icing = frosting (AmE) | Glazuur | To season something | Kruiden | 7.10 Eating and Tasting | | Starving/famished/ravenous | Very hungry | Starving | Dying of hunger | Appetite | Desire for food | Pour something for somebody | You pour somebody a drink | Serve something to somebody | Give somebody food at a meal | A helping | A portion of food at a meal | A spoonful | The amount of food that can be taken with a spoon | A bite | Amount of food that you have bitten off with your teeth, or a small meal or snack | To dig in | Start eating in an enthusiastic way | Feast on sth | Eat a lot of a specific meal | Finish sth off | Eat until nothing is left | Nibble at/on sth | To bite off small amounts of food and chew it gently | Sip at something | Drink slowly and in small amounts | Gobble something up/down = wolf sth down | Eat quickly, greedy and carelessly | Guzzle away | Drink quickly, noisily and in large amounts | Knock sth back | To drink quickly, usually emptying the glass in one movement | | | A glutton | Gulzigaard | Edible | Geschikt om te eten | Eatable | Eetbaar omdat het vers is | Flavour | Smaak | Spicy | Heet, pikant | Delicious | Heerlijk | A savoury | Klein hapje, pikante smaak | To relish | Genieten van | Nourishing | Voedzaam | Wholesome | Gezond | Wholefood | Food with no unnatural additions | Rich | Eten met veel vet, eieren en kruiden | Frugal | Zuinig | Stale | Niet vers | Mouldy | Beschimmeld | Rancid | Ranzig | Insipid | Smaakloos, flauw | Turn sour | Verzuren | Curdle | Klonteren | 7.11 | | Cooker | Fornuis | Blender | Mixer | Cutlery | Bestek | Ladle | Soeplepel | Deep frying pan = chip pan (BrE) = deep-fat fryer | Friteuse | Baking/cake tin | Bakvorm | Mug | Mok | Bowl | Kom | Jar | Bokaal |

Chapter 8: Time 8.1 Duration | | Decade | 10 jaar | Fortnight | Twee weken | Age/era | Tijdperk | Period | Periode | Spell | Korte periode | Interval | Tussentijd | A lapse of time => elapse | Het verstrijken van tijd | Short | Kort | Brief | Kort | Fleeting | Eindig | Temporary | Tijdelijk | For the time being | Voorlopig | From/since time immemorial | Eeuwenoud | On end | Onophoudelijk | At a stretch | Achtereen | Lasting = enduring | Voortduren | Persistent | Aanhoudend | Everlasting | Voor eeuwig | Incessant | Onophoudelijk | Steady | Regelmatig | Once in a while/blue moon | Soms | 8.2 Succession of Events | | Previous to = prior to = preceding | Coming before something else | Subsequent | Following | On the spur of the moment | On a sudden impulse, without any previous planning | Shortly = presently | Going to happen soon | In a tick, in two ticks, half a tick, in a jiffy | In a moment | Straight away, straightaway | At once | Instantaneous(ly) | Happening at once | Forthcoming | Happening because it is planned as suck | Upcoming | Going to happen very soon | Imminent | Almost certain to happen soon | Impending | Said of something that is going to happen very soon (especially something dangerous) | Nigh | About to happen, old word | Ultimately, in the end, at last, eventually | Finally | Delay something, to put something off, postpone something | Decide to do something later | Premature | Happening earlier than expected | In good time | Early, with time to spare | Timely | Happening just at the right time | Punctual | On time | In the nick of time | At the very last moment possible | Last-minute | Last-minute decisions | Overdue | Not done by an expected time | 8.3 Location | | Ancient | Very old | Obsolete | No longer used, needed or desired | Outdated | Old-fashioned | Novel | New and somewhat unusual | Fresh | Recently made | Topical | Said of something that is happening and being talked about now | Present-day | Said of things that exist now | Up-to-date | As new as anything at a certain moment | Twilight | Dim light | Whenever | Any time | Recently | Lately |

Chapter 9: Home, house and garden 9.1 Living somewhere | | Caretaker | Concierge | Landlord/lady | Huisbaas/-bazin | Tenant | Huurder | To reside in/at | Wonen | Dwell | Resideren, gevestigd zijn | A dwelling | Verblijfplaats | To inhabit | Bewonen | Occupier/occupant | “bezetter”, verblijven in een huis/app | To board => a boarder => board => a boarding house/guest house | In iemands huis verblijven en daar eten en ervoor betalen | To lodge | Onderdak verlenen | Lodging | Verblijfplaats | Accommodation | Gasthuis/logement | To put up | Gastvrijheid verlenen aan | To house somebody | Onderdak verschaffen | To shelter someone | Beschermen/beschutten door onderdak te bieden | 9.2 Places to live | | Outskirts | Buitenwijken | A suburb | Voorstad | Inner city | Binnenstad | A hamlet | Gehucht/dorp | An estate agent | Makelaar | The countryside | Platteland | A resort | Vakantieoord | The slums/a shanty town | sloppenwijken | | | 9.3 Kinds of Houses | | A shack | Krot | A semi-detached house | Halfopen bebouwing | A terraced house | Rijhuis | A skyscraper | Flatgebouw | A vicarage | Pastorie | | | Detached | House that is not joined by another house on either side | Mansion | Large house (rich house) | A manor(house) | A large private house and land in the country | A country house = country seat | Large and beautiful house in the country surrounded by estate, owned by a noble or rich family (if this family also has a house in a big city, that one is called a town house) | A cottage | Small house in the country | A cabin | Small house made of wood | A bungalow | Small one-storey house | A bedsit(ter) | A rented room for both living and sleeping in | A tenement | Large building divided into flats which are rented (in poorer areas) | An extensions = an annexe | Part of a building which was added to make it larger | A wing | Part which stands out from the building | An outbuilding = an outhouse | Smaller building which forms part of a group of buildings | 9.4 Around the House | | Barn | Schuur | Stable | Stal | Drive | Oprijlaan | Gravel path | Grindpad | Garden/yard | Tuin | Courtyard | Binnenplaats | Garden shed | Tuinhuisje | Greenhouse | Serre | Shovel | Schop | Spade | Spa | Rake | Hark | Hose (-pipe) | Tuinslang | Lawnmower | Grasmaaier | Gardening shears | Heggenschaar | Secateurs (BrE) – Pruning shears (AmE) | Snoeischaar | Shrub | Struik | Weeds | Onkruid | Ivy | Klimop | Daffodil | Narcis | Daisy | Madeliefje | Soil | Aarde | | | | | A pond | Can be found in a garden for keeping fish | A shoot => to shoot up | The part of a new plant that appears above the surface | A fence => to fence something off | A structure built to enclose a piece of land | A gate | The movable barrier which closes the entry/exit in a wall or fence | A yard | Enclosed area next to a building | An estate | Large piece of land in the country with a large house and one owner | The grounds | Land surrounding a large building | The premises | All the buildings plus the outbuildings and the land together | Doing the garden | Tuinieren | Pruning the trees | Snoeien | To rake | Harken | Clip something | Knippen | 9.5 about the house | | Porch | Portiek | Lounge | Zitkamer | Pantry = larder | Bijkeuken | Attic | Zolder | Basement | Kelder | Cloakroom | Vestiaire | Sitting room | Salon | Spare room | Logeerkamer | Nursery | Kinderkamer | Chest of drawers | Ladenkast | Tap | Kraan | Plug | Stop | Dishwasher | Vaatwasser | Dishrack | Afdruiprek | Stool | Kruk | Settee | Zetel | Cradle = cot = crib | Wieg | Electrical appliances | Huishoudapparaten | Broom | Bezem | Bucket | Emmer | Dustbin (BrE) – garbage/trash can (AmE) | Vuilnisbak | Study | Studeerkamer | Living room | Woonkamer | Staircase | Trap | Filing cabinet | Dossierkast | Cooker | Fornuis | Sink | Gootsteen | Work top | Aanrecht | Wash basin | Wastafel | Dresser | Dressoir | Wardrobe | Kleerkast | Linen cupboard | Linnenkast | A hoover/vacuum cleaner | Stofzuiger | An iron | Strijkijzer | The washing up | De afwas | To mop | Dweilen | | | A lobby | Hall at the entrance of a building like a hotel or a block of flats | A passageway, corridor | Long narrow way inside a building which connects the different rooms | A ramp | A sloping passage connecting two levels of a building | A chute | You drop boxes or garbage down a chute so that they end up on another level of the building | DIY | Do-it-yourself | To refurbish | To redecorate | Immaculate | Spotless, clean, tidy |