English–Afrikaans dictionary
Afrikaans translation of the English word lose the thread
English | Afrikaans (translated indirectly) | Esperanto |
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(fall away; lose flesh; lose in weight) | ||
🔗 As an adult, Leon Czolgosz worked in a Cleveland factory until he lost his job in a labour dispute in 1893. | ||
🔗 Johnson’s speech on Wednesday night reflects the Brexiteers’ growing fears that, while they won the referendum battle, they might be losing the war. | ||
(yarn; line) | ||
🔗 The old lady made one end of the silk thread fast to Tom’s tooth with a loop and tied the other to the bed‐post. | ||
thread (screw thread) |
English | Afrikaans |
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lose the thread | ⇆ afdwaal; ⇆ die draad kwytraak |
lose | ⇆ agterloop; ⇆ inboet; ⇆ kwytraak; ⇆ laat verloor; ⇆ mis; ⇆ misloop; ⇆ nie haal nie; ⇆ uitval; ⇆ verbeur; ⇆ verloor; ⇆ verspeel; ⇆ weggooi |
thread | ⇆ aan ’n draad ryg; ⇆ deurboór; ⇆ deurbóór; ⇆ draad; ⇆ gare; ⇆ garing; ⇆ inryg; ⇆ samehang; ⇆ skroefdraad; ⇆ vesel; ⇆ ’n draad deursteek |