English–Dutch dictionary
Dutch translation of the English word burn the midnight oil
English | Dutch (translated indirectly) | Esperanto |
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(be on fire) | ||
🔗 I saw the burned houses | ||
(sear; strike) | ||
🔗 Go, before I speak a spell to burn you with fire. | ||
(sear) | ||
(flash on; take fire; ignite; light; catch fire) | ||
🔗 The burn later became infected, requiring a second visit. | ||
(glow; glow with heat; be ardent) | ||
(calcine) | ; | |
(brook; stream; rill; beck; rivulet) | ||
(burn down; incinerate) | ||
🔗 Do you really believe they went to all that bother just to burn a few houses? | ||
🔗 Jean‐Claude Juncker, the European Commission president, said at a midnight press conference after the discussion: “I do find it uncomfortable that there’s an impression perhaps in the UK that it is for the EU to propose solutions.” | ||
🔗 The wood is used to make furniture, flooring, and rifle stocks, and oil is pressed from the seeds. | ||
(kerosene; mineral oil; naphtha) |
English | Dutch |
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burn the midnight oil | ⇆ er nachtwerk van maken; ⇆ tot diep in de nacht doorgaan; ⇆ tot diep in de nacht doorwerken; ⇆ tot diep in de nacht studeren |
burn | ⇆ aanbranden; ⇆ aangaan; ⇆ bakken; ⇆ beek; ⇆ branden; ⇆ brandgat; ⇆ brandplek; ⇆ brandwond; ⇆ brandwonde; ⇆ gloeien; ⇆ inbranden; ⇆ opbranden; ⇆ opstoken; ⇆ steken; ⇆ stoken; ⇆ uitbranden; ⇆ verbranden; ⇆ verstoken; ⇆ verteren |
midnight | ⇆ middernacht; ⇆ middernachtelijk |
oil | ⇆ in olie inleggen; ⇆ insmeren; ⇆ invetten; ⇆ met olie insmeren; ⇆ olie; ⇆ oliën; ⇆ omkoperij; ⇆ omkoping; ⇆ smeren; ⇆ vleierij |