English–Dutch dictionary
Dutch translation of the English word keep a stiff upper lip
English | Dutch (translated indirectly) | Esperanto |
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🔗 They wish to hear again from your lips what I have told them. | ||
(rigid; unyielding; unbending) | ; ; ; | |
🔗 In 1839, Charles Goodyear discovered a way of processing natural rubber, which is too stiff when cold and too soft when warm, in such a way as to make it elastic. | ||
(fast; firm; stable; hard; resolute; solid; steadfast; unflinching) | ; | |
🔗 Kvien also warned Putin to expect stiff resistance from Ukrainians if Russia does invade. | ||
(cadaver; corpse; carcass; body; dead body) | ||
(formal; measured) |
English | Dutch |
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keep a stiff upper lip | ⇆ geen spier vertrekken; ⇆ zich flink houden; ⇆ zich groothouden; ⇆ zich groot houden |
lip | ⇆ brutaliteiten; ⇆ lip; ⇆ rand |
stiff | ⇆ afgemeten; ⇆ gepeperd; ⇆ harkerig; ⇆ hartstikke; ⇆ hevig; ⇆ kras; ⇆ lijk; ⇆ moeilijk; ⇆ onbuigzaam; ⇆ star; ⇆ stevig; ⇆ stijf; ⇆ stokkerig; ⇆ stokkig; ⇆ straf; ⇆ strak; ⇆ stram; ⇆ streng; ⇆ stroef; ⇆ stug; ⇆ vast; ⇆ verstijfd |