This document provides definitions and examples of words related to various topics including generations, gender, language, family, performance, pressure, observation, predators, thrill, curiosity, love, and commuting. It defines words like "woke", "spin-off", "figure", "monitor", "predator", "thriller", and "crush" and provides their meanings in context through examples of usage.
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Vocabulary and keywords for the Jenna Ortega chapter in the Alquin magazine
This document provides definitions and examples of words related to various topics including generations, gender, language, family, performance, pressure, observation, predators, thrill, curiosity, love, and commuting. It defines words like "woke", "spin-off", "figure", "monitor", "predator", "thriller", and "crush" and provides their meanings in context through examples of usage.
This document provides definitions and examples of words related to various topics including generations, gender, language, family, performance, pressure, observation, predators, thrill, curiosity, love, and commuting. It defines words like "woke", "spin-off", "figure", "monitor", "predator", "thriller", and "crush" and provides their meanings in context through examples of usage.
- Each generation creates its the generation born Gen(eratie) Z
own words. Woke, for example between the late is a typical Gen Z (line 8) word. 1990s and about 2010 - Spielberg is one of the most people born and generatie, influential film directors of his living at about the leeftijdsgroep generation. same time period - It is becoming more and more identity based on a geaardheid, accepted that the gender that a person's sexual, gender person identifies with isn't social, cultural and always the same as their psychological biological sex. aspects - In some languages, like French, a grammatical woordgeslacht it’s quite easy to spot category, often grammatical gender in nouns designated as male, because of the articles ‘le’ and female, or neuter ‘la'; for example, ‘la fille’ means the girl and ‘le garçon’ the boy. - Performing is in her genes: her a part of a cell in gen mother is a stand-up comedian the body that and her father a professional controls certain dancer. characteristics or qualities that have been passed on from the parents - Unlike your blood, fingerprints related to the genes genetisch and your genetic code are unique.
- Many series are often so a new product, spin-off,
successful that the makers service or television afgeleide decide to create a spin-off (line programme that is 13) featuring one of the based on another characters. one that already exists - The shepherd's daughter to make thread spinnen learned to spin (to spin – spun – from wool, cotton or spun) the wool into yarn. silk by twisting it - Let's go for a spin this a ride, a drive for tochtje, eindje afternoon. pleasure rijden - My third-grade school teacher, an unmarried vrijster Miss Grey, was an old spinster. woman - This antique spinning wheel a hand-driven or spinnewiel was used to spin wool at home. foot-driven machine for spinning yarn or thread - Two flies were caught in the insect with eight spin web the spider had spun legs, arachnid earlier.
- The band will perform (line 32) to play, to act, to optreden
at Glastonbury Festival, too. appear - They also had a gig in Liverpool performance optreden recently. - Their dance performance was act optreden, praised in the press. uitvoering - Messi scored five goals which achievement prestatie is a magnificent performance. - In private, he is very quiet, but artist, actor, star artiest on stage he is a real performer. - Robots execute thousands of to carry out, to do uitvoeren operations every minute.
- The singer wouldn’t let herself strain, stress druk
be intimidated by the pressure (line 51) from the media - My client was pressurised into to intimidate, to onder druk signing the agreement even urge, to force zetten though she had no intention of signing. - He may have an impressive CV, admirable, causing indrukwekken but I don’t like his attitude. a person to feel d respect for a special quality or ability - The man pressed her for more to urge, to push aandringen information, but she refused to give it to him. - I managed to compress ten to shrink, to shorten verminderen, pages of notes into four comprimeren, paragraphs. terugbrengen tot - The revolt was suppressed to put down, to onderdrukken violently by the riot police. quell - I hope he didn't get a wrong idea, opinion indruk impression of the trip.
- Experts are figuring out (line to try and find uitzoeken
54) ways to get less salt in processed food. - She wore a gorgeous dress that body shape figuur flattered her figure. - If the viewing figures drop statistics, numbers cijfer much further, the TV company will cancel the programme. - She doesn’t want to work there. That makes sense! Dat is logisch! – That figures! The working Dat ligt voor conditions are horrible. de hand! - I figure we’ll get there around to think, to imagine denken eight. Do you think that’s in time?
- During their research, the to watch and observeren,
psychologists observe (line 67) analyse bekijken the children while they’re playing certain games. - The doctors want to keep him to be watched ter observatie under observation for a few carefully days because his situation is not stable yet. - The police were able to monitor to keep a watchful in de gaten all incoming and outgoing calls eye on houden, of the criminals and got a lot of afluisteren information that way. - International observers monitor someone who visits waarnemer the goings-on of the a place officially to presidential election. make sure that something is done fairly and correctly
- It's important that parents warn paedophile, kinderlokker,
their children against online someone who is pedofiel child predators (line 74). sexually interested in children - Tigers and lions are predators; animals that prey roofdieren they kill and eat other animals. on and eat other animals - A hawk is a predatory bird. preying on and roofvogel eating animals - Although dolphins appear to be animals that breast zoogdieren fish-like, they are considered feed their offspring marine mammals. - Most predators are carnivores an animal that eats carnivoor, and eat only meat. only meat vleeseter Not all dinosaurs were an animal that eats herbivoor, dangerous. Many were only plants planteneter herbivores and only ate plants. People are omnivores since an animal that eats omnivoor, they eat both meat and plants. both meat and alleseter plants
- Last night, I watched a exciting movie thriller,
psychological thriller (line 78) spannende based on a Stephen King novel. film - I really like his new novel - it’s exciting, hair- spannend thrilling, funny and very catchy. raising - Thrill-seekers are people who people who crave sensatiezoeke love doing extreme sports like excitement r skydiving, bungee- or BASE jumping. - They were thrilled to hear their delighted, excited enthousiast, first grandchild had been born. opgetogen, verrukt
- With his sense of curiosity (line eagerness to know nieuwsgierigh
83), he’d make a great eid journalist. - I was curious to know how she inquisitive, nieuwsgierig was coping, so I decided to interested give her a call. - Isn’t it curious that he isn’t strange, odd vreemd here yet? He left an hour before us! - Don't be such a nosey parker! an inquisitive nieuwsgierig Mind your own business! person aagje
- My sister had a huge crush on very much in love stapelgek zijn
(line 89) the boy next door, but op, hevig it was not reciprocal. He was in verliefd zijn op love with another girl. - The writer fell passionately in intensely, madly smoorverliefd, love with a French waitress. stapelverliefd - The fan who had been to be too interested geobsedeerd, obsessed with the actress had or too worried bezeten stalked her for months. about something or someone and only think about that thing or person
- He was shuttling (line 110) to commute, to forenzen, heen
daily between his home in the travel between the en weer reizen country and his city office. same two places regularly - There is a shuttle service a public pendeldienst between the station and the conveyance that airport. travels back and forth at regular intervals over a particular route - We took the ferry to the a boat used to veerboot, pont mainland. cross a body of water with passengers, vehicles, or goods
- The couple was so poor they to rear, to bring up opvoeden
were barely able to raise (line 116) their children properly. - Please raise your hand if you to lift, to put up opsteken agree to the proposal. - They're raising money for the to acquire, to obtain inzamelen flood victims in Haiti. - The Arabs have been breeding to keep animals for fokken race horses for generations. the purpose of producing young animals in a controlled way - The sea eagles have bred to produce offspring broeden successfully here for the past six years. It is a safe spot for their eggs. - The new tax bill has raised a to cause, to lead to oproepen lot of questions. - Championship thoroughbreds a horse of pure or volbloed cost up to $300,000 to unmixed breed, purchase. stock, or lineage
- He received an award for his part, performance rol
leading role (line 126) in the movie. - Michelle Obama, former First example, heroine rolmodel Lady, is a fantastic role model for all girls. - You can meet the cast of the all the actors in a alle acteurs of play after the show in a meet- play, film or show (toneel)speler and-greet. uit een film toneelspel of show - He used the cast to create mould, shaped vorm, more copies of the sculpture container gietvorm he’d made. - This information certainly casts to provide an een nieuw a new light on the case. explanation for a licht werpen situation or op problem, or information that makes it easier to understand
- Because her face is so telling, lively sprekend,
expressive (line 135), I can uitdrukkingsvo always see what she is l thinking. - She is a very articulate and able to express welbespraakt always knows just what to say. oneself readily, clearly, and effectively - He made an eloquent appeal for articulate, well- welbespraakt, healthier and better school spoken eloquent lunches. His message was clear and strong. - He got elocution classes to public speaking, welsprekendh overcome his stammer. speech eid He mumbled an apology and to murmur, to mompelen, ran away. mutter stamelen
- This actor is very much in sought after, er is vraag
demand (line 156) these days desired naar and he’s all over the media. - The board modified the plans to requirement, desire eis meet the demands of the union. - According to the laws of supply the relationship vraag en and demand, oil prices should between how much aanbod continue to rise. of a particular product is available and how much of it people want - The passengers demanded an to require request eisen, erop explanation for the delay. forcefully, to insist staan on - We require at least five more need nodig hebben volunteers for the show.
- He refuses to say sorry honour, self-respect trots
because his pride (line 164) gets in the way. - He is much too proud to ask for having a high trots help. opinion of one's own dignity - I proudly present to you - our with pride met trots latest home-made video. - He boasted about the new car to speak with pochen, his father had bought. exaggeration and opscheppen excessive pride - Canterbury boasts a cathedral to be proud in the beschikken and a university. possession of, to over feature
- At a young age, children are able to be attacked kwetsbaar
very vulnerable (line 174) and or mentally hurt or should be protected. easily influenced - The vulnerability of disabled the quality of being kwetsbaarheid senior citizens must be taken easily harmed, hurt into account. or attacked - The reception of asylum delicate, precarious gevoelig seekers is a rather sensitive subject in quite a few countries. - Julie was prone to migraine likely to suffer from vatbaar voor even as a teenager. She’d something, easily spend days in bed. affected by - The witness' testimony is easily understood vatbaar voor susceptible to various or explained in a interpretations. certain way - I tried bribing my mom to let easily influenced or vatbaar, me go out, but she wasn’t harmed by gevoelig, susceptible to my attempts. something ontvankelijk
The hotel didn’t live up to (line to meet, to satisfy, beantwoorden
184) our expectations, and we to come up to aan, voldoen left. aan - His presentation satisfied his to please tevreden teachers, and he received a B stelllen for it. - His work is not excellent, but sufficient, voldoende certainly satisfactory. acceptable - The salesman was dissatisfied discontented ontevreden with his job and resigned. - The plan was met (to meet- to get, to receive krijgen, met-met) with much resistance ontvangen from the French people. - The soldiers had fortified the to resist, to oppose weerstaan, building to withstand the tegenstand attacks. bieden