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"english": "altogether",
"translation": "altogether",
"word": "bij elkaar"
},
{
"english": "mixed, scrambled",
"translation": "mixed, scrambled",
"word": "door elkaar"
},
{
"english": "to quarrel, fight",
"translation": "to quarrel, fight",
"word": "elkaar in de haren vliegen"
},
{
"english": "to assemble, put together",
"translation": "to assemble, put together",
"word": "in elkaar zetten"
},
{
"english": "to split up, break up (a relationship)",
"translation": "to split up, break up (a relationship)",
"word": "uit elkaar gaan"
},
{
"english": "to be successful, come to a successful end",
"translation": "to be successful, come to a successful end",
"word": "voor elkaar komen"
},
{
"english": "to get done; succeed in doing",
"translation": "to get done; succeed in doing",
"word": "voor elkaar krijgen"
}
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"english": "Let us go down and confuse their languages, so they will not understand each other any more.",
"roman": "Laten Wij afdalen en hun verschillende talen geven, zodat zij elkaar niet meer begrijpen!",
"text": "1987, International Bible Society Nederland, Het Boek, Genesis 11:7",
"translation": "Let us go down and confuse their languages, so they will not understand each other any more.",
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"word": "mekaar"
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"ipa": "/ɛlˈkaːr/"
},
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"ipa": "[ɛɤ̯ˈkaːɻ]",
"note": "with Gooise r and lenited dark l, used particularly in the Randstad"
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"word": "bij elkaar"
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"english": "mixed, scrambled",
"translation": "mixed, scrambled",
"word": "door elkaar"
},
{
"english": "to quarrel, fight",
"translation": "to quarrel, fight",
"word": "elkaar in de haren vliegen"
},
{
"english": "to assemble, put together",
"translation": "to assemble, put together",
"word": "in elkaar zetten"
},
{
"english": "to split up, break up (a relationship)",
"translation": "to split up, break up (a relationship)",
"word": "uit elkaar gaan"
},
{
"english": "to be successful, come to a successful end",
"translation": "to be successful, come to a successful end",
"word": "voor elkaar komen"
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"english": "Let us go down and confuse their languages, so they will not understand each other any more.",
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