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kostenverslindende churn	costly churn	Adela Van Gils
‘groupthink’ conflicten worden kost wat kost uit de weg gegaan	... are/must/should/shall (be) avoided /sidestepped at any cost.	jarry
Bij nacht een man bij dag een man.	You made your bed, now you have to lie in it	Dennis Seine
Brandend huis	sinking ship	(Non-member)
de kaart trekken	firmly/wholeheartedly committed to	MoiraB
de neuzen dezelfde kant op krijgen	singing from the same hymn sheet / rowing in the same direction	(Non-member)
dicht op het huid zitten	close to one's heart	(Non-member)
een kemel van formaat	a real blunder	Alexander Schleber
een sterk parcours voorleggen	has made rapid/tremendous strides	MoiraB
gebruikt als uithangbord	used to describe	MoiraB
geen vrijblijvend pretreisje	it was no stroll in the park	Christopher Smith
grotere mondigheid van consumenten	increased consumer assertiveness	(Non-member)
het geweer enigszins van schouder verleggen	shifted its sights a little	MoiraB
hoe volwassen kun je dan denken!	how can you possibly think like an adult !	(Non-member)
hotse - knotse	chaotic/unstructured	(Non-member)
iemand in zijn waarde laten	accept someone as he/she is	(Non-member)
in x is geen lijn te trekken	there\'s no such thing as routine in	MoiraB
in zee met	all aboard with	Rik Schraag
niet op je kop laten zitten	don't be bullied, stand up for yourself	(Non-member)
plaatje en praatje	visual and verbal	Suzanne Deveson

schimmenspel	secretiveness	(Non-member)
sigaar uit eigen doos	something out of one\'s own pocket	TransAction
terugfluiten	rein in	MoiraB

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