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Jul 26, 2006 03:21
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Dutch term
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mee schermen
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Er werd geregeld mee geschermd door degenen die zich eraan ergeren dat hun godsdienst 'obscurantistisch' wordt genoemd.
What does "mee geschermd" mean? Thanks!
What does "mee geschermd" mean? Thanks!
Proposed translations
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| 3 | regularly bragged about |
Ineke Hardy
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| 4 +1 | to make play about |
Björn Houben
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Ineke Hardy
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regularly bragged about
"schermen met iets" basically means to brag about something. I would need more context.
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Björn Houben
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to make play about
it's more using sth. as an argument to defend yourself that is not really that valid an argument.
an example (made play is used in §2):
Once again the Labour Government’s fraud of supporting the education system in this country is exposed. Labour came to power using education as a key factor in its general election propaganda. The reality is quite different. The Government, and in particular, Blunkett are quite fond of quoting statistics as to, “how well we are doing” when talking up their contribution to education. The interesting thing is that the reality of the situation is becoming evermore apparent. Teachers in particular are becoming more convinced that the Government programme is not in their interests and also that it will not help their pupils either.
The Government have made play about proposals concerning investment in resources such as the provision of laptop computers for teachers.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-07-26 05:52:54 GMT)
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Teachers have already recognised how this con-trick will work. Introducing new technology, on the surface of it, would seem a fine thing but as we know, the hardware is becoming less of an issue and the associated products such as “internet” and “intranet” networking and associated software is the real issue.
an example (made play is used in §2):
Once again the Labour Government’s fraud of supporting the education system in this country is exposed. Labour came to power using education as a key factor in its general election propaganda. The reality is quite different. The Government, and in particular, Blunkett are quite fond of quoting statistics as to, “how well we are doing” when talking up their contribution to education. The interesting thing is that the reality of the situation is becoming evermore apparent. Teachers in particular are becoming more convinced that the Government programme is not in their interests and also that it will not help their pupils either.
The Government have made play about proposals concerning investment in resources such as the provision of laptop computers for teachers.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-07-26 05:52:54 GMT)
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Teachers have already recognised how this con-trick will work. Introducing new technology, on the surface of it, would seem a fine thing but as we know, the hardware is becoming less of an issue and the associated products such as “internet” and “intranet” networking and associated software is the real issue.
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Tina Vonhof (X)
: Or 'made a big play about'. This is the better answer.
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I agree :-)
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