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goed op stoom komen

English translation: made good progress

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Dutch term or phrase:	goed op stoom komen
English translation:	made good progress

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09:30 Apr 12, 2011

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Dutch term or phrase: goed op stoom komen

Vorig jaar is dit bedrijf *goed op stoom gekomen*.

I am drawing a blank. Tanks for your help!
Lucinda

Lucinda KudoZ activity Questions: 12 (none open) Answers: 472
Local time: 01:34

made good progress

Explanation:
Or you can say "it got going" - more informal.

Selected response from:

Annabel Rautenbach
Local time: 06:34

Grading comment

Thank you, Annabel. This was exatly what I needed.
Lucinda
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +3

made good progress

Annabel Rautenbach

Really got going

Glenda Janssen

to get up to speedto start firing on all cylinders

Textpertise

gathered a fair bit of steam

Frank van Thienen

Discussion entries: 6

Answers

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

made good progress

Explanation:
Or you can say "it got going" - more informal.

Annabel Rautenbach
Local time: 06:34
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Afrikaans
PRO pts in category: 6

Grading comment

Thank you, Annabel. This was exatly what I needed.
Lucinda

21 mins confidence:

to get up to speedto start firing on all cylinders

Explanation:
A couple of expressions in English which you may feel will work to convey the same impression as the Dutch original.

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Note added at 22 mins (2011-04-12 09:53:41 GMT)
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The heading of this answer should read:
to get up to speed / to start firing on all cylinders.
For some reason it did not take the forward slash.

Textpertise
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:34
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 31

5 hrs confidence:

gathered a fair bit of steam

Explanation:
if you want a literal translation :-)

Frank van Thienen
Canada
Local time: 21:34
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Dutch
PRO pts in category: 7

14 hrs confidence:

Really got going

Explanation:
A very American way of saying it, but definitely matches the informality of this Dutch idiom.

Glenda Janssen
Local time: 23:34
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Italian,

Dutch

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Changes made by editors

Apr 12, 2011 - Changes made by writeaway:
Field	Tech/Engineering => Bus/Financial
Field (specific)	Transport / Transportation / Shipping => General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Field (write-in)	Co-creatie is een gevleug => colloquial expression

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