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Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / wetenschappelijk artikel | | Dutch term or phrase: murw geraakte | | Wij geven stem aan een murw geraakte meerderheid (fragment uit een manifest van de vereniging Beter Onderwijs Nederland. |
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| | weary | Explanation:
Just another option :-)
1. Physically or mentally fatigued.
2. Expressive of or prompted by fatigue: a weary smile.
3. Having one's interest, forbearance, or indulgence worn out: weary of delays.
4. Causing fatigue; tiresome: a weary wait.
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Note added at 16 hrs (2010-05-27 18:06:12 GMT)
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I still think that murw has an element of "mals, week, zacht" and not so much "ontgoocheld"... am I missing something?
http://www.vertalen.nu/vertaal?van=nl&naar=eng&vertaal=murw
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Carolyn Gille
Local time: 07:30
| Grading comment I have both used weary and silent in the translation. Thank you!
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3 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +2 disenchanted
Explanation:
disenchanted majority
be disenchanted with
she became disenchanted with the whole idea
voor haar hoefde het allemaal niet meer
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