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| Voornaamste vertalingen |
| acting n | (actor's profession) | acteren nw het ont |
| | My daughter wants to study acting. |
| acting n | (performing, as in theatre) | acteren nw het ont |
| | | acteerprestatie nw de |
| | | spel nw het |
| | His acting is poor, and he needs a lot of practice. |
| acting adj | (temporary) | waarnemend, interim bn |
| | | plaatsvervangend bn |
| | | tijdelijk bn |
| | Johnson is acting head of the department until a new director is chosen. |
| Aanvullende vertalingen |
| acting adj | (adapted for performance) (in samenstelling) | toneel- bn |
| | | film- bn |
| | An acting version of the novel was written so that it could be performed on stage. |
| acting n | (pretence) | theater, toneel, toneelspel nw het |
| | (negatief, figuurijk) | aanstellerij nw de |
| | I don't see the point of this acting. |
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| Voornaamste vertalingen |
| spel nw het | (manier van acteren) | playing n |
| | | acting n |
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| act⇒ vi | (behave) | zich gedragen ww |
| | | doen ww |
| Opmerking: 'doen' in combinatie met bw: 'raar doen' |
| | I thought he was ill, as he was acting strangely. |
| act vtr | (perform) | uitvoeren over. ww |
| | | spelen over. ww |
| | The troupe will act a few scenes from Shakespeare. |
| act vi | (pretend to be) | doen alsof ww |
| | (formeel) | pretenderen, veinzen over. ww |
| | He acted ill, as he didn't want to go to school. |
| act n | (deed) | daad nw de |
| | | handeling nw de |
| | The rescue was the act of a brave man. |
| act n | (pretence) | spel nw het |
| | | farce nw de |
| | Her apparent calmness was all an act. |
| act n | (theatre: division) | bedrijf nw het |
| | | akte nw de |
| | The balcony scene happens in the second act. |
| act n | (law: statute) | wet nw de |
| | | bepaling nw de |
| | | verordening nw de |
| | | besluit nw het |
| | There is an Act which outlaws such behaviour. |
| act n | (performance) | stuk nw het |
| | | act nw de |
| | | voorstelling nw de |
| | The second act was a mime artist. |
| Aanvullende vertalingen |
| act vi | (operate) | werken ww |
| | | optreden ww |
| | Pressing the pedal will make the brakes act. |
| act vi | (make a decision) | een besluit nemen over. ww |
| | | besluiten over. ww |
| | When I have spoken to my advisors, I will act. |
| act vi | (produce an effect) | beïnvloeden over. ww |
| | | inwerken op ww |
| | The engraving was the result of the acid acting on the metal. |
| act vi | (substitute for [sb]) | de plaats innemen van ww |
| | | vervangen over. ww |
| | I will have to act for my absent brother. |
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| Voornaamste vertalingen |
| act nw de | (toneel: nummer) | act n |
| performance nw de | (optreden) | performance n |
| | | act n |
| daad nw de | (handeling) | act n |
| | | action n |
| | | deed n |
| handeling nw de | (daad, verrichting) | deed, act, action n |
| acteren onoverg. ww | (toneel, film) | act vi |
| | | perform vi |
| spelen overg.ww | (zich voordoen als, uithangen) | play vtr |
| | | act vtr |
| zich voordoen als wk. ww | (pretenderen) | act, pose vi |
| bedrijf nw het | (deel van toneelstuk) (theater) | act n |
| optreden onoverg. ww | (handelen, interveniëren) | act vi |
| | | take action v expr |
| nummer nw het | (optreden, act) | act, routine, number n |
| werk nw het | (daad, handeling) | work n |
| | | act, deed n |
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Vaste combinatie van werkwoord en voorzetsel act | acting |
| act on vtr phrasal insep | (take action in response to) | handelen naar overg.ww |
| act out vtr phrasal sep | (enact or perform) | uitvoeren, uitbeelden overg.ww |
| act out vi phrasal | US (misbehave) | zich misdragen wk.ww |
| | The children are acting out. |
| act up vi phrasal | UK, informal (child: misbehave) (informeel) | vervelend doen bw + onoverg. ww |
| | | zich misdragen wk. ww |
| | Why do children always wait to be in public to act up? |
| | Waarom gaan kinderen altijd pas als ze in het openbaar zijn vervelend doen? |
| act up vi phrasal | informal (machine: malfunction) (informeel) | raar doen bw + onoverg. ww |
| | | kuren hebben, kuren vertonen nw + overg. ww |
| | The TV is acting up, but I think it's just a loose wire. |
| | De tv doet raar, maar ik denk dat er gewoon ergens een draad los zit. |
| act upon vtr phrasal insep | (take action in response to) | handelen naar overg.ww |
| act upon vtr phrasal insep | (have an effect on) | beïnvloeden overg.ww |
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