4H If the Shoe Fits... Wordlist PDF

## Word/phrase | Wordsoort in deze context | Other form | Definition (Cambridge Dictionary) ------- | -------- | -------- | -------- a towering inferno | gezegde | | towering: very high, tall or big / inferno: a very large uncontrolled fire abound | werkwoord | | to exist in large numbers adorn |...

## Word/phrase | Wordsoort in deze context | Other form | Definition (Cambridge Dictionary) ------- | -------- | -------- | -------- a towering inferno | gezegde | | towering: very high, tall or big / inferno: a very large uncontrolled fire abound | werkwoord | | to exist in large numbers adorn | werkwoord | | to add something decorative to a person or thing advent | zelfs. nmw. | | the fact of an event happening, an invention being made, or a person arriving annually | bijwoord | annual | once every year apparel | zelfs. nmw | | clothes in general or clothes of a particular type when they are being sold in a shop (e.g. sports apparel) as good as | signaalwoord | | almost, not completely ascend | werkwoord | | to move up or climb something auction houses | zelfs. nmw. | auction house | places for public sales of goods or property, where people make higher and higher bids (= offers of money) for each thing, until the thing is sold to the person who will pay most being put on notice | | | to warn or alert someone about something benefits | werkwoord | benefit | helpful or good effects, or things intended to help beyond estimate | gezegde | | to very great degree, very much (literally: you can't guess how much) beyond measure | gezegde | | to very great degree, very much (literally: you can't measure it) blending | zelfs. nmw | to blend | a mixture of different things or styles borrowing | werkwoord | to borrow | to get or receive something from someone with the intention of giving it back after a period of time bottoms up | gezegde | | sometimes said by people in a friendly way just before drinking an alcoholic drink together brand | zelfs. nmw | | a type of product made by a particular company and sold under a particular name by all means | gezegde | | used to give permission carbon emissions | zelfs. nmw. | | carbon dioxide (CO2) that planes, cars, factories, etc. produce, thought to be harmful to the environment castoffs | zelfs. nmw | castoff | | something, esp. a piece of clothing, that you no longer want and give away ceaselessly | bijwoord | ceaseless | in a way that does not stop, or seems to have no end cleats | zelfs. nmw | | a type of special shoe worn when playing football (football boot) compelling | werkwoord | to compel | to force someone to do something conception | zelfs. nmw | | an idea of what something or someone is like, or a basic understanding of a situation or a principle coveted | bijv. nmw | to covet | to want to have something very much, especially something that belongs to someone else credibility | zelfs. nmw | credible | the fact that someone or something can be believed or trusted crimson | bijv. nmw | | having a dark, deep red colour crucibles | zelfs. nmw | crucible | a severe test defiant | bijv. nmw | to defy | (1) proudly refusing to obey authority / (2) not willing to accept criticism or disapproval demographic | zelfs. nmw | demography | relating to demography (= the study of populations and the different groups that make them up) discarded | werkwoord | to discard | to throw something away or get rid of it because you no longer want or need it disclose | werkwoord | | to make something known publicly, or to show something that was hidden discredited | werkwoord | to discredit | to have caused people to stop respecting someone or believing in an idea or person disenchanted | werkwoord | | no longer believing in the value of something, especially having learned of the problems with it disposing of | werkwoord | to dispose of | to get rid of someone or something or deal with something so that the matter is finished dowdy | bijv. nmw | | (especially of clothes or the person wearing them) not attractive or fashionable dredges | zelfs. nmw | dredge | the lowest or poorest parts durable | bijv. nmw | | able to last and be used for a long time without becoming damaged embroidered | werkwoord | to embroider | to decorate cloth or clothing with patterns or pictures consisting of stitches that are sewn directly onto the material emergence | zelfs. nmw | to emerge | the fact of something becoming known or starting to exist enamored | bijv. nmw | to be anomered with/of | liking something a lot encrusted | bijv. nmw | to encrust | covered with something hard or decorative endorsed | werkwoord | to endorse / endorsement | (1) to appear in an advertisement, saying that you use and like a particular product / (2) to make a public statement of your approval or support for something or someone entrepeneurship | zelfs. nmw | | skill in starting new businesses, especially when this involves seeing new opportunities estimates | werkwoord | to estimate | to guess or calculate the cost, size, value, etc. of something excess | werkwoord | to exceed | an amount that is more than acceptable, expected, or reasonable exhibits | zelfs. nmw | exhibit/exhibition | to show something publicly (e.g. in an art gallery) eye-popping | bijv. nmw | | astonishing or strikingly impressive foretell the future | werkwoord | | to say what is going to happen in the future frivolous | bijv. nmw | | behaving in a silly way and not taking anything seriously garments | zelfs. nmw | garment | pieces of clothing get caught off guard | werkwoord | catch someone off guard | to surprise someone by doing something that they are not expecting or ready for getting their due | werkwoord | | getting one's right or what someone or something deserves gown | zelfs. nmw | | a woman's dress, especially a long one worn on formal occasions gratitude | zelfs. nmw | | the feeling or quality of being grateful grounding | zelfs. nmw | | a knowledge of the basic facts about a particular subject habitats | zelfs. nmw | habitat | the natural environments in which an animal or plant usually lives harshness | zelfs. nmw | harsh | the quality of being unkind or severe (very strict) hauler | zelfs. nmw | | a business or a person involved in a business that transports goods by road have taken it for granted | gezegde | to take it for granted | to believe something to be the truth without even thinking about it heels | zelfs. nmw | | the raised part at the back of a shoe, under your heel heritage | zelfs. nmw | to inherit | features belonging to the culture of a particular society, such as traditions, languages, or buildings, that were created in the past and still have historical importance hideous | bijv. nmw | | extremely ugly or bad hues | zelfs. nmw | hue | (degrees of lightness, darkness, strength, etc. of) a colour humble | bijv. nmw | | (1) poor or of a low social rank / (2) not proud or not believing that you are importan I can vouch for that | gezegde | | to say that you know from experience that something is true or good if the shoe fits, wear it | gezegde | | used to tell someone that they should accept a criticism that another person has made ignorance | zelfs. nmw | to ignore | lack of knowledge, understanding, or information about something imperative | bijv. nmw | | extremely important or urgent in excess | bijv. nmw | | an amount that is more than acceptable, expected, or reasonable intertwining | zelfs. nmw | to intertwine | to twist or be twisted together, or to be connected so as to be difficult to separate jeopardy | zelfs. nmw | | in danger of being damaged or destroyed killer | bijv. nmw | | extremely good, impressive, or effective landfill | zelfs. nmw | | the process of getting rid of large amounts of rubbish by burying it, or a place where rubbish is buried livery | zelfs. nmw. | | a special uniform worn by servants or particular officials longevity | zelfs. nmw. | | living for a long time looms large | werkwoord | | it becomes very important and often causes worry mark up | werkwoord | | to increase the price of something menacing | bijv. nmw | menace | making you think that someone is going to do something bad nimble | bijv. nmw | | quick and exact either in movement or thoughts obsolete | bijv. nmw | | not in use any more, having been replaced by something newer and better or more fashionable on good footing | gezegde | | to be in an equal or good relationship with someone on par | gezegde | on a par (with someone/-thing) | the same as or equal to someone or something paradoxical | bijv. nmw | paradox | seeming impossible or difficult to understand because of containing two opposite facts or characteristics patriarchal | bijv. nmw | patriarch | relating to a patriarchy, or to the idea that men are more important than women perish | werkwoord | | to die, especially in an accident or by being killed, or to be destroyed permanence | zelfs. nmw | permanent | staying the same or continuing for a long time persistence | zelfs. nmw | persistent | the fact that someone or something persists PhD | zelfs. nmw | | the highest college or university degree, or someone who has this ('doctor of philosophy') pivotal | bijv. nmw | | central and important polluters | zelfs. nmw | polluter | people or organizations that make an area or substance (usually air, water, or soil) dirty or harmful to people, animals, and plants, especially by adding harmful chemicals precious | bijv. nmw | | of great value because of being rare, expensive, or important priceless | bijv. nmw | | A priceless object has such a high value, especially because it is rare, that the price of it cannot be calculated pride and joy | gezegde | someone's pride and joy | a person or thing that gives someone great joy and satisfaction pristine | bijv. nmw | | new or almost new, and in very good condition protagonist | zelfs. nmw | | one of the main characters in a story or a play. This is often the 'hero' or 'heroine' of the story put up with | werkwoord | | to accept or continue to accept an unpleasant situation or experience, or someone who behaves unpleasantly quintessential | bijv. nmw | | being the most typical example or most important part of something rags | zelfs. nmw | rag | clothes that are old and torn reduce | werkwoord | | to become or to make something become smaller in size, amount, degree, importance, etc. regeneration | zelfs. nmw | to regenerate | the act of improving a place or system, especially by making it more active or successful reinforced | werkwoord | to reinforce | to make something stronger relentless | bijv. nmw | | continuing in a severe or extreme way renditions | zelfs. nmw | rendition | particular ways of performing a song, piece of music, or poem renting | werkwoord | for rent | offered by the owner for someone else to use in exchange for money (to borrow something for money) repercussions | zelfs. nmw | | the effects that an action, event, or decision has on something, especially bad effects repurpose | werkwoord | | to find a new use for an idea, product, or building responsibility | zelfs. nmw | responsible | something that it is your job or duty to deal with revenue | zelfs. nmw | | the income that a government or company receives regularly rise above | gezegde | | to not allow something bad to affect your behaviour or upset you rogue | zelfs. nmw | | behaving in ways that are not expected or not normal, often in a way that causes damage rookie | | | a person who is new to an organization or an activity rub them the wrong way | gezegde | to rub [one] the wrong way | to annoy someone without intending to rubies | | ruby | a transparent, dark red precious stone, often used in jewellery run-off-the-mill | | | ordinary and not special or exciting in any way runway | | | the long, narrow stage that models walk along in a fashion show (catwalk) severed | zelfs. nmw | to sever | to break or separate, especially by cutting shedding | werkwoord | to shed | to get rid of something you do not need or want shortchanged | werkwoord | to shortchange | to give someone back less money than they are owed when the person is buying something from you / to treat someone unfairly, by giving them less than they deserve skyrocketed | werkwoord | to skyrocket | to rise extremely quickly or make extremely quick progress towards success sought-after | bijv. nmw | to seek after | much in demand; generally desired suffocating | werkwoord | to suffocate | to (cause someone to) die because of not having enough oxygen supply chain | zelfs. nmw | | the system of people and things that are involved in getting a product from the place where it is made to the person who buys it swanky | bijv. nmw | | US: very expensive and fashionable, in a way that is intended to attract people's attention and admiration / UK: behaving too confidently taunt || taunt | to intentionally annoy and upset someone by making unkind remarks to them, laughing unkindly at them, etc. to atone for | werkwoord | atonement | to do something that shows that you are sorry for something bad that you did to engage with | werkwoord | to engage in | to take part in something to follow suit | werkwoord | | to do the same thing as someone else traipsing | werkwoord | to traipse | to walk from one place to another, often feeling tired or bored tropes | | trope | something such as an idea, phrase, or image that is often used in a particular artist's work, in a particular type of art, in the media, etc. (e.g. robots are a classic trope of science fiction) trials and tribulations | zelfs. nmw | | troubles and events that cause suffering try walking in my shoes | gezegde | | to imagine how someone else feels in a difficult situation unsustainable | bijv. nmw | sustainable/sustainability | Something that is unsustainable cannot continue at the same rate / causing damage to the environment by using more of something than can be replaced naturally vanity | zelfs. nmw | vain | the fact that you are too interested in your appearance or achievements vibrate with life | | | ful of energy wardrobe | | | a tall cupboard (piece of furniture) in which you hang your clothes wits | | | intelligence and the ability to think quickly you have big shoes to fill | gezegde | | to have to be extremely good in order to be as good as the person who had a particular job or position before you