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fall

vallen

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Engels > Nederlands

fall

1. (ik) val

2. (je) valt

3. (we) vallen

4. val

Engels > Engels

fall

1. n. The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.

2. n. A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.

3. n. (chiefly North America, obsolete elsewhere) The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the trees; autumn; the season of the year between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice.

4. n. A loss of greatness or status.

the fall of Rome

5. n. That which falls or cascades.

6. n. (sport) A crucial event or circumstance.

7. n. (cricket, of a wicket) The action of a batsman being out.

8. n. (curling) A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown into an area to drift in a given direction.

9. n. (wrestling) An instance of a wrestler being pinned to the mat.

10. n. A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover hair loss.

11. n. (informal, US) Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.

He set up his rival to take the fall.

12. n. The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).

Have the goodness to secure the falls of the mizzen halyards.

13. n. See falls

14. n. An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.

15. n. A short, flexible piece of leather forming part of a bullwhip, placed between the thong and the cracker.

16. v. (heading, intransitive) To move downwards.

17. v. To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.

Thrown from a cliff, the stone fell 100 feet before hitting the ground.

18. v. To come down, to drop or descend.

The rain fell at dawn.

19. v. To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself.

He fell to the floor and begged for mercy.

20. v. To be brought to the ground.

21. v. To be moved downwards.

22. v. (obsolete) To let fall; to drop.

23. v. (obsolete) To sink; to depress.

to fall the voice

24. v. (US) To fell; to cut down.

to fall a tree

25. v. (intransitive) To happen, to change negatively.

26. v. (copulative) To become.

She has fallen ill. The children fell asleep in the back of the car. When did you first fall in love?

27. v. To occur (on a certain day of the week, date, or similar); said of an instance of a recurring event such as a holiday or date.

Thanksgiving always falls on a Thursday. Last year, Commencement fell on June 3.

28. v. (intransitive) To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated.

Rome fell to the Goths in 410 AD.

29. v. (intransitive, formal, euphemistic) To die, especially in battle or by disease.

This is a monument to all those who fell in the First World War.

30. v. (intransitive) To become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc.).

The candidate's poll ratings fell abruptly after the banking scandal.

31. v. (followed by a determining word or phrase) To become; to be affected by or befallen with a calamity; to change into the state described by words follow

Our senator fell into disrepute because of the banking scandal.

32. v. (intransitive) To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.

And so it falls to me to make this important decision. The estate fell to his brother; the kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals.

33. v. (transitive, obsolete) To diminish; to lessen or lower.

34. v. (transitive, obsolete) To bring forth.

to fall lambs

35. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.

36. v. (intransitive) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.

37. v. (intransitive) To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.

to fall into error; to fall into difficulties

38. v. (intransitive) To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.

39. v. (intransitive) To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).

40. v. (intransitive) To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.

After arguing, they fell to blows.

41. v. (intransitive) To be dropped or uttered carelessly.

An unguarded expression fell from his lips.

Nederlands > Engels

vallen

1. v. to fall, to tumble

De appel viel van de boom. - The apple fell from the tree.

Ze viel toen ze aan het rennen was. - She tumbled while she was running.

2. v. to fall, to begin (of a time period)

De avond valt. - Afternoon begins.

De nacht valt. - The night falls.

De winter viel vroeg dit jaar. - The winter began early this year.

3. v. (auxiliary) to be able to be

Dat valt niet te verbeteren. - That cannot be improved.

4. n. plural of val

Uitspraak

Voorbeeldzinnen

The apple does not fall far from the tree.
    De appel valt niet ver van de boom.
Don't look at me that way, or I'll fall even deeper in love with you.
    Bekijk me niet zo, of ik ga nog meer verliefd op je worden.
When you fall off the stairs, you're downstairs quickly.
    Als je van de trap afvalt, ben je gauw beneden.
Turn off the light. I can't fall asleep.
    Doe het licht uit. Ik kan niet in slaap komen.
If you don't watch out, you'll soon fall in the water.
    Als je niet uitkijkt, lig je dadelijk nog in het water.

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minute	skin	February	ambulance
fireplace	reading	white	tadpole

Willekeurig

trumpet	radiator	watermelon	forty-five
wallet	forty-eight	container	month
microwave	September	December	morning
twenty-nine	rainbow	dishwasher	vegetable

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