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doofpot

English

cover-up

Last Update: 2015-05-20
Usage Frequency: 16
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deze werd in de doofpot gestopt.

English

it was covered up.

Last Update: 2012-02-29
Usage Frequency: 2
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vier miljard die in de doofpot is verdwenen.

English

this represents eur 4 billion that has been swept under the carpet.

Last Update: 2012-02-29
Usage Frequency: 2
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de kwestie werd eenvoudig in de doofpot gestopt.

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the question was simply buried as untimely.

Last Update: 2018-02-13
Usage Frequency: 1
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of wil men de hele zaak soms in de doofpot stoppen?

English

or is it the case that people want to keep the stories hidden?

Last Update: 2012-02-29
Usage Frequency: 3
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probeer uw fiasco dan ook niet in de doofpot te stoppen.

English

do not try, then, to conceal your failure.

Last Update: 2012-02-29
Usage Frequency: 3
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we kunnen dit soort zaken niet langer in de doofpot stoppen.

English

the code of silence must end here.

Last Update: 2012-02-29
Usage Frequency: 2
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mensenrechten kunnen in de doofpot worden gestopt vanwege economische belangen.

English

human rights cannot be swept under the carpet because of economic interests.

Last Update: 2012-02-29
Usage Frequency: 3
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hij heeft het dossier minstens twee jaar lang opzettelijk in de doofpot gestopt.

English

he deliberately put the bse dossier under wraps for at least two years.

Last Update: 2012-02-29
Usage Frequency: 3
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deze plannen dienen alleen om tijd te winnen en alles in de doofpot te stoppen.

English

they are only there to gain time, to sweep the whole matter under the carpet.

Last Update: 2012-02-29
Usage Frequency: 2
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verder zien we niets anders dan uitvluchten en pogingen de zaak in de doofpot te stoppen.

English

we get nothing but excuses and cover-ups.

Last Update: 2012-02-29
Usage Frequency: 3
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het russische volk is er niet mee geholpen als wij belangrijke principiële kwesties in de doofpot stoppen.

English

the russian people is not helped by our remaining silent on important issues of principle.

Last Update: 2012-02-29
Usage Frequency: 3
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wij geven het verkeerde signaal als we met de verbrandingsmaatregelen de problemen van de medeschuldigen in de doofpot stoppen.

English

we will be sending out the wrong signal if, with this incineration campaign, we now sweep the problems of those who are partly responsible for the crisis under the carpet.

Last Update: 2012-02-29
Usage Frequency: 3
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ik hoop alleen niet dat men de kwestie daar in de doofpot stopt en daarmee de herziening van de additievenrichtlijn vertraagt.

English

i only hope that the question will not be buried there, meaning that there is a delay in the overhaul of the directive on feed additives.

Last Update: 2012-02-29
Usage Frequency: 3
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als onze oren ons niet bedriegen over hetgeen wij horen, werden er steekpenningen betaald om alles in doofpot te stoppen.

English

if our ears does not cheat us, huge amount of bribery was paid to cover up the matters in germany.

Last Update: 2018-02-13
Usage Frequency: 1
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de commissie - het spijt me het te moeten zeggen - wil duidelijk deze zaak in de doofpot stoppen.

English

i am sorry to have to say it, but the commission obviously wants to stifle the whole affair.

Last Update: 2012-02-29
Usage Frequency: 3
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sommige schrijvers denken dat de regering de kwestie 'in de doofpot heeft gestopt' gedurende de verkiezingscampagne afgelopen maand.

English

some writers think the government ‘silenced’ the issue during the campaign period last month.

Last Update: 2016-02-24
Usage Frequency: 1
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mijns inziens hebben wij dan ook geen keuze: de ` europese grondwet'moet voor eens en voor altijd in de doofpot worden gestopt.

English

there is therefore only one appropriate course of action: to bury the ‘ european constitution'once and for all.

Last Update: 2008-03-04
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