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strohalmen

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straw litter

Last Update: 2014-11-14
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Reference: IATE

Dutch

uit de omvang van hun geheime plannen kunnen wij afleiden dat zij een overweldigend wanhoopsniveau hebben bereikt, en het is triest dat zij zich aan strohalmen vasthouden om de naleving van het goddelijke plan te voorkomen.

English

due to the magnitude of their covert plans, we can deduce that they are already at a level of overwhelming desperation, and it is sad that they are shooting in the dark to avoid compliance with the divine plan.

Last Update: 2018-02-13
Usage Frequency: 1
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Reference: IATE

Dutch

zo bezweken de oeroude wetten van het leger, d.w.z. de tradities van de militaire bureaucratie, als strohalmen onder de stormaanval van de revolutie.

English

thus the “age-old laws of the army” – that is, the traditions of military bureaucratism – went to pieces like straws under the pressure of the revolution.

Last Update: 2018-02-13
Usage Frequency: 1
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Reference: IATE

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de tegenstanders blijven zich vastklampen aan de laatste strohalm, maar in amerika en ook elders is gebleken dat het milieu met deze nieuwe technologie gebaat is.

English

though their opponents are still grasping at straws, it is clear from experience in america and elsewhere that the environment benefits.

Last Update: 2012-02-29
Usage Frequency: 3
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Reference: IATE

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