Wozzol

Controleer altijd of een woordenlijst correct is voordat je hem gaat leren.

Acties

  • Engels Nederlands
  • bus conductor = busconducteur

  • A bus conductor checks passengers' tickets and collects money on a bus.

    busconducteur

  • call = terugbellen

  • Could you ask her to call me back?

    terugbellen

  • cut off = onderbreken / afbreken
  • decade = periode van tien jaar / decennium

  • A decade is a period of ten years.

    periode van tien jaar / decennium

  • emphasis = nadruk

  • Traditional African culture puts an emphasis on oral story telling.

    nadruk

  • engaged = bezet

  • His phone is engaged – he must be talking to someone.

    bezet

  • Entrepreneur = entrepreneur / ondernemer

  • Entrepreneurs in Ghana charge people to make calls from phone towers.

    entrepreneur / ondernemer

  • went on = doorgaan

  • I went on speaking but he couldn't hear me.

    doorgaan

  • go = stijgen / toenemen

  • The use of mobile phones in Africa has gone up dramatically.

    stijgen / toenemen

  • Hold on = wachten / aan de lijn blijven

  • Hold on, I'll put you through.

    wachten / aan de lijn blijven

  • kick off = aftrappen

  • What time does the football match kick off?

    aftrappen

  • landline = landlijn / vaste aansluiting

  • Africa is the first continent to have more mobile phone users than landline users.

    landlijn / vaste aansluiting

  • line = lijn

  • Oh, sorry, the line's engaged.

    lijn

  • make a deal = zaken doen

  • People with mobiles no longer have to walk miles to make a deal.

    zaken doen

  • means = manier / middel

  • Phone use is a means of social and family contact.

    manier / middel

  • ownership = bezit

  • It's estimated that phone ownership was nearly 100% by the time of the World Cup.

    bezit

  • pass = doorgeven

  • I'll pass your message on as soon as possible.

    doorgeven

  • pick up = ontvangen

  • You can't pick up a signal on your mobile in a tunnel.

    ontvangen

  • put = doorverbinden

  • Hold on, I'll put you through.

    doorverbinden

  • put up = neerzetten

  • They plan to put up a mobile phone mast near our school.

    neerzetten

  • revolution = revolutie

  • Africa's mobile phone revolution is likely to go on for many years.

    revolutie

  • ring up = opbellen

  • People died because they couldn't ring up a doctor.

    opbellen

  • social = sociaal

  • Phone use is a means of social and family contact.

    sociaal

  • sociologist = socioloog

  • A sociologist is someone who studies societies and the way they are organized.

    socioloog

  • speed = sneller worden

  • The pace of life in Africa is speeding up.

    sneller worden

  • street vendor = straatverkoper

  • A street vendor sells things in the street, for example, clothes or food.

    straatverkoper

  • subscriber = abonnee

  • Africa is the first continent to have more mobile phone users than landline subscribers.

    abonnee

  • subscription = abonnement

  • Mobile phone subscriptions went up from 54 million to almost 350 million.

    abonnement

  • Telecommunication = telecommunicatie

  • ITU stands for International Telecommunications Union.

    telecommunicatie

  • tower = toren

  • If you climb to the top of the tall towers you can pick up a mobile phone signal.

    toren

  • transfer = overmaken

  • Mobile phones are used to transfer money.

    overmaken

  • transform = transformeren

  • The mobile phone explosion is transforming Africa.

    transformeren

  • user = gebruiker

  • Africa has more mobile phone users than Europe.

    gebruiker