Engels–Afrikaanse woordeboek
Afrikaanse vertaling van die Engelse woord his life hangs by a thread
| Engels | Afrikaans (onregstreeks vertaal) | Esperanto |
|---|---|---|
| (execute by hanging; swing) | ; | |
🔗 Do you think that he’s going to hang those men? | ||
🔗 In the west the sun hung close to the old Earth. | ||
| (droop; hang down; cling) | ||
🔗 It’s life, Jim, but not as we know it. | ||
🔗 He would lead a life of crime. | ||
| (yarn; line) | ||
🔗 The old lady made one end of the silk thread fast to Tom’s tooth with a loop and tied the other to the bed‐post. | ||
thread (screw thread) | ||
| Engels | Afrikaans |
|---|---|
| his life hangs by a thread | ⇆ sy lewe hang aan ’n draadjie |
| hang | ⇆ behang; ⇆ hang; ⇆ helling; ⇆ neiging; ⇆ ophang; ⇆ opskorting; ⇆ plak; ⇆ rigting; ⇆ skavotteer; ⇆ val; ⇆ vertraging |
| life | ⇆ bestaan; ⇆ bruikbaarheidsduur; ⇆ draagduur; ⇆ duur; ⇆ duursaamheid; ⇆ lewe; ⇆ lewendigheid; ⇆ lewensbeskrywing; ⇆ lewensduur; ⇆ lewenskrag; ⇆ lewenswyse; ⇆ naakstudie |
| thread | ⇆ aan ’n draad ryg; ⇆ deurboór; ⇆ deurbóór; ⇆ draad; ⇆ gare; ⇆ garing; ⇆ inryg; ⇆ samehang; ⇆ skroefdraad; ⇆ vesel; ⇆ ’n draad deursteek |