to make inroads
Dutch translation: terrein winnen op
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|  Selected response from: Henk Peelen Netherlands Local time: 02:55 | ||||||
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| 3 +5 | terrein winnen op |
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| 4 +1 | veel voortgang boeken |
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explanation Explanation: More context would be needed (research? company?) to provide a translation, the use of "making inroads" seems rather strange here. Merrian Webster gives "an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something -- usually used in plural" |
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29 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1veel voortgang boeken Explanation: Strange, all the monolingual English dictionaries only seem to give the meaning of 'encroach' or 'use up' for 'to make inroads'. More commonly, I would say it is used to mean 'making progress'. I suppose this can be seen as an extension of the dictionary definition. The following example shows how the phrase can have two meanings, one by extension of the other: -> "On the tea side, berry flavors -- raspberry, blackberry, and strawberry -- remain popular, but tropical flavors are making inroads, with mango experiencing the biggest growth followed by passion fruit." http://www.gourmetretailer.com/gourmetretailer/magazine/arti... |
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42 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +5
peer agreement (net): +5terrein winnen op Explanation: ... en daarom hebben we terrein gewonnen op .... ... en daarom hebben we marktaandeel gewonnen op .... ... en daarom hebben we een stuk marktaandeel overgenomen van .... ... en daarom hebben we een stuk van het marktaandeel van .... veroverd Internetreferentie: hat bereits eine bemerkenswerte Präsenz in diesen Segmenten Reference: http://www.proz.com/?sp=h&id=367985&keyword=inroad |
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