Dutch-English translations for versleten

  • decrepitIn recent weeks we witnessed the attempt to bring a flotilla of decrepit decommissioned US warships through EU waters. De afgelopen weken waren we getuige van de poging om een kleine vloot van versleten, afgedankte Amerikaanse oorlogsschepen door EU-wateren te voeren.
  • ragtagHe liked to wear an old ragtag coat that was so threadbare that hed get sunburned through itThe guerrillas were a ragtag band of local thugs, former soldiers, displaced farmers, and political idealists
  • shot
    us
    The rear axle will have to be replaced. It’s shotThe cloak was shot through with silver threadsI have to go to bed now; I’m shot
  • threadbareHow nice it is to have a warm home-spun shirt instead of a threadbare EU overcoat. We hebben liever een warm eigen gebreid hemd dan een totaal versleten EU-overjas.
  • trite
    us
    Democracy is not just a slogan, a trite word to attach to any idea of which we happen to approve. Democratie is meer dan een slogan, meer dan een versleten woord dat we aan ieder idee plakken waar we toevallig achter staan.

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